**4.2 Experiments**

**Figure 13** is a photograph of the prototype circuit of the circuit shown in **Figure 12** and the measurement result of its *S*-parameter. The chip elements used in each circuit are 19, 31, and 37, respectively, and the circuit areas excluding the input/output ports

**Figure 13.**

*Photographs of fabricated circuits and their measurement results for N-section LC-ladder dividers: (a) foursection, (b) six-section, and (c) eight-section LC-ladder dividers.*

are 51.5mm<sup>2</sup> , 138.4mm<sup>2</sup> , and 182.4mm<sup>2</sup> . Comparing the measurement results with the abovementioned analysis results, it can be seen that they are in good agreement. In manufacturing the prototype circuit, the circuit pattern is determined by electromagnetic simulations, as in the case of the two-section LC-ladder divider.
