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Bypassable wilkinson divider
Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
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Filing: 1996-05-31
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Granted: 1998-08-04
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Expires: 2016-05-31
Abstract
Abstract A power divider/combiner which can be installed flexibly, with small changes either as a divider/combiner or as a lossless transmission line. The configuration of the power divider/combiner into a lossless transmission line is realized by a parallel connection of two non-symmetrical transmission lines which usually have different impedances. One of the transmission lines is a branch present in a Wilkinson divider, and the other is an extra branch formed inside the divider/combiner.
Inventors
- 👤 Andre P. Dekker
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 01:37
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01P; H01P5/00; H01P5/12; H01P5/16
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
172 words
A high frequency bypassable power divider/combiner, comprising: a first port, a second port and a third port; a first quarter-wavelength transmission line, connected between said first port and said second port; a second quarter-wavelength transmission line, arranged to selectively connect said first port to said third port; a third quarter-wavelength transmission line; first, second and third installable bridging devices selectively located with respect to said transmission lines so that only said first and second bridging devices or said third bridging devices are operable at any one time; a first location comprising said first installable bridging device and a second location comprising said second installable bridging device, said first and second bridging devices connecting said second transmission line between said first port and said second port, and said second port resistively to said third port, said third transmission line remaining unconnected; and third locations comprising said third installable bridging devices, said third bridging devices connecting said third transmission line electrically in parallel with said first transmission line, said second transmission line remaining unconnected.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
172 words
A high frequency bypassable power divider/combiner, comprising: a first port, a second port and a third port; a first quarter-wavelength transmission line, connected between said first port and said second port; a second quarter-wavelength transmission line, arranged to selectively connect said first port to said third port; a third quarter-wavelength transmission line; first, second and third installable bridging devices selectively located with respect to said transmission lines so that only said first and second bridging devices or said third bridging devices are operable at any one time; a first location comprising said first installable bridging device and a second location comprising said second installable bridging device, said first and second bridging devices connecting said second transmission line between said first port and said second port, and said second port resistively to said third port, said third transmission line remaining unconnected; and third locations comprising said third installable bridging devices, said third bridging devices connecting said third transmission line electrically in parallel with said first transmission line, said second transmission line remaining unconnected.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
81 words
The power divider/combiner according to claim 1, wherein: said first port has a first characteristic impedance Z 0 , said second port has a second characteristic impedance Z 1 , and said third port has a third characteristic impedance Z 2 , and said third quarter-wavelength transmission line has a characteristic impedance which is dimensioned so that the impedance produced by parallel connection of said transmission line and said third transmission line is substantially equal to √Z 0 Z 1 .
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
12 words
The power divider/combiner according to claim 1, wherein: said total is four.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
42 words
A power divider/combiner according to claim 2, wherein: said first bridging device is a resistor the resistance of which is substantially equal to 2√Z 1 Z 2 , and that the resistances of said second and third bridging devices are substantially zero.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
27 words
The power divider/combiner according to claim 2, wherein: the impedance of said third transmission line is raised by etching ground plane from under said third transmission line.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
44 words
The power divider/combiner according to claim 2, wherein: said third transmission line is placed so close to said first transmission line that interaction between said first transmission line and said third transmission line in use will raise the impedance of said third transmission line.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
29 words
The power divider/combirier according to claim 1, wherein: said power divider/combiner is a folded structure having both convex and concave curves in at least two of said transmission lines.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
27 words
The power divider/combiner according to claim 1, wherein: said power divider/combiner is a folded structure having both convex and concave curves in all of said transmission lines.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
27 words
The power divider/combiner according to claim 1, wherein: said power divider/combiner is a folded structure in which said transmission lines are not situated in a same plane.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
24 words
The power divider/combiner according to claim 1, wherein: said power divider/combiner is implemented as a stripline placed on a surface of a circuit board.
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