An electronic UWB continuously tunable time-delay system with nanosecond delays

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 103-105

  Schwartz, Joshua D ^a,b   Arnedo, Israel ^a,c   Laso, M A G ^a,c   Lopetegi, Txema ^a,c   Azaña, José ^a,d   Plant, David ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

^d INRS EMT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bandgap devices; Microstrip circuits; Tunable delay lines; Ultra wideband (UWB) systems

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ENERGY GAP; MICROSTRIP DEVICES;

BANDGAP DEVICES; MICROSTRIP CIRCUITS; TUNABLE DELAY LINES; ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB) SYSTEMSB;

BROADBAND NETWORKS;

EID: 38949202295     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2007.915039     Document Type: Article

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