A dual-band branch-line coupler using quasi-composite right/left-handed transmission lines

Microwave Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 176-182

  Jhuang, He Kai ^a   Lee, Ching Her ^a   Hu, Po Min ^b   Hsu, Chung I G ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHANGHUA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Taiwan)

^b DA YEH UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUPLER ARMS; DUAL-BAND OPERATIONS; MICROSTRIPS; RT/DUROID 6010 SUBSTRATES;

BANDWIDTH; ELECTRIC CONNECTORS; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; MICROSTRIP DEVICES; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS);

ELECTRIC LINES;

EID: 33748473164     PISSN: 01926225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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