A novel LTCC miniaturized dualband balun

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 143-145

  Guo, Yong Xin ^a,b   Zhang, Z Y ^a,b   Ong, L C ^a,b   Chia, M Y W ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE FOR INFOCOMM RESEARCH   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Balun; Dualband balun; Low temperature cofired ceramic (LTCC); Marchand balun; Planar balun

Indexed keywords

BALUN; DUALBAND BALUN; LOW TEMPERATURE COFIRED CERAMIC (LTCC); MARCHAND BALUN; PLANAR BALUN;

CERAMIC MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FREQUENCY SHIFT KEYING; LOW TEMPERATURE ENGINEERING; PRODUCT DESIGN;

MINIATURE RADIO EQUIPMENT;

EID: 33644976441     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2006.869795     Document Type: Article

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