Design of novel miniaturized fractal-shaped branch-line couplers

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1198-1201

  Chen, Wen Ling ^a   Wang, Guang Ming ^a  

^a AIR FORCE ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

90 degree hybrid; Branch line coupler; Fractal shape; Frequency shifting; Miniaturization

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; ELECTRIC CONNECTORS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

90 DEGREE HYBRID; BRANCH-LINE COUPLER; FRACTAL-SHAPE; FREQUENCY SHIFTING;

FRACTALS;

EID: 43049131084     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.23316     Document Type: Article

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