Self loaded uneven power divider

Claim 1

A microstrip power divider responsive to applied input signals at one end for providing uneven power division of said signals at the opposite end with low signal reflection back to said one end comprising: a narrow strip-like conductor spaced by a dielectric substrate from only one broad conductor, said narrow conductor being branched at a junction point into at least two mutually coupled narrow conductor sections, the width of each of said branched sections being proportional to the desired power division, a distributed resistance located in the mutual space between said branched narrow conductor sections for loading said reflected signals, said divider exhibiting a substantial attenuation of signals in the forward direction when said width of the branched sections are unequal, and means including a narrow slit in the wider of said branched narrow conductor sections for providing the same RF potential on either side of the space between said two mutually coupled narrow conductor sections to thereby prevent any substantial attentuation of said signals in the forward direction.