Design of N-Way Wilkinson Power Dividers with New Input/Output Arrangements for Power-Halving Operations
In this paper, new single/double-layer N-way Wilkinson power dividers (WPDs) were designed by using slow-wave structures such as narrow-slit-loaded and meandered transmission lines. For size reduction, the slit-loaded and meandered lines were used instead of the quarter-wavelength transmission lines...
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| description | In this paper, new single/double-layer N-way Wilkinson power dividers (WPDs) were designed by using slow-wave structures such as narrow-slit-loaded and meandered transmission lines. For size reduction, the slit-loaded and meandered lines were used instead of the quarter-wavelength transmission lines of a conventional WPD. Based on the proposed approaches, two-, four-, and eight-way power dividers were designed, simulated, and fabricated. The fabricated 2-, 4-, and 8-way circuits were measured at the center frequencies of 2.03, 1.77, and 1.73 GHz, which are in excellent agreement with the predicted ones. The meandered transmission lines were also used to design WPD types with novel input/output port arrangements. For this purpose, two three-way WPDs were located on both sides of the same board to have different power-splitting ratios at different inputs and outputs in order to provide alternative solutions for antenna arrays. Furthermore, a five-way dual-layer WPD was introduced by locating the meandered transmission lines into two layers. The most important advantage of the proposed 3- and 5-way WPDs is that they allowed the input power at the next output port to be halved, in the order of P/2, P/4, P/8, P/16, and P/16. All the designed power-halving WPDs were simulated, fabricated, and successfully tested. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-99d3a731c6034b9fa3744a8c62080b602023-11-18T07:37:34ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172023-06-011311685210.3390/app13116852Design of N-Way Wilkinson Power Dividers with New Input/Output Arrangements for Power-Halving OperationsCeyhun Karpuz0Mehmet Cakir1Ali Kursad Gorur2Adnan Gorur3Department of Electrical-Electronics Engineering, Pamukkale University, Denizli 20070, TurkeyDepartment of Electrical-Electronics Engineering, Pamukkale University, Denizli 20070, TurkeyDepartment of Electrical-Electronics Engineering, Nevsehir Haci Bektas Veli University, Nevsehir 50300, TurkeyDepartment of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Nigde Omer Halisdemir University, Nigde 51100, TurkeyIn this paper, new single/double-layer N-way Wilkinson power dividers (WPDs) were designed by using slow-wave structures such as narrow-slit-loaded and meandered transmission lines. For size reduction, the slit-loaded and meandered lines were used instead of the quarter-wavelength transmission lines of a conventional WPD. Based on the proposed approaches, two-, four-, and eight-way power dividers were designed, simulated, and fabricated. The fabricated 2-, 4-, and 8-way circuits were measured at the center frequencies of 2.03, 1.77, and 1.73 GHz, which are in excellent agreement with the predicted ones. The meandered transmission lines were also used to design WPD types with novel input/output port arrangements. For this purpose, two three-way WPDs were located on both sides of the same board to have different power-splitting ratios at different inputs and outputs in order to provide alternative solutions for antenna arrays. Furthermore, a five-way dual-layer WPD was introduced by locating the meandered transmission lines into two layers. The most important advantage of the proposed 3- and 5-way WPDs is that they allowed the input power at the next output port to be halved, in the order of P/2, P/4, P/8, P/16, and P/16. All the designed power-halving WPDs were simulated, fabricated, and successfully tested.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/11/6852N-wayWilkinson power dividers (WPDs)meandered transmission linepower halving |
| spellingShingle | Ceyhun Karpuz Mehmet Cakir Ali Kursad Gorur Adnan Gorur Design of N-Way Wilkinson Power Dividers with New Input/Output Arrangements for Power-Halving Operations Applied Sciences N-way Wilkinson power dividers (WPDs) meandered transmission line power halving |
| title | Design of N-Way Wilkinson Power Dividers with New Input/Output Arrangements for Power-Halving Operations |
| title_full | Design of N-Way Wilkinson Power Dividers with New Input/Output Arrangements for Power-Halving Operations |
| title_fullStr | Design of N-Way Wilkinson Power Dividers with New Input/Output Arrangements for Power-Halving Operations |
| title_full_unstemmed | Design of N-Way Wilkinson Power Dividers with New Input/Output Arrangements for Power-Halving Operations |
| title_short | Design of N-Way Wilkinson Power Dividers with New Input/Output Arrangements for Power-Halving Operations |
| title_sort | design of n way wilkinson power dividers with new input output arrangements for power halving operations |
| topic | N-way Wilkinson power dividers (WPDs) meandered transmission line power halving |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/11/6852 |
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