A broadband series power divider using zero-degree metamaterial phase-shifting lines

Antoniades, Marco A. and Eleftheriades, George V. (2005) A broadband series power divider using zero-degree metamaterial phase-shifting lines. IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, 15 11: 808-810.


Author Antoniades, Marco A.
Eleftheriades, George V.
Title A broadband series power divider using zero-degree metamaterial phase-shifting lines
Journal name IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters  (ERA 2012 Listed)    (ERA 2010 Rank A)   Check publisher's open access policy
Publication date 2005-11
Sub-type Article
DOI 10.1109/LMWC.2005.859007
Volume number 15
Issue number 11
ISSN 1051-8207
1531-1309
1558-1764
Start page 808
End page 810
Total pages 3
Place of publication Piscataway, NJ, U.S.A.
Publisher IEEE
Language eng
Formatted abstract A metamaterial 1:4 series power divider that provides equal power split to all four output ports over a large bandwidth is presented, which can be extended to an arbitrary number of output ports. The divider comprises four nonradiating metamaterial lines in series, incurring a zero insertion phase over a large bandwidth, while simultaneously maintaining a compact length of λ0/8. Compared to a series power divider employing conventional one-wavelength long meandered transmission lines to provide in-phase signals at the output ports, the metamaterial divider provides a 165% increase in the input return-loss bandwidth and a 155% and 154% increase in the through-power bandwidth to ports 3 and 4, respectively. In addition, the metamaterial divider is significantly more compact, occupying only 2.6% of the area that the transmission line divider occupies. The metamaterial and transmission line dividers exhibit comparable insertion losses.
Keyword Left-handed (LH)
Metamaterial
Negative refractive index (NRI)
Power combining
Power divider
Slow wave
Transmission-line
Index
Q-Index Code C1
Q-Index Status Provisional Code
Institutional Status Non-UQ

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