Modal S-Matrix Design of Metal Finned Waveguide Components and its Application to Transformers and Filters

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 1992, Pages 1528-1537

  Bomemann, Jens ^a   Arndt, Fritz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FILTERS--MATERIALS; ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS--MATERIALS;

EVANESCENT-MODE FILTERS; METAL FINNED WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS; MODAL S-MATRIX DESIGN; OPTIMUM MATCHING POTENTIAL; WAVEGUIDE CUTOFF FREQUENCY;

WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS;

EID: 0026888792     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.146334     Document Type: Article

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