New Wilkinson Power Dividers and Their Integration Applications to Four-Way and Filtering Dividers

This paper involved developing two (Type I and Type II) equal-split Wilkinson power dividers (WPDs). The Type I divider can use two short uniform-impedance transmission lines, one resistor, one capacitor, and two quarter-wavelength (λ/4) transformers in its circuit. Compared with the conventional equal-split WPD, the proposed Type I divider can relax the two λ/4 transformers and the output ports layout restrictions of the conventional WPD. To eliminate the number of impedance transformers, the proposed Type II divider requires only one impedance transformer attaining the optimal matching design and a compact size. A compact four-way equal-split WPD based on the proposed Type I and Type II dividers was also developed, facilitating a simple layout, and reducing the circuit size. Regarding the divider, to obtain favorable selectivity and isolation performance levels, two Butterworth filter transformers were integrated in the proposed Type I divider to perform filter response and power split functions. Finally, a single Butterworth filter transformer was integrated in the proposed Type II divider to demonstrate a compact filtering WPD.

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