A novel coplanar-waveguide directional coupler with finite-extent backed conductor

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 51, Issue 1 I, 2003, Pages 200-206

  Liao, Chun Lin ^a   Chen, Chun Hsiung ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Coplanar waveguide (CPW); Directional coupler

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS; IMPEDANCE MATCHING (ELECTRIC); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PERMITTIVITY; TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY;

DIRECTIONAL COUPLER; FLOATING BACKED CONDUCTOR; TRANSMISSION LINE MODEL;

WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS;

EID: 0037247441     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2002.806902     Document Type: Article

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