Exact design of novel miniaturised fractal-shaped branch-line couplers using phase-equalising method

IET Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 773-780

  Chen, W L ^a   Wang, G M ^a  

^a AIR FORCE ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

BRANCH-LINE COUPLERS; DESIGN TECHNIQUES; FRACTAL BRANCHES; KOCH FRACTALS; LENGTH REDUCTIONS; MEASUREMENT RESULTS; OPERATING BANDWIDTHS; OPERATING FREQUENCIES; SIZE REDUCTIONS; TRANSMISSION PHASE;

FRACTALS;

EID: 56749095057     PISSN: 17518725     EISSN: 17518733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-map:20080074     Document Type: Conference Paper

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