Compact planar microstripline branch-line and rat-race couplers

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2119-2125

  Eccleston, Kimberley W ^a   Ong, Sebastian H M ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b MINISTRY OF EDUCATION   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Artificial transmission lines (ATLs); Branch line coupler; Periodically loaded transmission lines; Rat race coupler

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC LINES; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; PRINTED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE; WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS;

ARTIFICIAL TRANSMISSION LINES; COMPACT PLANAR MICROSTRIPLINE BRANCH LINE; FULL WAVE SIMULATION; PERIODICALLY LOADED TRANSMISSION LINE; PHOTONIC BANDGAP STRUCTURES; RAT RACE COUPLERS;

MICROSTRIP LINES;

EID: 0141883963     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2003.817442     Document Type: Article

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