Mixed-mode s-parameter design of ultra-wideband coupled-line baluns

Proceedings of the 2009 International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications, ICEAA '09

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 55-58

  Sewiolo, Benjamin ^a   Vinci, Gabor ^a   Fischer, Georg ^a   Weigel, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Balun; Coupled line; Patterned ground shield; Planar; Ultra wideband

Indexed keywords

COMPACT BALUN; COUPLED LINE; COUPLED LINES; DOUBLE LAYERS; FREQUENCY RANGES; MIXED MODE; ODD-MODE IMPEDANCE; OUTPUT RETURN LOSS; PATTERNED GROUND SHIELD; PHASE-SHIFTING; POWER SPLITTING; S PARAMETERS; S-PARAMETER CHARACTERIZATION; SIMULATION AND MEASUREMENT; SIMULATION RESULT; TWO STAGE; WILKINSON DIVIDER;

BANDPASS FILTERS; ELECTRIC LINES; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; PRINTED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE; SCATTERING PARAMETERS; ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB); VOLTAGE DIVIDERS;

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 72849147348     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICEAA.2009.5297626     Document Type: Conference Paper

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