A Dual Band Unequal Wilkinson Power Divider Without Reactive Components

TLDR

This paper presents an unequal Wilkinson power divider that operates at arbitrary dual band without using reactive components. The authors propose a novel design employing two groups of transmission lines and two parallel stubs, derive closed‑form equations for the structure, and verify the design with experimental measurements. Experimental results confirm that the proposed divider satisfies all analytical specifications simultaneously at arbitrary dual band.

Abstract

This paper presents an unequal Wilkinson power divider operating at arbitrary dual band without reactive components (such as inductors and capacitors). To satisfy the unequal characteristic, a novel structure is proposed with two groups of transmission lines and two parallel stubs. Closed-form equations containing all parameters of this structure are derived based on circuit theory and transmission line theory. For verification, two groups of experimental results including open and short stubs are presented. It can be found that all the analytical features of this unequal power divider can be fulfilled at arbitrary dual band simultaneously.