A novel wide band 180-degree phase shift transition on multilayer substrates

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages 1887-1890

  Mousavi, Pedram ^a   Mansour, Raafat R ^a   Daneshmand, Mojgan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Couplers; Phase transformers; Transmission line

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONNECTORS; ELECTRIC LINES; MICROSTRIP DEVICES; PHASE SHIFT; PHASE TRANSITIONS; STRIP TELECOMMUNICATION LINES;

MULTILAYER SUBSTRATES; PHASE INVERTER; RAT-RACE COUPLERS; STRIPLINE TRANSITION;

BROADBAND AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 4544331327     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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