Abstract: A method of producing a microwave power divider or combiner having equally matched sections of a split terminating resistor. The method initially matches the resistance value of both sections of the split terminating resistor by identifying which section has a lower resistance value. The ratio of the resistance values of the two sections is determined. The section having the lower resistance value is then trimmed until it is equal to the other. The termination sections may then be equally trimmed to provide a desired final resistance value for the terminating resistor.

Abstract: Microwave apparatus, such as microwave power dividers or combiners, having an adjustable terminating resistor. The present invention allows adjusting or trimming of the resistor and pretesting of substrates on which the apparatus is formed prior to installation of expensive integrated circuit components. The microwave power divider or combiner has a central contact disposed at a midpoint of the terminating resistor. This central contact is thus disposed at the midpoint of the terminating resistor and is coupled to a test point. Outer edges of the central contact are constructed to be parallel to inner edges of impedance paths or traces over which the terminating resistor lies so that each section of the terminating resistor has substantially the same resistance value.