| publication name | Quad-Band power divider based on left-handed transmission lines |
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| Authors | O.F. Siddiqui, A.S. Mohra and G.V. Eleftheriades |
| year | 2010 |
| keywords | quad band- power divider, metamaterials |
| journal | ELectronic Letters |
| volume | 46 |
| issue | 21 |
| pages | 1441-1442 |
| publisher | IEE |
| Local/International | International |
| Paper Link | Not Available |
| Full paper | download |
| Supplementary materials | Not Available |
Abstract
With the trend of integrating several applications in communication devices becoming increasingly common, the need to design multi-band microwave components has become more important than ever. Metamaterial lines or left-handed transmission lines (LHTLs), on account of their unique dispersion properties, are suitable for multi-band applications [1, 2]. This Letter presents a quad-band power divider which is implemented by replacing the transmission line (TL) segments of a previously proposed dual-band power divider (shown in Fig. 1a) [3] with left-handed (LH) cells. In this articel, A quad-band equal power divider has been designed by exploiting the multi-band operation of left-handed transmission lines. Unit cell design based on dispersion analysis is provided. A practical power divider that demonstrates equal power division at frequencies 0.47, 0.8, 1.85 and 3.35 GHz was designed and fabricated by implementing the lefthanded cells in microstrip technology