Title :
Frequency reconfigurable Unequal power divider with continuously broad tuning bandwidth
Author :
Hong-Lin Zhang;Ting Gao;Yu-Jie Guo;Bin-Jie Hu
Author_Institution :
School of Electronic and Information Engineering, South China University of Technology, 381 Wushan Road, Guangzhou, 510640, P.R. China
Abstract :
A frequency reconfigurable Unequal Wilkinson power divider is proposed. The divider´s operating frequency can be reconfigured within a wide band. Reconfiguration is achieved because of two simple π-shaped circuits with varactors, which are inserted into the two impedance transformers of a conventional unequal Wilkinson power divider. Equivalent impedance of the two transformers are nearly unchanged while their phases are reconfigured by varying the varactors´ biasing voltages. Operating frequency is changed continuously by tuning varactors´ biasing voltages. Simulation results show that tuning bandwidth is over 73% regarding to the lowest operating frequency. Other preferred properties, such as good matching, small insertion loss, and miniaturized size are also achieved.
Keywords :
"Microwave antennas","Microwave circuits","Microwave propagation","Decision support systems","Europe"
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference (APMC), 2015 Asia-Pacific
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-8765-8
DOI :
10.1109/APMC.2015.7412964