• DocumentCode
    68383
  • Title

    Filter-Based Wilkinson Power Divider

  • Author

    Wei-Ming Chau ; Ko-Wen Hsu ; Wen-Hua Tu

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Central Univ., Jhongli, Taiwan
  • Volume
    24
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    Apr-14
  • Firstpage
    239
  • Lastpage
    241
  • Abstract
    A bandpass Wilkinson power divider with a wide stopband is proposed in this letter. A three-terminal and two-pole bandpass filter and two lowpass filters are employed to substitute two quarter-wavelength transformer in the conventional Wilkinson power divider. The proposed divider achieves not only bandpass response but also a very wide stopband. The rejection is greater than 20 dB up to 22.2 f0. Experiments are carried out to validate design concept of the proposed power divider.
  • Keywords
    band-pass filters; band-stop filters; low-pass filters; power dividers; bandpass Wilkinson power divider; filter-based wilkinson power divider; low-pass filters; quarter-wavelength transformer; three-terminal bandpass filter; two-pole bandpass filter; Band-pass filters; Harmonic analysis; Impedance; Microwave filters; Power dividers; Power harmonic filters; Resonant frequency; Bandpass filter (BPF); Wilkinson power divider;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1531-1309
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LMWC.2014.2299543
  • Filename
    6717045