Summary
International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation
2006
Session Number:2D1b
Session:
Number:2D1b-5
Miniaturized Microwave Meander Coupled-Line Two-Way Wilkinson Power Divider
Mazlina Esa, Nicholas Philip, Ikhwan Peranggi Pohan, Noor Asniza Murad,
pp.1-4
Publication Date:2006/11/2
Online ISSN:2188-5079
Summary:
Power divider is a component which divides an input signal power into two or more parts with a defined ratio and phase relationship. The Wilkinson power divider is one of the most commonly used components in wireless communication systems for power division and/or combination. It has a property of equal amplitude and phase outputs as well as reciprocal operation. This paper presents a modified Wilkinson power divider with the quarter-wavelength matching transformer section folded into a meander-coupled line configuration. Successful simulations have been performed on the configurations. The optimum configuration was then implemented and tested. Experimental results showed that the modified power divider performs well as the conventional structure at its operating frequency of 3 GHz, however, with a tremendous size reduction of 45.91%.