A dual-band coupled-line balun filter

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2406-2411

  Yeung, Lap Kun ^a,b   Wu, Ke Li ^a,c  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Balun; Coupled line; Dual band filter; Low temperature co fired ceramic (LTCC); Stepped impedance resonator (SIR)

Indexed keywords

COUPLED-LINE BANDPASS BALUN FILTERS; DUAL-BAND FILTERS; LOW-TEMPERATURE CO-FIRED CERAMIC (LTCC); STEPPED-IMPEDANCE RESONATOR (SIR);

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; RESONATORS; TRANSCEIVERS; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

BANDPASS FILTERS;

EID: 36649031220     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2007.907402     Document Type: Article

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