An Unequal Wilkinson Power Divider for a Frequency and Its First Harmonic

Abstract

This letter presents a Wilkinson power divider operating at a frequency and its first harmonic with unequal power divider ratio. To obtain the unequal property, four groups of 1/6 wavelength transmission lines with different characteristic impedances are needed to match all ports. Theoretically, closed-form equations for the design are derived based on transmission line theory. Experimental results have indicated that all the features of this novel power divider can be fulfilled at <i xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">f</i> <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">0</sub> and 2 <i xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">f</i> <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">0</sub> simultaneously.