A compact branch-line coupler using discontinuous microstrip lines

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 519-520

  Sun, Kae Oh ^a   Ho, Sung Jin ^a   Yen, Chih Chuan ^a   Van Der Weide, Daniel ^a  

^a Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium   (United States)

Author keywords

Hybrid coupler; Microstrip discontinuity; Slow wave

Indexed keywords

MICROSTRIP LINES; PRODUCT DESIGN;

HYBRID COUPLER; MICROSTRIP DISCONTINUITY; SLOW WAVE;

WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS;

EID: 25144450458     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2005.852789     Document Type: Article

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