Millimeter-Wave Power-Combining Techniques

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1983, Pages 91-107

  Chang, Kai ^a   Sun, Cheng ^a  

^a NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POWER COMBINERS; POWER COMBINING TECHNIQUES;

SOLID STATE DEVICES;

EID: 0020705310     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.1983.1131443     Document Type: Article

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