This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 201911391859.9 with a filing date of Dec. 30, 2019. The content of the aforementioned applications, including any intervening amendments thereto, are incorporated herein by reference.
The disclosure belongs to the technical field of radio-frequency circuit microstrip line device manufacturing, and particularly relates to a method for establishing an ultra wide band (UWB) class I Chebyshev multi-section Wilkinson power divider having equal ripple isolation characteristic.
A Wilkinson power divider is widely applied to microwave circuits and systems. For different applications, many types of power dividers have occurred in recent years. For a single-band power divider, transmission line and coupling line structures are applied to inhibit higher harmonic waves and control a power allocation ratio. Since Monzon proposed a dual-band impedance transformer, many dual-band power dividers are realized based on a structure with two sections of transmission lines or coupled lines. triple-band, multi-band, filter-type and tunable/reconfigurable power dividers are also well researched.
In 2002, federal communications commission issued information about use of ultra wide band (UWB) wireless systems (from 3.1 to 10.6 GHz), attracting attentions from many researchers. For many UWB devices, like a filter Balun (balance-unbalance signal converter, generally used between an antenna and a receiver), power dividers composed of transmission lines and coupled lines have been deeply researched in recent years.
In the prior art, a UWB power divider composed of stepped impedance open stubs and parallel coupled transmission lines is reported, which can provide performances of in-band separation and isolation. Meanwhile, a special ring resonator structure is also reported, which can generate extra transmission zero and inhibit resulting harmonic waves; however, some relationships in a topology of a multi-section UWB power divider have not been yet analyzed and discussed in detail, for example design methods of equal ripple response of UWB power dividers.
The disclosure designs and discloses a method for establishing an ultra wide band (UWB) class I Chebyshev multi-section Wilkinson power divider having equal ripple isolation characteristic. The objective of the disclosure is to establish the divider of the disclosure so that a transmission function and an isolation function can simultaneously realize equal ripple response, wherein the transmission function realizes Chebyshev equal ripple response, and the transmission function and the isolation function are the same in dead-center position and peak ripple position and can realize large bandwidth response and perfect isolation characteristic on the premise of a compact size.
The technical solution provided by the disclosure is as follows:
A method for establishing an ultra wide band class I Chebyshev multi-section Wilkinson power divider having equal ripple isolation characteristic, comprising the following steps:
step 1, determining a Chebyshev equal ripple order required in the designed circuit and calculating a class I Chebyshev polynomial in the same order, and meanwhile determining the equal ripple heights of reflection function S11 and isolation function S32;
step 2, carrying out even-mode analysis on the power divider, selecting a model according to the Chebyshev order so as to calculate an ABCD matrix expression under the even-mode condition, calculating equivalent conditions according to the ABCD matrix expression and the class I Chebyshev polynomial so that the designed circuit satisfies the structure of the Chebyshev polynomial and then a Zie impedance value of each section of coupled line is obtained;
step 3, carrying out odd mode analysis on the power divider so that each zero dead-center position and peak ripple position of the isolation function S32 and the reflection function S11 are the same and then the Zio impedance value of each section of coupled line and the impedance value of each isolation resistor are obtained; and
step 4, establishing a final circuit according to the Zie impedance value, the Zio impedance value and the impedance value of each isolation resistor.
Preferably, in the step 1, the Chebyshev equal ripple order is the number of the coupled lines.
Preferably, in the step 2, a coupled line unit is composed of one section of transmission line with a characteristic impedance as Zie under the condition of even-mode analysis.
Preferably, in the step 1, the class I Chebyshev polynomial is TN=2×TN-1(x)−TN-2(x); wherein, T0(χ)=1; T1(χ)=χ.
Preferably, in the step 2, the even mode ABCD matrix of N cascaded coupled line units is:
wherein, when N is odd:
when N is even:
in the formulas, aNe, bNe, cNe and dNe are respectively polynomial coefficients whose numbers of times are n (n∈0, 1, 2, N, N+1).
Preferably, in the step 2, the equivalent condition is that a transmission function S21 calculated by the even mode ABCD matrix of the N cascaded coupling line units is equal to a transmission function S21 calculated through the Chebyshev polynomial.
Preferably, in the step 2, the source terminal impedance value Zs and the load terminal impedance value ZL of the circuit are determined, and ZS/ZL=2; and the transmission function S21 calculated by the even-mode ABCD matrix of the N cascaded coupled line units is:
and
the transmission function calculated by the Chebyshev polynomial is
Preferably, in the step 3, the coupling line unit is composed of one section of transmission line with a characteristic impedance as Zio and one resistor with an impedance as Ri/2 under the condition of odd-mode analysis.
Preferably, in the step 3, the odd-mode ABCD matrix of the N cascaded coupled line units is
wherein, when N is odd:
when N is even:
in the formulas, aNor, bNor, cNor and dNor as well as aNoi, bNoi, cNoi and dNoi are respectively polynomials whose numbers of times are n, (n∈0, 1, 2, . . . , N, N+1).
Compared with the prior art, the disclosure has the beneficial effects:
1. The coupled lines are cascaded to form a multi-section Wilkinson power divider. A resistor having a specific impedance value is connected between each coupled line so as to provide perfect isolation characteristic;
2. The transmission function (S21) and the isolation function (S23) can simultaneously achieve equal ripple response, and the transmission function (S21) is constrained as the class I Chebyshev polynomial to achieve equal ripple response;
3. The reflection function (S21) and the isolation function (S23) can be independently regulated, and the reflection zeros are consistent with the isolation zeros, that is, the peak positions of the ripples are consistent;
4. As a multi-section Wilkinson power divider, the working bandwidth can be flexibly increased by increasing the section number of the cascaded coupled lines.
5. In general, the Wilkinson power divider is formed by combining up and down transmission lines. However, under the condition that the section number of the power divider is increased, horizontal and vertical sizes can be greatly increased. Based on the requirement of reducing the size as much as possible, the disclosure uses a structure with cascaded coupled lines, thereby effectively reducing the longitudinal size.
Next, the disclosure will be described in detail in combination with drawings so as to be implemented by those skilled in the art with reference to words of the specification.
As shown in
step 1, a Chebyshev equal ripple order (namely the number of ripples and the number of transmission zeros in a reflection function S11 are determined) required in the designed circuit, the equal ripple heights (namely return loss) of the reflection function S11 and the isolation function S32 are determined, and odd-even mode analysis is carried out on the power divider;
step 2, under the even-mode analysis, the source terminal impedance ZS of a circuit is 100Ω, the load terminal impedance ZL of the circuit is 50Ω, and a model is selected according to the determined Chebyshev equal ripple order so as to calculate an ABCD matrix expression under the condition of even-mode; wherein, in this example, the equal ripple order is the number of the coupled lines;
step 3, the class I Chebyshev polynomial TN=2xTN-1(x)−TN-2(x) in the same order is calculated according to the equal ripple order determined in step 1; wherein, T0(χ)=1; T1(χ)=χ;
step 4, according to the ABCD matrix expression and the Chebyshev polynomial calculated in step 2 and step 3, equivalent conditions of the ABCD matrix expression and the Chebyshev polynomial ae calculated, that is, the circuit in the present application satisfies the structure of the Chebyshev polynomial by equaling the transmission function S21 calculated through the even-mode ABCD matrix of the N cascaded coupled line units to the transmission function S21 calculated through the Chebyshev polynomial;
step 5, the even-mode impedance value of each section of coupled line Zie (Z1e, Z2e, Z3e . . . ) according to the equivalent conditions calculated in step 4;
step 6, from the analysis formula and image of the reflection function S11, each zero position of the reflection function S11 and the peak (namely a position where the derivation is 0 of each ripple are determined;
step 7, under odd-mode analysis, the source terminal impedance Zs of the circuit is 0Ω, and the load terminal impedance ZL of the circuit is 50Ω; through the constraint condition determined under the odd-mode condition zero positions of the isolation function S32 and the reflection function S11 and peaks (namely position where the derivation is 0) of ripples are the same;
step 8, the odd-mode impedance value Zio (Z1o, Z2o, Z3o . . . ) of each section of coupled line and the impedance value of each isolation resistor Ri are obtained according to the constraint conditions calculated in step 7;
step 9, all the obtained impedance values are put into the model to obtain a final circuit.
First, the number of sections of the ultra wide band Wilkinson power divider should be determined according to actual bandwidth requirements, as shown in
In this example, as shown in
As shown in
The even-mode ABCD matrix of the N cascaded coupled line units can be expanded as
wherein, when N is odd:
when N is even:
in the formulas, aNe, bNe, cNe and dNe are respectively polynomial coefficients whose numbers of times are n, (n∈0, 1, 2, . . . , N, N+1).
aNe, bNe, cNe and dNe are determined by characteristic impedances Zie (i=1, 2 . . . , N), and the input impedance of port 2 Zine can be deduced as
According to the following formulas 21(a)˜(j), Aev, Bev, Cev and Dev are all formulas related to Zie
the reflection coefficient Γev of the port 2 under the even-mode condition is
The characteristic function Γev is defined as
Z0 is a normalized impedance, namely, normalization is to divide the impedance by Z0, so as to obtain 1Ω,
Since the higher order polynomial Fev is a function of cos θ, S11 is constrained as a class I Chebyshev polynomial to achieve equal ripple response, namely, cos(Nφ)=T(x),
here
in the formula, θcS11 is the electrical length of S11 cut-off frequency, and ε is a ripple constant. θc is the electrical length of the lower frequency in the two cut-off frequencies of a filter. N is the order of a Chebyshev filter, namely, the number of sections of the coupled lines. φ is a deflecting concept replacing the electrical length, and is used to induce formulas.
ε=√{square root over (100.1L
In the formula, LA is an in-band ripple factor, and the unit is dB;
The amplitude square transfer function can be written as:
As shown in
Under odd-mode analysis, the ABCD matrix of the ith coupled line unit is
The odd-mode ABCD matrix of the N cascaded coupled line units can be expanded as
wherein, when N is odd:
when N is even:
In the formulas, aNor, bNor, cNor and dNor as well as aNoi, bNoi, cNoi and dNoi are respectively polynomial coefficients whose numbers of times are n (n∈0, 1, 2, . . . , N, N+1).
All the coefficients aNor, bNor, cNor and dNor as well as aNoi, bNoi, cNoi and dNoi are determined by the characteristic impedances Zio and Ri (i=1, 2, . . . , N), and the input impedance of the port 2 Zino can be derived as
According to the formulas 33 (a)˜34 (s), Aod, Bod, Cod and Dod are all formulas related to Zio.
In each transmission zero of S11, the formula (15) is required to reach the matching condition, that is, in each zero (θZ1, θZ2, θZ3), the formula (15) is equal to 50Ω; secondly, at frequency points (θD1, θD2, θD3) where ripples of S11 are derived as 0, the formula (17) is required to be derived as 0 and has the same ripple height at these points, and the following three formulas are reduced as:
The reflection coefficient Γev of the port 2 under the odd-even condition is
Under the even-mode condition, the characteristic impedance Zie(i=1, 2, . . . , N) of each coupled line unit is determined by the class I Chebyshev polynomial coefficients; under the odd-mode condition, the characteristic Zio and the isolation resistance Ri (i=1, 2, . . . , N) are used to achieve the equal ripple response of S32.
The calculation formula of isolation response S32 is
As shown in
In this example, θZ1, θZ2, θZ3, . . . , are defined as zero positions of S11 and S32, θD1, θD2, θD3, . . . , are positions where S11 and S32 are derived as 0, θcS32 and θcS11 are the electrical lengths corresponding to the cut-off frequencies of S11 and S32, and θcS32 and θcS11 are different;
Δθc=|θcS32−θcS11≠0 (18)
In the formula, Δθc is a smaller value determined by circuit parameters. In fact, the actual cut-off frequency fc of the ultra wide band power divider is determined by θcS32 (or fcS32).
f
c
=f
c
S32 (19)
This means that the actual bandwidth of the power divider is narrower than the bandwidth under the even-mode condition, and this bandwidth should be carefully considered and handled in the process of designing the power divider.
The disclosure will be specially further described by analyzing and establishing a three-section ultra wide band Wilkinson power divider.
As shown in
The amplification square transfer function under the design condition (Z0=1Ω)
B
ev−2Cev=0 (23)
Under the even-mode condition can be written as
Fev is the characteristic function;
Since the number of sections N=3, the following equations are deduced according to the Chebyshev polynomial
Finally, they are deduced as
According to formula (28), the even mode characteristic impedances Z1e, Z2e and Z3e can be obtained, thus the input impedance Zine seen from the port 2 under the even-mode condition can be obtained.
the reflection coefficient δev seen from the port 2 under the even-mode condition is
Under the odd-even condition, the ABCD transmission matrix is represented as
The input impedance Zino seen from the port 2 under the odd-mode condition
the reflection coefficient Γod seen from the port 2 under the even-mode condition is
According to formulas (28) and (34), the isolation S32 between the ports 2 and 3 can be obtained
As shown in
According to the above data in examples 1˜3, as shown in
As shown in
The embodiments of the disclosure have been disclosed as above but are not limited to applications listed in the specification and the embodiments. They can be applicable to various fields suitable for the disclosure, and those skilled in the art can easily achieve another amendments. Therefore, the disclosure is not limited to special details and figures shown and described herein without departing from the general concept defined by the claims and the equivalent scope.
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201911391859.9 | Dec 2019 | CN | national |