A new wide-band planar balun on a single-layer PCB

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 416-418

  Zhang, Zhen Yu ^a,b   Guo, Yong Xin ^a   Ong, Ling Chuen ^a   Chia, M Y W ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR INFOCOMM RESEARCH   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Balun; Broadband 180 phase shifter; Planar; Wideband; Wilkinson power divider

Indexed keywords

BALUN; BROADBAND 180° PHASE SHIFTERS; PLANAR; WIDEBAND; WILKINSON POWER DIVIDERS;

ANTENNAS; BANDWIDTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTROMAGNETISM; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTIMIZATION; PERMITTIVITY; PHASE SHIFTERS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS;

MICROSTRIP DEVICES;

EID: 22344439445     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2005.850486     Document Type: Article

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