Stub-Loaded Wilkinson Power Divider with Performance Enhancement

2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (08) ◽  
pp. 1550127
Author(s):  
Huan-Zhu Wang ◽  
Jia-Lin Li ◽  
Jian-Peng Wang ◽  
Wei Shao ◽  
Xue-Song Yang
Keyword(s):  
Transmission Lines ◽  
Performance Enhancement ◽  
Size Reduction ◽  
Power Divider ◽  
Harmonic Suppression ◽  
Power Dividers ◽  
High Impedance ◽  
Wilkinson Power Divider ◽  
Harmonic Components ◽  
Wilkinson Power Dividers

Microstrip Wilkinson power dividers with harmonic suppression and size reduction are investigated. It is found that by loading reactive components at the middle of high impedance transmission lines (TLs), both size reduction and harmonic suppression can be achieved. Analyses and designs of such a kind of power divider are formulated in this paper. To demonstrate the design methodology, two power dividers centered at 1.8 GHz are optimally designed and confirmed by experiments. As compared with conventional Wilkinson power divider, the proposed power divider exhibits 55.6% size reduction, and high suppressions are achieved for 2nd and 3rd harmonic components. Both simulations and measurements are presented with good agreement.

scholarly journals Size reduction and performance improvement of a microstrip Wilkinson power divider using a hybrid design technique

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Behdad Jamshidi ◽  
Saeed Roshani ◽  
Jakub Talla ◽  
Sobhan Roshani ◽  
Zdenek Peroutka
Keyword(s):  
Performance Improvement ◽  
Size Reduction ◽  
Power Divider ◽  
Experimental Result ◽  
Hybrid Technique ◽  
Harmonic Suppression ◽  
Efficient Design ◽  
Quarter Wavelength ◽  
Lc Circuit ◽  
Wilkinson Power Divider

AbstractIn the design of a microstrip power divider, there are some important factors, including harmonic suppression, insertion loss, and size reduction, which affect the quality of the final product. Thus improving each of these factors contributes to a more efficient design. In this respect, a hybrid technique to reduce the size and improve the performance of a Wilkinson power divider (WPD) is introduced in this paper. The proposed method includes a typical series LC circuit, a miniaturizing inductor, and two transmission lines, which make an LC branch. Accordingly, two quarter-wavelength branches of the conventional WPD are replaced by two proposed LC branches. Not only does this modification lead to a 100% size reduction, an infinite number of harmonics suppression, and high-frequency selectivity theoretically, but it also results in a noticeable performance improvement practically compared to using quarter-wavelength branches in the conventional microstrip power dividers. The main important contributions of this technique are extreme size reduction and harmonic suppression for the implementation of a filtering power divider (FPD). Furthermore, by tuning the LC circuit, the arbitrary numbers of unwanted harmonics are blocked while the operating frequency, the stopband bandwidth, and the operating bandwidth are chosen optionally. The experimental result verifies the theoretical and simulated results of the proposed technique and demonstrates its potential for improving the performance and reducing the size of other similar microstrip components.

scholarly journals Miniaturization of Broadband Wilkinson Power Dividers

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 241
Author(s):  
Nadera Najib ◽  
Kok Yeow You ◽  
Chia Yew Lee ◽  
Mohamad Ngasri Dimon ◽  
Nor Hisham Khamis
Keyword(s):  
Transmission Lines ◽  
Power Divider ◽  
Center Frequency ◽  
Fractional Bandwidth ◽  
Power Dividers ◽  
The Third ◽  
Operating Frequency Range ◽  
Phase Balance ◽  
Line Design ◽  
Wilkinson Power Dividers

This paper proposed three modified Wilkinson power dividers in order to achieve a size reduction and a wide bandwidth. The first structure presented the power divider using compact folded step impedance transmission lines rather than the uniform microstrip line design for operating center frequency of 3 GHz. The second structure showed the power divider with delta-stub for 2.4 GHz. Finally, the third modified structure introduced the two-section Wilkinson power divider using series-delta stub for center frequency of 2.4 GHz as well. The study managed to get an overall dimension of 15 mm × 9.5 mm for the first proposed design achieving a reduction of 75.6 % and fractional bandwidth of 133 %. For the second proposed structure, the size was 15 mm × 15 mm with a reduction of 56 % and fractional bandwidth of 56 %.  While the third design size was 17 mm × 15 mm with a reduction of 63.6 % and the structure achieved a broadband bandwidth with fractional bandwidth of 220 %.  The proposed power dividers used RT/duroid 5880 substrate with a thickness of 0.38 mm. Simulation and measurement results indicated that the modified power dividers showed equal power division, good phase balance, high isolation between output ports, and good return loss better than -12 dB covering the operating frequency range<strong>.</strong>

A Hybrid Design Technique to Improve the Structure and Performance of Microstrip Components

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad (Behdad) Jamshidi ◽  
Saeed Roshani ◽  
Jakub Talla ◽  
Sobhan Roshani ◽  
Zdenek Peroutka
Keyword(s):  
Transmission Lines ◽  
Hybrid Approach ◽  
Size Reduction ◽  
Power Divider ◽  
Experimental Result ◽  
Harmonic Suppression ◽  
Design Technique ◽  
Simple Modification ◽  
Lc Circuit ◽  
Microstrip Components

Abstract A hybrid approach to improving the structures of microstrip devices is presented in this study. The proposed technique includes a combination of simple series inductor (L) and capacitor (C) circuits with microstrip-based structures and transmission lines. In this method, the LC circuits are replaced with those parts of the microstrip components that need to act like a bandpass filter. Not only does this simple modification lead to a 100% size reduction, an infinite number of harmonics suppression and high frequency selectivity theoretically, but it will also result in a noticeable performance practically compared to the conventional arrangements of microstrip lines. To show the capability of the proposed method, two quarter-wavelength branches of a Wilkinson Power Divider (WPD) have been rectified and implemented using the LC circuit, which is called LC branches in this paper. Extreme size reduction and harmonic suppression in this implementation of the Filtering Power Divider (FPD) can be considered two important outcomes of this design technique. Furthermore, by tuning the LC circuit, the arbitrary numbers of unwanted harmonics can be blocked, and the operating frequency, the stopband bandwidth and the operating bandwidth could be opted optionally. The experimental result has verified the theoretical and simulated results of the proposed technique. The results clearly demonstrate the considerable potential of this technique to improve the design process of the microstrip devices with desirable specifications.

scholarly journals Compact Microwave Components with Harmonic Suppression Based on Artificial Transmission Lines

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wen Huang ◽  
Jia Li ◽  
Ping Li ◽  
Xi Guo
Keyword(s):  
Transmission Lines ◽  
Power Divider ◽  
Harmonic Suppression ◽  
Branch Line ◽  
Interdigital Capacitor ◽  
Isosceles Trapezoid ◽  
Compact Size ◽  
Microwave Components ◽  
Wilkinson Power Divider ◽  
Microstrip Transmission Lines

In this paper, compact microwave components, including a Wilkinson power divider and a 3 dB branch-line coupler based on artificial transmission lines (ATLs) with harmonic suppression, are presented. A section ATL is consisted of microstrip stepped impedance transmission lines and a microstrip interdigital capacitor. To achieve a compact size, the stepped impedance transmission lines are folded into a right-angled triangle shape. For the ATL, the interdigital capacitor is used to suppress harmonics. By employing two sections of 70.7 Ω ATLs with a right-angled triangle shape to replace conventional transmission lines, the proposed power divider working at 0.9 GHz achieves a size miniaturization with the 58.8% area of a conventional case. In addition, the power divider has good harmonic suppression performance. In the design of a branch-line coupler, two pairs of ATLs with 50 Ω and 35.4 Ω are utilized. For 50 Ω ATLs, the ATLs are designed to a right-angled triangle shape. Meanwhile, to obtain a more compact size, these 35.4 Ω ATLs are modified to an isosceles trapezoid shape. The proposed branch-line coupler operating at 0.9 GHz accounts for merely 33.4% of a coupler adopting conventional microstrip transmission lines. Moreover, the harmonics of a branch-line coupler are suppressed effectively as well. Finally, measured results of the proposed Wilkinson power divider and branch-line coupler display good performance and agree with their simulated results well.

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