High isolation power combiner/splitter and coupler
OwnerKarl L. Thorupinventor
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A power combiner has at least two uncommon ports and at least one common port. Isolation between the uncommon ports over a broad band is achieved through a lossy band response circuit having a phase and amplitude response effective to compensate for changes in phase and amplitude between the uncommon ports with change in frequency of an input signal. The lossy band response circuit may have a resistance approximating a resistance effective to isolate the uncommon ports over a bandwidth at a center frequency. A coupler may likewise increase the band for which an input port is isolated from the isolated port by coupling a lossy circuit between the input port and isolated port. The lossy circuit may be embodied as a lossy band response circuit.
A coupler comprising:
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