Compact MMIC CPW and asymmetric CPS branch-line couplers and wilkinson dividers using shunt and series stub loading

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1624-1635

  Hettak, Khelifa ^a   Morin, Gilbert A ^b   Stubbs, Malcolm G ^a  

^a Industry Canada   (Canada)

^b DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

90 coupler; Asymmetric coplanar stripline (acps); Capacitive loading; Coplanar waveguide (cpw); Inductive loading; Monolithic microwave integrated circuit (mmic); Series shunt stubs; Size reduction; Wilkinson power divider

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC INDUCTORS; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; FREQUENCY DIVIDING CIRCUITS; LOADING; MILLIMETER WAVES; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); STRIP TELECOMMUNICATION LINES; WAVEGUIDES;

90° COUPLERS; ASYMMETRIC COPLANAR STRIPLINES (ACPS); CAPACITIVE LOADING; INDUCTIVE LOADING; SERIES/SHUNT STUBS; SIZE REDUCTION; WILKINSON POWER DIVIDERS;

ELECTRIC CONNECTORS;

EID: 19544383616     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2005.847052     Document Type: Article

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