A compact enhanced-bandwidth hybrid ring using a left-handed transmission line section

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages 329-332

  Okabe, Hiroshi ^a,b   Caloz, Christophe ^a   Itoh, Tatsuo ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; MICROWAVE CIRCUITS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES;

LEFT-HANDED (LH) MATERIALS;

ELECTRIC LINES;

EID: 0043166466     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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