Left-handed L-band notch bandstop filter with significantly reduced size

IET Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 45-49

  Tong, W ^a   Hu, Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND-STOP FILTERS; CENTRE FREQUENCY; COUPLED-LINE COUPLERS; FRACTIONAL BANDWIDTHS; FULL-WAVE SIMULATIONS; LOADED QUALITY FACTOR; REDUCED SIZE; TRANSMISSION LINE;

BANDPASS FILTERS; BANDWIDTH; ELECTRIC LINES; METAMATERIALS; NOTCH FILTERS;

MICROSTRIP FILTERS;

EID: 46149083386     PISSN: 17518725     EISSN: 17518733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-map:20060135     Document Type: Article

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