The Six-Port Reflectometer: An Alternative Network Analyzer

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 1977, Pages 1075-1080

  Engen, Glenn F ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYZERS; MICROWAVE MEASUREMENTS;

SIX-PORT REFLECTOMETERS;

REFLECTOMETERS;

EID: 0017747922     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.1977.1129277     Document Type: Article

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