Arbitrary dual-band components using composite right/left-handed transmission lines

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1142-1149

  Lin, I Hsiang ^a   DeVincentis, Marc ^b   Caloz, Christophe ^a   Itoh, Tatsuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Luxim Cooperation   (United States)

Author keywords

Baluns; Directional couplers; Dual band; Left handed (LH); Transmission lines (TLs)

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONNECTORS; INSERTION LOSSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROWAVES; SURFACE MOUNT TECHNOLOGY;

DIRECTIONAL COUPLERS; DUAL-BAND COMPONENTS; MICROWAVE DIRECTIONAL COUPLERS; RAT-RACE COUPLERS (RRC);

ELECTRIC LINES;

EID: 2442593867     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2004.825747     Document Type: Article

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