Rigorous and efficient fabrication-oriented cad and optimization of complex waveguide networks

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 45, Issue 12 PART 2, 1997, Pages 2366-2374

  Alessandri, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computer aided design (cad); Mode matching; Optimzation; Waveguide networks

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MODAL ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WAVEGUIDES;

COMPLEX MICROWAVE NETWORKS; MODE MATCHING TECHNIQUE;

MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 0031386343     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.643845     Document Type: Article

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