Design of a novel Wilkinson power splitter based on the left-handed transmission line

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2975-2977

  Hu, Jun ^a   Xlong, Jiang ^a   Ling, Ti ^a   Zou, Yongzhuo ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Isolation bandwidth; Left handed transmission line; Nonlinear dispersion; Wilkinson power splitters

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUT;

ISOLATION BANDWIDTH; LEFT-HANDED TRANSMISSION LINES; NONLINEAR DISPERSION; WILKINSON POWER SPLITTERS;

ELECTRIC LINES;

EID: 36148939821     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.22896     Document Type: Article

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