IEICE Transactions on Electronics
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A New Miniaturization and the nth Harmonic Suppression of Wilkinson Power
Ali Reza HAZERI
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2011 Volume E94.C Issue 2 Pages 215-219

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In this article, a simple structure of the Wilkinson power divider which can suppress the nth harmonics of the Wilkinson power divider is proposed. By replacing the quarter wavelength transmission lines of the conventional Wilkinson power divider with the equivalent P-type transmission lines, a compact power divider which can suppress the nth harmonic is achieved. Design equations of proposed P-type line are achieved by ABCD matrices. To verify the design approach, the proposed power divider is designed, simulated (by ADS, CST Studio, and Sonnet simulators), and fabricated at 1GHz to suppress the fifth harmonic. The proposed structure is 46% of the conventional Wilkinson power divider, while maintaining the characteristics of the conventional Wilkinson power divider at the fundamental frequency. The insertion losses at the fifth harmonic are larger than 35dB. Furthermore, the second to seventh harmonic are suppressed by least 10dB. Here is an excellent agreement between simulated results and measured results.

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