Applications of the finite difference techniques to the compensated VIP 3 dB directional coupler

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2045-2052

  Zhao, Chuandong ^a,b   Ikuo Awai, Member ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

VERTICALLY INSTALLED PLANAR DIRECTIONAL COUPLERS;

WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS;

EID: 0030287679     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.543961     Document Type: Article

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