Power divider/combiner circuit
US4835496A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 1, 1988 |
| Grant date | May 30, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 1, 2008 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01P5/12
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Disclosed herein is an N-way, broad band planar power divider/combiner circuit for dividing or combining RF signals which includes a tapered strip of electrically conductive material having a plurality of conductor fingers which define a plurality of ports at the wide end of the taper, and having a narrow end which defines single port. The tapered metal strip is mounted onto a dielectric slab, and isolation resistors connect adjacent fingers. A single RF signal can be fed into the single port which will be divided into a plurality of signals of equi-amplitude and equi-phase. Conversely, a plurality of RF signals can be fed into the ports at the wide end which will be combined into a single signal.
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