A broadband compact microstrip rat-race hybrid using a novel CPW inverter

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 161-166

  Mo, Ting Ting ^a,b   Xue, Quan ^a,b   Chan, Chi Hou ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Hong Kong)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Broadband; Coplanar waveguide (CPW) phase inverter; Microstrip to CPW transition; Rat race hybrid

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND; COPLANAR WAVEGUIDE (CPW) PHASE INVERTER; MICROSTRIP-TO-CPW TRANSITION; RAT-RACE HYBRID;

BANDWIDTH; ELECTRIC INVERTERS; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; WAVEGUIDES;

MICROSTRIP DEVICES;

EID: 33846633322     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2006.888938     Document Type: Article

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