Design and simulation of an eight-way binary Wilkinson power divider

An eight-way X-band power divider is presented, which is based on the binary Wilkinson topology. The proposed power divider consists of three stages with one, two and four equal power dividers in each stage, respectively. The input power is divided equally between the eight outputs to provide an equal-split power divider. The analysis of the structure is based on even and odd-mode technique. 0.5 mm thickness of FR4 substrate is chosen and the designed power divider is simulated in ADS and HFSS softwares. Good performance of the power divider is justified by -36.5dB of reflection coefficient and -9.32dB of insertion loss at centre frequency of 9.65GHz. The proposed power divider has potential application in radar and microwave systems, especially in phased-array structures.

کلیدواژه ها:

Wilkinson power divider ، equal-split ، X-band