Designs for broad-band microstrip vertical transitions using cavity couplers

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 464-472

  Li, Eric S ^a,b   Cheng, Jui Ching ^c   Lai, Chih Che ^b,c  

^a IEEE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHI NAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR CAVITY COUPLERS; FRACTIONAL BANDWIDTH; NONRESONANT MODES;

BANDWIDTH; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; WAVEGUIDES;

MICROSTRIP DEVICES;

EID: 31044453007     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2005.860495     Document Type: Conference Paper

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