High-temperature superconducting beam forming network for communication system applications

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 33-39

  Kobeissi, Hassan ^a,f   Drolet, Daniel J ^b   Wu, Ke ^b,c,f   Stubbs, Malcolm G ^b   Larralde, Ginette ^d   Rao, Sudhakar K ^d,e  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Industry Canada   (Canada)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d L 3 Communications SPAR Aerospace Limited   (Canada)

^e BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

^f IEEE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beam forming; Branch line; Intermodulation; Power divider; Power handling

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; INTERMODULATION; MICROSTRIP LINES; SUBSTRATES; SUPERCONDUCTING FILMS;

ANTENNA BEAM FORMING NETWORK (BFN); POWER DIVIDER TECHNIQUE;

HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS;

EID: 0031096025     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/77.585886     Document Type: Article

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