The Transmission-Line Matrix Method—Theory and Applications

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn MTT-33, Issue 10, 1985, Pages 882-893

  Hoefer, Wolfgang J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS - ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES - MATRIX ALGEBRA; MICROWAVES - PROPAGATION;

ERROR CORRECTION OR REDUCTION; HUYGENS'S PRINCIPLE; TRANSMISSION LINE MATRIX (TLM) ANALYSIS METHOD; TWO- AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL NETWORKS;

ELECTRIC NETWORKS;

EID: 0022137397     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.1985.1133146     Document Type: Article

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