Superconducting delay lines

Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 7-16

  Su, Hieng Tiong ^a,b   Wang, Yi ^b   Huang, Frederick ^b   Lancaster, Michael J ^b  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Delay lines; Double spiral; Meander lines; Superconducting; Unit cell

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE SPIRAL; MEANDER LINES; UNIT CELL;

ELECTRIC DELAY LINES; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; MICROSTRIP DEVICES; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 37549010361     PISSN: 15571939     EISSN: 15571947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10948-007-0239-2     Document Type: Article

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