A new DGS unequal power divider

An unequal Wilkinson power divider having rectangular-shaped defected ground structure (DGS) is proposed. DGS microstrip line adopted for the divider is composed of double-layer substrate which removes the ground problem of the previous DGS structures in packaging. The first layer includes DGS on the bottom ground plane. The second substrate of which top metal plane has been removed is attached to the bottom plane of the first layer. At first, a conventional DGS unequal Wilkinson power divider is designed according to the previous method on the first layer, and the second substrate is attached. The proposed DGS with double-layer substrate is described in detail and applied to 1:4 unequal dividers as an application example. The measured unequal Wilkinson power divider has an excellent agreement between prediction and measurement.