Fractal-shaped stepped-impedance transformers for wideband application

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1628-1630

  Chen, Wen Ling ^a   Wang, Guang Ming ^a   Qi, Yi Na ^a   Liang, Jian Gang ^a  

^a AIR FORCE ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fractal shape; Sierpinski carpet; Stepped impedance transformer; Wideband

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FRACTALS; FREQUENCY RESPONSE;

SIERPINSKI CARPETS; STEPPED-IMPEDANCE TRANSFORMERS; WIDEBAND APPLICATIONS;

ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS;

EID: 34249785128     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.22557     Document Type: Article

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