Design of integrated compensated baluns

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 75-81

  Engels, M ^a   Jansen, R H ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Design equations; Marchand balun; MMIC

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTIMIZATION;

DESIGN EQUATIONS; EM FULLWAVE SIMULATOR; INTEGRATED COMPENSATED BALUNS;

MICROSTRIP LINES;

EID: 0031553639     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2760(19970205)14:2<75::AID-MOP2>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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