K-band quasi-planar tapped combline filter and diplexer

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 215-223

  Lo, Wen Teng ^a   Tzuang, Ching Kuang C ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; MICROWAVE DEVICES; SUBSTRATES;

COMBLINE FILTERS; DIPLEXERS; K BAND;

BANDPASS FILTERS;

EID: 0027540974     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.216459     Document Type: Article

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