A compact enhanced-bandwidth hybrid ring using an artificial lumped-element left-handed transmission-line section

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 798-804

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

^a HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hybrid ring; Left handed (LH) material; LH transmission line (TL)

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; FREQUENCIES; INSERTION LOSSES; MICROWAVE CIRCUITS; PERMITTIVITY;

HYBRID RING; LEFT HANDED MATERIAL;

TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY;

EID: 1842579988     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2004.823541     Document Type: Article

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