IEICE Transactions on Electronics
Online ISSN : 1745-1353
Print ISSN : 0916-8524
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Active Control of RF Splitter Isolation by Superimposing Bias Current
Takanobu AOYAMAYoshiki SHIBATATomohiko KANIETakashi TAKEO
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2012 Volume E95.C Issue 7 Pages 1297-1299

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The authors propose a new method of controlling the isolation of an RF splitter. In the proposed method, a bias current is superimposed on an RF signal to change the permeability of the ferrite core used in the splitter's transformer. By doing this, the splitter isolation can be controlled. Experimental results have shown that superimposing a bias current of 500mA improves device isolation by about 5dB without affecting the loss characteristics.

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© 2012 The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers
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