A broadband planar magic-T using microstrip-slotline transitions

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 172-177

  Kongpop, U Yen ^a,b   Wollack, Edward J ^a,b   Papapolymerou, John ^a,c   Laskar, Joy ^a,c  

^a IEEE

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Microstrip circuits; Passive circuits; Power combiners; Power dividers; Slotline transitions

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; BROADBAND AMPLIFIERS; MICROSTRIP DEVICES;

EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS; POWER DIVIDERS; SLOTLINE TRANSITIONS;

ELECTRON TRANSITIONS;

EID: 38149034410     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2007.912213     Document Type: Article

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