Miniaturized dual-band hybrid couplers with arbitrary power division ratios

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 149-156

  Hsu, Ching Luh ^a   Kuo, Jen Tsai ^b   Chang, Chin Wei ^b  

^a TA HWA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Branch line coupler; Dual band; Miniaturization; Rat race coupler; Stepped impedance

Indexed keywords

BRANCH LINE COUPLERS; DUAL BAND; MINIATURIZATION; RAT-RACE COUPLER; STEPPED IMPEDANCE;

MINIATURE INSTRUMENTS;

ELECTRIC CONNECTORS;

EID: 70449520565     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2008.2009036     Document Type: Conference Paper

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