Title :
A Novel Reduced-Size Uniplanar Wilkinson Power Divider Using ACPS Series Stubs
Author :
Laneve, Tony ; Hettak, Khelifa ; Verver, C.J. ; Beland, Paul ; Stubbs, M.G.
Author_Institution :
Communications Research Centre Canada, 3701 Carling Ave., Box 11490, Station H, Ottawa, Canada, K2H 8S2. tony.laneve@crc.ca
Abstract :
Short-circuit series stubs realized in the signal conductor of an asymmetric coplanar stripline (ACPS) transmission line are investigated as a circuit element in order to achieve a significant size reduction of a Wilkinson divider. A simple ideal transmission line equivalent circuit is used to model the ACPS line/stub combination yielding good agreement with EM simulation. The stubs are then utilized to shorten the ¿/4 transmission lines by approximately 33% in a Wilkinson divider application at 22.25 GHz.
Keywords :
Coplanar transmission lines; Coplanar waveguides; Distributed parameter circuits; Impedance; Inductors; Microstrip; Power dividers; Power transmission lines; Shunt (electrical); Transmission line discontinuities;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference, 2000. 30th European
Conference_Location :
Paris, France
DOI :
10.1109/EUMA.2000.338873
