Coupled-line metamaterial coupler having co-directional phase but contra-directional power flow

Electronics Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 315-317

  Islam, R ^a   Elek, F ^a   Eleftheriades, G V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURVE FITTING; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC LINES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; VECTORS;

COUPLED-LINE COUPLERS; EXPONENTIAL FIELDS;

MICROSTRIP DEVICES;

EID: 1642341697     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:20040197     Document Type: Article

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