Propagation Constant Determination in Microwave Fixture De-embedding Procedure

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1988, Pages 706-714

  Mondal, Jyoti P ^a   Chen, Tzu Hung ^a  

^a GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROWAVE MEASUREMENTS - ATTENUATION;

MICROWAVE FIXTURE DE-EMBEDDING; PROPAGATION CONSTANT DETERMINATION;

MICROWAVES;

EID: 0024000026     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.3575     Document Type: Article

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