Multisection impedance-transforming coupled-line baluns

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 51, Issue 2 I, 2003, Pages 536-541

  Ang, Kian Sen ^a   Leong, Yoke Choy ^a   Lee, Chee How ^a  

^a DSO NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Baluns; Coupled lines; Impedance transformation; Multisections

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; MICROSTRIP LINES;

COUPLED-LINE BALUNS;

ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE;

EID: 0037291078     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2002.807813     Document Type: Article

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