Multilayer Suspended Stripline and Coplanar Line Filters

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 1994, Pages 1403-1407

  Schwab, Wolfgang ^a   Boegelsack, Frank ^a   Menzel, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

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EID: 0001412923     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.299736     Document Type: Article

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