A wideband compact parallel-strip 180°Wilkinson power divider for push-pull circuitries

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 49-51

  Chiu, L ^a,b   Yum, T Y ^a,b   Xue, Q ^a,b   Chan, C H ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Hong Kong)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Harmonic suppression; Parallel strip line (PSL); Push pull amplifier; Wideband wilkinson power divider

Indexed keywords

HARMONIC SUPPRESSION; PARALLEL-STRIP LINES (PSL); PUSH-PULL AMPLIFIERS; WIDEBAND WILKINSON POWER DIVIDERS;

BANDWIDTH; HARMONIC DISTORTION; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUT; MICROSTRIP LINES; POWER AMPLIFIERS; POWER ELECTRONICS;

POWER CONVERTERS;

EID: 30344479478     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2005.859972     Document Type: Article

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