Broad-band coaxial directional couplers for high-power applications

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 994-997

  Teppati, Valeria ^a   Goano, Michele ^a   Ferrero, Andrea ^a   Niculae, Valentin ^a   Olivieri, Augusto ^a   Ghione, Giovanni ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Broad band couplers; Coastal cables; Coastal couplers; Conformal mapping

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CAPACITANCE; COAXIAL CABLES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMAL MAPPING; ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THEORY;

BROAD-BAND COAXIAL DIRECTIONAL COUPLERS; HIGH POWER RADIO FREQUENCY TESTING;

WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS;

EID: 0037361247     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2003.808733     Document Type: Article

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