A novel power divider utilizing composite right/left-handed transmission line

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1776-1779

  Li, Jiusheng ^a,b   Zou, Yongzhuo ^b   He, Sailing ^b,c  

^a CHINA JILIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Composite right left handed (CRLH); Left handed; Power divider

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC INDUCTORS; ELECTRIC LINES; PARAMETRIC DEVICES;

COMPOSITE RIGHT/LEFT-HANDED (CRLH); LEFT-HANDED; POWER DIVIDER; SYMMETRIC POWER DIVISION;

VOLTAGE DIVIDERS;

EID: 33747194669     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.21785     Document Type: Article

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