Converting from distributed to lumped elements

Author

Davidge, P. ; Freundorfer, Alois P.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Queen´s Univ., Kingston, ON, Canada

fYear

2013

fDate

11-12 July 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

A method for replacing transmission lines used in traditional microwave circuits with lumped inductor and capacitor components will be given. To demonstrate this, a Wilkinson power splitter was designed. These circuits were fabricated measured and tested. A significant circuit size reduction was demonstrated. The effects of the parasitics in the lumped element were also taken into consideration. This method is very useful when using microwave circuits in ICs or PCBs.

Keywords

equivalent circuits; integrated circuit modelling; lumped parameter networks; microwave integrated circuits; power dividers; transmission lines; Wilkinson power splitter; circuit size reduction; distributed elements; lumped capacitor components; lumped inductor components; parasitics; traditional microwave circuits; transmission lines; Frequency response; Integrated circuit modeling; Microwave FET integrated circuits; Microwave circuits; Microwave integrated circuits; Transmission line measurements; Electromagnetic Modelling; Integrated Circuit Modelling; Lumped-Element Equivalent Circuit Modelling; Parasitics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Signals, Circuits and Systems (ISSCS), 2013 International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Iasi

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-3193-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISSCS.2013.6651234

Filename

6651234