Size Reduction of Wilkinson Power Divider using a Combination of Parallel Coupled Lines and Defective Microstrip Structures

This work describes a miniaturized power divider (PD) using the combination of two symmetrical parallel coupled lines (PCL) and a defective microstrip structure (DMS). The proposed PD is intended for 2.4 GHz wireless local area network (WLAN) applications. DMS structures are used to improve PD perfo...

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Main Authors: B. P. Eppe, A. Ghosh, P. Mondal
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Language:English
Published: Advanced Electromagnetics 2024-10-01
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Online Access:http://www.aemjournal.org/index.php/AEM/article/view/2432
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description This work describes a miniaturized power divider (PD) using the combination of two symmetrical parallel coupled lines (PCL) and a defective microstrip structure (DMS). The proposed PD is intended for 2.4 GHz wireless local area network (WLAN) applications. DMS structures are used to improve PD performance while also decreasing its size. Initially, to reduce the circuit size, quarter-wavelength lines were replaced with PCL’s. It is observed that the size of PD is 0.42λgX0.53λg, representing a 25.3% decrease. Furthermore, four DMS structures are integrated into the design to reduce the overall size by 43% as compared with conventional Wilkinson PD at 2.4 GHz. The final size of PD is 0.35λgX0.47λg. Required equations are provided for the optimization of the DMS structure. The proposed PD has a return loss, isolation performance, and power division of around 16 dB, -15 dB, and -3.3 dB, respectively. The designed PD is fabricated on the substrate of Rogers RT/duroid 5880 with εr=2.2.
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spelling doaj-art-431cfe95e5c34d0b8bbeb25c58a57b342024-11-13T06:26:18ZengAdvanced ElectromagneticsAdvanced Electromagnetics2119-02752024-10-0113310.7716/aem.v13i3.2432Size Reduction of Wilkinson Power Divider using a Combination of Parallel Coupled Lines and Defective Microstrip StructuresB. P. Eppe0A. Ghosh1P. Mondal2National Institute of Technology - MizoramNational Institute of Technology - MizoramSRM Institute of Science&Technology, KattankulathurThis work describes a miniaturized power divider (PD) using the combination of two symmetrical parallel coupled lines (PCL) and a defective microstrip structure (DMS). The proposed PD is intended for 2.4 GHz wireless local area network (WLAN) applications. DMS structures are used to improve PD performance while also decreasing its size. Initially, to reduce the circuit size, quarter-wavelength lines were replaced with PCL’s. It is observed that the size of PD is 0.42λgX0.53λg, representing a 25.3% decrease. Furthermore, four DMS structures are integrated into the design to reduce the overall size by 43% as compared with conventional Wilkinson PD at 2.4 GHz. The final size of PD is 0.35λgX0.47λg. Required equations are provided for the optimization of the DMS structure. The proposed PD has a return loss, isolation performance, and power division of around 16 dB, -15 dB, and -3.3 dB, respectively. The designed PD is fabricated on the substrate of Rogers RT/duroid 5880 with εr=2.2. http://www.aemjournal.org/index.php/AEM/article/view/2432Defective Microstrip Structure (DMS)power divider (PD)Wireless Local Area Network
spellingShingle B. P. Eppe
A. Ghosh
P. Mondal
Size Reduction of Wilkinson Power Divider using a Combination of Parallel Coupled Lines and Defective Microstrip Structures
Advanced Electromagnetics
Defective Microstrip Structure (DMS)
power divider (PD)
Wireless Local Area Network
title Size Reduction of Wilkinson Power Divider using a Combination of Parallel Coupled Lines and Defective Microstrip Structures
title_full Size Reduction of Wilkinson Power Divider using a Combination of Parallel Coupled Lines and Defective Microstrip Structures
title_fullStr Size Reduction of Wilkinson Power Divider using a Combination of Parallel Coupled Lines and Defective Microstrip Structures
title_full_unstemmed Size Reduction of Wilkinson Power Divider using a Combination of Parallel Coupled Lines and Defective Microstrip Structures
title_short Size Reduction of Wilkinson Power Divider using a Combination of Parallel Coupled Lines and Defective Microstrip Structures
title_sort size reduction of wilkinson power divider using a combination of parallel coupled lines and defective microstrip structures
topic Defective Microstrip Structure (DMS)
power divider (PD)
Wireless Local Area Network
url http://www.aemjournal.org/index.php/AEM/article/view/2432
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