A novel wideband coupled-line Gysel power divider with function of impedance matching

A new coupled-line circuit structure is proposed to design compact wideband Gysel power dividers with function of impedance matching between source and load. Based on traditional even- and odd-mode technique, closed-form equations are obtained for direct and accurate synthesis. By applying coupled lines and reducing their electrical lengths, this novel Gysel power divider has four main advantages: high power-handling capability, small size, enhanced bandwidth, and source-to-load impedance matching. The measured bandwidth ( & dB) of the fabricated Gysel power divider operating at 2 GHz is 62.6%, while the traditional one is 40.8%. Meanwhile, the size of this novel Gysel power divider is only 25.5% of the traditional one when the same substrate is used and the same operating band is considered.