Modes and their stability of a symmetric two-element coupled negative conductance oscillator driven spatial power combining array

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 44, Issue 10 pt 1, 1996, Pages 1628-1636

  Ding, Zhengping ^a   Chang, Kai ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; GUNN OSCILLATORS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; NEGATIVE RESISTANCE; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

SPATIAL POWER COMBINING ARRAY; TWO ELEMENT COUPLED NEGATIVE CONDUCTANCE OSCILLATOR;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 0030258333     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.538953     Document Type: Article

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