Novel coupled-line conductor-backed coplanar and microstrip directional couplers for PCB and LTCC applications

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1743-1751

  Sawicki, Andrzej ^a   Sachse, Krzysztof ^b  

^a ERICSSON RESEARCH   (Sweden)

^b WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Asymmetric coupled lines; Directional couplers; Low temperature co fired ceramic (LTCC); Multiconductor transmission lines; Multilayer circuits; Printed circuit board (PCB)

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS; IMPEDANCE MATCHING (ELECTRIC); INTEGRATED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE; PERMITTIVITY; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS;

COPLANAR DIRECTIONAL COUPLERS; COUPLED LINE CONDUCTOR; LOW TEMPERATURE COFIRED CERAMICS TECHNOLOGY; MICROSTRIP DIRECTIONAL COUPLERS;

MICROSTRIP DEVICES;

EID: 0038614731     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2003.812580     Document Type: Article

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