Wilkinson Power Divider

Design and Fabrication

ECE 5017, Fall 2015
Group 6
December 7, 2015
Matthew Straughn
Roland Tallos
Stephen Watt

Introduction/Outline

Outline

Theory
Specifications
Schematic
Simulation
Layout
Measured Data

Wilkinson Power Divider Theory

Why use a Wilkinson Power Divider?
Resistive Splitter/Combiner

Resistive Splitter/Combiner

Matched, Reciprocal, Lossy

Isolation: ~ 6 dB
Higher Insertion Loss
Larger Bandwidth

Ideal S-Parameters
=

1 0 1
1 0
2
1 1

1
1
0

Wilkinson Splitter/Combiner

Wilkinson Splitter/Combiner

Matched, Reciprocal, Lossy

Isolation: 20 - 30 dB
Low Insertion Loss
Smaller Bandwidth

Ideal S-Parameters
0
=
1
2 1

1 1
0 0
0 0

Specifications and Design Goals

Specifications and Design Goals

Z0 = 50
fc = 2 GHz
VSWR < 1.2 (S11 < -20 dB)
Insertion Loss < 0.75 dB
Isolation > 15 dB

ADS Design

Determine Line
Widths and Lengths
in ADS

Duroid Substrate
ADS Schematic

ADS S-Parameter
Simulation

ADS Layout and

Fabrication

50 Ohm (Z0) LineCalc

71 Ohm (2*Z0) LineCalc

ADS Schematic

Determine Line
Widths and Lengths
in ADS

ADS Schematic

ADS S-Parameter
Simulation

ADS Layout and

Fabrication

Manually tuned to ensure that resistor gap is correct size.

Total length of the 71 Ohm section must be roughly 1095 mils.

=
3(5)
3(9)
71 =
+ + + 30 + + + +

2
2

71 =

152
+
2

255 + 130

+ 30 + 130

+ 90 + 130

50
2

= 1088
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ADS S-Parameter Simulation (1.0 - 3.0 GHz)

Determine Line
Widths and Lengths
in ADS

ADS Schematic

ADS S-Parameter
Simulation

ADS Layout and

Fabrication

Design Goals:
VSWR < 1.2, Return Loss < 20 dB
Insertion Loss < 0.75 dB
Isolation > 15 dB

Simulation Results:

Return Loss < 40 dB

Insertion Loss < 0.035 dB (at each port)
Isolation > 30 dB
All goals met
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ADS Layout
ADS Layout
Determine Line
Widths and Lengths
in ADS

Fabricated Circuit

ADS Schematic

ADS S-Parameter
Simulation

ADS Layout and

Fabrication

Measured Data

Slight shift in
frequency

Even Power Split

All Design Goals Met

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