Design of compact multilevel folded-line rf couplers

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2331-2339

  Settaluri, Raghu K ^a   Weisshaar, A ^a   Lim, C ^a   Tripathi, Vijai K ^a  

^a Oregon State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Coupled lines; Directional couplers; Embedded passives; Folded lines; Hybrids; Multilayer

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC LINES; ELECTRIC NETWORK SYNTHESIS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; PASSIVE NETWORKS;

COMPACT MULTILEVEL FOLDED-LINE RADIO FREQUENCY COUPLERS;

COUPLED CIRCUITS;

EID: 0033281571     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.808979     Document Type: Article

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