Analysis and Design of Monolithic Rectangular Coaxial Lines for Minimum Coupling

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2521-2530

  Saitc, Yuya ^a   Filipović, Dejan S ^a  

^a University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

Author keywords

Coupling analysis; probe effects; small aperture theory; coaxial line

Indexed keywords

EID: 58049099165     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2007.910092     Document Type: Article

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