Miniaturization and harmonic suppression rat-race coupler using C-SCMRC resonators with distributive equivalent circuit

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 880-882

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

^a IEEE   (China)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Compensated spiral compact microstrip resonant cell (C SCMRC); Harmonic suppression; Rat race coupler; Slowwave effect

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATED SPIRAL COMPACT MICROSTRIP REAONANT CELL (C-SCMRC); HARMONIC SUPPRESSION; RAT-RACE COUPLER; SLOWWAVE EFFECTS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; RESONATORS;

ELECTRIC CONNECTORS;

EID: 30344486552     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2005.859980     Document Type: Article

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