Miniaturization and harmonic suppression of branch-line and rat-race hybrid coupler using compensated spiral compact microstrip resonant cell

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 1211-1214

  Gu, Jianzhong ^b   Sun, Xiaowei ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF MICROSYSTEM AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Artificial transmission lines (ATLs); Branch line coupler; Compensated spiral compact microstrip resonant cell (SCMRC); Harmonic suppression; Rat race coupler; Slow wave effect

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; MICROSTRIP LINES; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS;

ARTIFICIAL TRANSMISSION LINES (ATLS); BRANCH-LINE COUPLER; COMPENSATED SPIRAL COMPACT MICROSTRIP RESONANT CELL (SCMRC); HARMONIC SUPPRESSION; RAT-RACE COUPLER; SLOW-WAVE EFFECT;

ELECTRIC CONNECTORS;

EID: 30344441845     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWSYM.2005.1516894     Document Type: Conference Paper

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