Wide-band microstrip-to-coplanar stripline/slotline transitions

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1084-1088

  Tu, Wen Hua ^a,b,c   Chang, Kai ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Phi Kappa Phi ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Balun; Coplanar stripline (CPS); Slotline; Transition

Indexed keywords

BALUN; COPLANAR STRIPLINES (CPS); SLOTLINE; TRANSITION;

BANDWIDTH; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS; INSERTION LOSSES; MICROSTRIP LINES;

MICROSTRIP DEVICES;

EID: 33644973604     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2005.864127     Document Type: Article

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