Divider/combiner with bridging coupled section

A divider comprising:

• first, second, and third nodes;
• at least a first divider section coupling the first node to the second and third nodes, the first divider section including associated first and second transmission lines, the first transmission line including a first conductor having first and second ends, the second transmission line including a second conductor having first and second ends, the first ends of the first and second conductors being coupled to the first node, the second end of the first conductor being coupled to the second node, and the second end of the second conductor being coupled to the third node;
• a first bridging assembly including first and second resistors, and third, fourth, fifth, and sixth conductors each having first and second ends, the first end of the third conductor being connected to the second end of the first conductor, the first end of the fourth conductor being connected to the second end of the second conductor, the first end of the fifth conductor being connected to the first end of the sixth conductor, the second ends of the third and fourth conductors being grounded, the second end of the fifth conductor being terminated to ground by the first resistor, the second end of the sixth conductor being terminated to ground by the second resistor, the third and fifth conductors being closely inductively mutually coupled, and the fourth and sixth conductors being closely inductively mutually coupled;
• a conductive ground layer extending in a first plane;
• a first conductive layer, including the first, second, third, and fourth conductors, extending in a second plane parallel to and spaced apart from the first plane;
• and
• a second conductive layer, including the fifth and sixth conductors, extending in a third plane parallel to the second plane and spaced apart from the first plane.

A divider comprising:

• first, second, and third nodes;
• a plurality of divider sections including a first divider section and a second divider section, the first divider section coupling the first node to the second divider, the first divider section including associated first and second transmission lines, the first transmission line including a first conductor having first and second ends, the second transmission line including a second conductor having first and second ends, the first ends of the first and second conductors being coupled to the first node, the second end of the first conductor being coupled to the second node, and the second end of the second conductor being coupled to the third node, and the second divider section coupling the first divider section to the second and third nodes, the second divider section including associated third and fourth transmission lines, the third transmission line including a seventh conductor that couples the second end of the first conductor to the second node, the fourth transmission line including an eighth conductor that couples the second end of the second conductor to the third node;
• and
• a first bridging assembly including first and second resistors, and third, fourth, fifth, and sixth conductors each having first and second ends, the first end of the third conductor being connected to the second end of the first conductor, the first end of the fourth conductor being connected to the second end of the second conductor, the first end of the fifth conductor being connected to the first end of the sixth conductor, the second ends of the third and fourth conductors being grounded, the second end of the fifth conductor being terminated to ground by the first resistor, the second end of the sixth conductor being terminated to ground by the second resistor, the third and fifth conductors being closely inductively mutually coupled, and the fourth and sixth conductors being closely inductively mutually coupled.