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Power Divider and Directional Coupler

The document discusses power dividers and directional couplers, which are passive RF components used for dividing or combining signals. It covers the properties, configurations, and specific types of these components, including T-junction and Wilkinson dividers, as well as quadrature hybrids. Key concepts such as coupling, directivity, isolation, and insertion loss are also explained.

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Power Divider and Directional Coupler

The document discusses power dividers and directional couplers, which are passive RF components used for dividing or combining signals. It covers the properties, configurations, and specific types of these components, including T-junction and Wilkinson dividers, as well as quadrature hybrids. Key concepts such as coupling, directivity, isolation, and insertion loss are also explained.

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POWER DIVIDER AND

DIRECTIONAL
COUPLER
Chapter 7 : Microwave engineering – David
M.Pozar
Basic properties of power divider and
directional couple
 Are passive RF components.
 Power divider : dividing or combining signals.
 Directional coupler : dividing signal in specific direction.
Three ports network (T-junction)

 With this 3-Ports network( lossless and matched at all port), can we
archive
reciprocal?

 For lossless :
Three ports network(T-junction)

 We can get a reciprocal circuit if only two ports are matched. Assume
that port 3 is not match :
Four ports network(Directional
coupler)
Symmetric coupler :

 Antisymmetric coupler :

 Symbols of directional coupler


Four ports network(Directional
coupler)
 Coupling : fraction of the input power that is coupled to the output port.

 Directivity : the ability to isolate forward and backward waves.

 Isolation : the measure of power that is delivered to the uncoupled port.

 Insertion loss : accounts for the input power delivered to the through
port.
Two special case of directional
coupler
 Quadrature hybrid coupler :

 Magic T hybrid and rat-race hybrid :


Power divider
T-junction power divider
Lossless divider

 For example : the output powers are 2:1 ratio


 Input power :

 Output power :

 Do not matching at all ports.


 No isolation between output port.
T-junction power divider
An equal-split three-port resistive power divider.

 S matrix :

 Output power :

 Not lossless.
 No isolation between output
port.
Wilkinson divider

 Matching at all ports.


 Isolation between output ports.
 Only reflection wave at the output
ports are lossy.
 S matrix :
Wilkinson divider
Unequal Power Division

 Assume
Wilkinson divider
An N-way, equal-split Wilkinson power divider
Directional coupler
The quadrature (90◦) hybrid

 S matrix :

 Model :
The hybrid

 The output can be in-phase or phase shift between them, depends on


which input is chosen.

 The ideal S matrix :


The ring hybrid(Rat-race)

 Easy to fabricate(strip or microstrip line)


 But the bandwidth is narrow and require
large space.
The tapered coupled line hybrid
 Chapter 8 : Microwave filter
 Chapter 10 : Noise

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