Computer-Aided Analysis and Design of a Planar Multilayer Marchand Balun

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 1994, Pages 1429-1434

  Schwindt, Randal ^a   Nguyen, Cam ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001031831     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.299742     Document Type: Article

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