Design of N-Way Power Divider Similar to the Bagley Polygon Divider With an Even Number of Output Ports

Abstract

In this paper, a general design of an equal-split N-way power divider, similar to Bagley polygon power divider, but with an even number of output ports is proposed. A circular-shaped 4way divider is designed and simulated using two different full-wave simulators. Very good matching at the input port is achieved, and good transmission parameters are obtained. After that, the same circular-shaped divider is redrawn in a rectangular form to save more circuit area, and to align the four output ports together. For verification purposes, the 4-way rectangular-shaped Bagley power divider is simulated, fabricated and measured. Both simulation and measurement results prove the validity of the design.

Design and analysis of unequal split Bagley power dividers

“…Very recently, based on the use of non-uniform transmission lines, multiband miniaturised 3-way and 5-way BPDs were proposed in Al-Shamaileh, Qaroot, and Dib (2011a). In Al-Shamaileh, Qaroot, and Dib (2011b), a new design methodology for BPDs with even number of output ports was provided. It should be mentioned here that all of the BPDs investigated in the abovementioned works were of equal-split-type dividers.…”

A Dual-Band Feed Network for Series-Fed Antenna Arrays Using Extended Composite Right/Left-Handed Transmission Lines

“…While a lot of attention has been paid to the equal and unequal power dividers with only two output ports, not much work has been done on the dual-band power dividers with more output ports. In [3], Bagley polygon's method has been used to design a 4-way power divider. In [4] and [5], a 3-way and a 4-way power dividers based on the conventional transmission lines (TLs) have been proposed, respectively.…”

“…In [4] and [5], a 3-way and a 4-way power dividers based on the conventional transmission lines (TLs) have been proposed, respectively. Unlike the power dividers in [3]- [5] which are based on conventional TLs, the metamaterials have been recently used to design a 4-way power divider [6]. However, similar to the problem existed in the conventional TLs, this divider still suffers from operating in a single frequency band.…”

A Novel Dual-Band Multi-Way Power Divider Using Coupled Lines

“…Many efforts have been made to enhance its performance, such as ultra-wideband or broadband Wilkinson power divider and Gysel power divider [2][3][4][5][6][7], dual-band and optional isolation power dividers using parallel strip line and open stubs [8,9], compact coupledline and stepped-impedance transmission lines dual-band Wilkinson power dividers [10][11][12][13], and dual-band unequal Wilkinson power divider using asymmetric coupled-line [14], in [15], seven ports power divider with various power division ratios was presented. More than that, one of the power dividers, which has been a new area of research, is the Bagley polygon power divider (BPD) [16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25]. Compared to other power dividers, BPD does not use lumped elements, such as resistors, and can be easily extended to any number of output ports.…”

“…Three different topologies of dual-frequency modified 3-way BPDs are designed and analyzed in [24]. A general design of an equal-split Nway power divider with an even number of output ports is proposed in [25].…”