Two-Dimensional Quasi-Optical Power-Combining Arrays Using Strongly Coupled Oscillators

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 734-741

  Lin, Jenshan ^a   Itoh, Tatsuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCUIT OSCILLATIONS; CIRCUIT THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSTRIP DEVICES; OPTICAL DEVICES; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); SOLID STATE DEVICE STRUCTURES; SUPERLATTICES;

MICROSTRIP COUPLING LINES; STRONGLY COUPLED OSCILLATORS; TWO DIMENSIONAL QUASI OPTICAL POWER COMBINING ARRAYS;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 0028412907     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.285088     Document Type: Article

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