Broadband coupled-line power combiner/divider
US6121853A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 28, 1998 |
| Grant date | Sep 19, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 28, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01P5/12
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A broadband coupled-line N-way power combiner is presented for combining N RF signals into a common load. This combiner includes N.gtoreq.2 input ports, a common output port, and N identical at least two-conductor coupled transmission lines, and N isolating resistors. Each of these two-conductor coupled transmission line has at one end one conductor connected to one of the input port of the power combiner, and another conductor connected to the common output port. At another end two conductors of each two-conductor coupled transmission line are terminated to one of the N isolating resistors. The opposite ends of these resistors are connected to each other in a ring. This power combiner also can operate in reverse as N-way power divider.
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