A Reconfigurable Wilkinson Power Divider With Flexible Tuning Range Configuration

Abstract

In this brief, a tunable Wilkinson power divider (WPD) with port match and isolation is proposed based on a reconfigurable compact structure. The reconfigurable unit is composed of one varactor cascaded by a transmission line (TL) with specific characteristic impedance and electrical length. Each unit can be alternately connected with two cascaded varactors to constitute a T-type structure, where the operating frequency can be selected by providing proper bias voltages for the three varactors. By adjusting the characteristic impedance and electrical length of the transmission line in each unit, the continuous tuning range can be easily extended to exceed 120% tunability. The reconfigurable units can also be flexibly configured to work in designated discrete tuning range as well. An experimental reconfigurable WPD with wide continuous tuning range of 0.96-1.73 GHz (57.3% tunability) is designed and fabricated. The measured results show that more than -20dB return losses and isolations can be realized in the entire tuning range.