Analysis of multiconductor coupled-line marchand baluns for miniature MMIC design

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1190-1198

  Lin, Chin Shen ^a,b   Wu, Pei Si ^a,b,c   Yeh, Mei Chao ^b,c   Fu, Jia Shiang ^a,b,d   Chang, Hong Yeh ^a,e   Lin, Kun You ^a,b   Wang, Huei ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORP   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Balun; Diode; Frequency doubler; Marchand balun; Monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC)

Indexed keywords

BALUN; MARCHAND BALUN; MULTICONDUCTOR COUPLED LINE;

DIODES; FREQUENCY DOUBLERS; LOGIC DESIGN; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS;

MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 34250185403     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2007.897689     Document Type: Conference Paper

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