A novel miniaturized wide-band Wilkinson power divider employing two-dimensional transmission line

Author

Chen, Chih Chiang ; Cin, Jhen Jie ; Wang, Sheng Huei ; Lin, Ching Chyuan ; Tzuang, Ching Kuang C

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Feng Chia Univ., Taichung

fYear

2008

fDate

23-25 April 2008

Firstpage

212

Lastpage

215

Abstract

The study proposes a novel miniaturized wide-band Wilkinson power divider, based on 0.18 mum 1P6M CMOS foundry technology. The proposed two-dimensional transmission line, called a complementary-conducting-strip (CCS), replaces the conventional microstrip (MS) line structure. With this CCS structure, the occupying area of this novel divider is approximately 96% smaller than that of the conventional MS Wilkinson power divider. The prototype, including the input/output (I/O) pads, occupies an area of only 673 mum by 645 mum. The new WPD has a coupling loss of -5.4 dB, an isolation of +15 dB and a return loss -12.5 dB from 8.7 GHz to 17.4 GHz.

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; power dividers; 1P6M CMOS foundry technology; 2D transmission line; complementary-conducting-strip; frequency 8.7 GHz to 17.4 GHz; microstrip line structure; miniaturized wideband Wilkinson power divider; size 0.18 mum; CMOS technology; Carbon capture and storage; Distributed parameter circuits; Foundries; Impedance; MMICs; Microstrip; Power dividers; Power transmission lines; Wideband; Wilkinson power divider; cmos; rfic; transmission line; two-dimensional;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

VLSI Design, Automation and Test, 2008. VLSI-DAT 2008. IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Hsinchu

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1616-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1617-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VDAT.2008.4542450

Filename

4542450