A new six-port circuit architecture using only power dividers/combiners

Author

Gerardi, Luca ; Xu, Yansheng ; Zhao, Yanyang ; Bozzi, Maurizio ; Perregrini, Luca ; Wu, Ke ; Bosisio, Renato G.

Author_Institution

Pavia Univ., Pavia

fYear

2007

fDate

3-8 June 2007

Firstpage

41

Lastpage

44

Abstract

In this paper, a novel architecture of six-port circuit is proposed and experimentally verified. The six-port circuit is realized by using only power dividers and combiners of Wilkinson type. This architecture is proposed for the first time and opens new perspective for applications in the THz and optical region for both communication and measurements. A prototype operating in the ultra-wideband frequency region has been fabricated and experimentally verified, to show its performance as modulator/demodulator for applications in software-defined radios.

Keywords

demodulators; microwave circuits; modulators; multiport networks; power combiners; power dividers; software radio; ultra wideband technology; demodulator; power combiners; power dividers; six-port circuit architecture; software-defined radios; ultra-wideband frequency region; Application software; Circuit simulation; Delay lines; Demodulation; Electronic mail; Frequency measurement; Microwave circuits; Phase shifters; Power dividers; Ultra wideband technology; Wilkinson power divider; six-port circuit; software-defined radio (SDR); ultra-wideband (UWB);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium, 2007. IEEE/MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

ISSN

0149-645X

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0688-9

Electronic_ISBN

0149-645X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.2007.380213

Filename

4263735