Patent ID: 7663449

Claim:
A divider comprising: first, second and third ports; and a plurality of divider sections coupling the first port to the second and third ports including at least a first coupled divider section and at least a first uncoupled divider section, each of the plurality of divider sections including associated first and second transmission lines, the first and second transmission lines having first and second ends, the first transmission lines of the plurality of divider sections being conductively connected in series with the first end of the first transmission line of the first uncoupled divider section being directly connected to the first port and the second end of the first transmission line of the first coupled divider section being directly connected to the second port, and the second transmission lines of the plurality of divider sections being connected in series, with the second end of the second transmission line of the first coupled divider section being directly connected to the third port, at least one of the plurality of divider sections further including at least a first resistor connected between the second ends of the first and second transmission lines of the at least one of the plurality of divider sections, and the associated first and second transmission lines of the first uncoupled divider section being substantially inductively mutually uncoupled, and the associated first and second transmission lines of the first coupled divider section being substantially inductively mutually coupled.