Transient coupling reduction and design considerations in edge-coupled coplanar waveguide couplers

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 778-783

  Lyons, Michael R ^a   Balanis, Constantine A ^a  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROWAVE CIRCUITS; MULTILAYERS; SUBSTRATES;

EDGE COUPLED COPLANAR WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS; FORWARD DIRECTIONAL COUPLERS; MULTILAYER SUBSTRATES; SIMULATED PULSE DISTORTION; TRANSIENT COUPLING REDUCTION;

WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS;

EID: 0030142048     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.493932     Document Type: Article

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