A dual-band balun using partially coupled stepped-impedance coupled-line resonators

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1455-1460

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

^a IEEE

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Baluns; Coupled lines; Dual band baluns; Stepped impedance resonators (SIRs)

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; BANDPASS FILTERS;

1.8 GHZ; 900 MHZ; COUPLED-LINE RESONATORS; DESIGN EQUATIONS; DESIGN FORMULAS; DUAL BANDS; DUAL-BAND APPLICATIONS; EVEN- AND ODD-MODE; RESONATOR CONFIGURATION; RESONATOR STRUCTURES; STEPPED IMPEDANCE; STEPPED-IMPEDANCE RESONATORS (SIR);

RESONATORS;

EID: 45249085927     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2008.923338     Document Type: Article

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