Wide-band lumped-element quadrature 3-db couplers in micro strip

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 2424-2431

  Andrews, D P ^a,b   Aitchison, C S ^a,b  

^a Vectawave Technology Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Filters; Hybrid junctions; Microstrip circuits; Microstrip directional couplers; Microwave power amplifiers; Passive circuits; Quadrature hybrids

Indexed keywords

COUPLED CIRCUITS; LUMPED PARAMETER NETWORKS;

WIDE BAND LUMPED-ELEMENT QUADRATURE;

MICROSTRIP DEVICES;

EID: 0034427725     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.898993     Document Type: Article

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