Two CMOS Wilkinson Power Dividers Using High Slow-Wave and Low-Loss Transmission Lines

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dc.contributor.authorPakasiri, Chatrpol
dc.contributor.authorTeng, Wei Sen
dc.contributor.authorWang, Sen
dc.date.accessioned2026-08-06T10:46:41Z
dc.date.available2026-08-06T10:46:41Z
dc.date.issued2024-08-01
dc.description.abstractThis work presents two Wilkinson power dividers (WPDs) using multi-layer pseudo coplanar waveguide (PCPW) structures. The PCPW-based WPDs were designed, implemented, and verified in a standard 180 nm CMOS process. The proposed PCPW features high slow-wave and low-loss performances compared to other common transmission lines. The two WPDs are based on the same PCPW structure parameters in terms of line width, spacing, and used metal layers. One WPD was realized in a straight PCPW-based layout, and the other WPD was realized in a meandered PCPW-based layout. Both the two WPDs worked up to V-band frequencies, as expected, which also demonstrates that the PCPW guiding structure is less susceptible to the effects of meanderings on the propagation constant and characteristic impedance. The meandered design shows that the measured insertion losses were about 5.1 dB, and its return losses were better than 17.5 dB at 60 GHz. In addition, its isolation, amplitude imbalance, and phase imbalance were 18.5 dB, 0.03 dB, and 0.4°, respectively. The core area was merely 0.2 mm × 0.23 mm, or 1.8 × 10<sup>−3</sup>λ<inf>o</inf><sup>2</sup>.
dc.identifier.citationMicromachines, 15(8), 2024
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/mi15081009
dc.identifier.issn2072666X
dc.identifier.other2-s2.0-85202342328
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.kmitl.ac.th/handle/123456789/15802
dc.sourceMicromachines
dc.subjectCMOS
dc.subjectcoplanar waveguide (CPW)
dc.subjectlow loss
dc.subjectmeandered line
dc.subjectslow-wave factor (SWF)
dc.subjecttransmission line
dc.subjectWilkinson power divider
dc.titleTwo CMOS Wilkinson Power Dividers Using High Slow-Wave and Low-Loss Transmission Lines
dc.typeArticle

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