Title :
Development of a broadband Wilkinson power combiner on Liquid Crystal Polymer
Author :
Chieh, Jia-Chi Samuel ; Pham, Anh-Vu
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of California at Davis, Davis, CA, USA
Abstract :
We present the development of a broadband multi-section Wilkinson power combiner on liquid crystal polymer (LCP) with integrated thin film resistors. The designed frequency of operation is from 2-18 GHz. The measured VSWR is better than 1.6:1, the measured excess insertion loss is less than 1.1 dB, and 11 dB of isolation is measured across the full band. This work presents the highest performance Wilkinson combiner with the widest bandwidth ratio of 9:1 reported in literature.
Keywords :
liquid crystal polymers; power combiners; power dividers; thin film resistors; VSWR; broadband multisection Wilkinson power combiner; frequency 2 GHz to 18 GHz; integrated thin film resistors; liquid crystal polymer; loss 11 dB; power dividers; Bandwidth; Design optimization; Frequency; Liquid crystal polymers; Loss measurement; Power combiners; Power dividers; Resistors; Substrates; Testing; Multichip Module; Wilkinson power divider; power combiners; power dividers;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference, 2009. APMC 2009. Asia Pacific
Conference_Location :
Singapore
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2801-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2802-1
DOI :
10.1109/APMC.2009.5385303
