Analysis and design of miniaturized lumped-distributed impedance-transforming baluns

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1009-1017

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

^a DSO NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Baluns; Distributed; Impedance transformation; Lumped; Miniature

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC ADMITTANCE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; INDUCTANCE; MICROSTRIP LINES; PERMITTIVITY;

IMPEDANCE TRANSFORMATION; MINIATURIZED LUMPED-DISTRIBUTED IMPEDANCE-TRANSFORMING BALUNS;

CIRCUIT THEORY;

EID: 0037358507     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2003.808677     Document Type: Article

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