Analysis and applications of a new CPW-slotline transition

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 426-432

  Ma, Kuang Ping ^a   Qian, Yongxi ^a   Itoh, Tatsuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COUPLED CIRCUITS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FREQUENCY DIVIDING CIRCUITS; MICROWAVE ANTENNAS; PASSIVE NETWORKS; PHASE SHIFTERS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN (FDTD) METHODS; POWER DIVIDERS; SLOTLINE COUPLERS; VIVALDI ANTENNA;

WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0032673679     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.754876     Document Type: Article

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