A design methodology for miniaturized power dividers using periodically loaded slow wave structure with dual-band applications

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3380-3388

  Rawat, Karun ^a   Ghannouchi, Fadhel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bloch wave; Dispersion; Dual band; Slow wave structure

Indexed keywords

BLOCH WAVES; CHIP AREAS; DESIGN APPROACHES; DESIGN METHODOLOGY; DISPERSIVE ANALYSIS; DUAL BAND; DUAL-BAND APPLICATIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC SIMULATION; IMPEDANCE TRANSFORMERS; LENGTH REDUCTION; MICROSTRIP TECHNOLOGY; PHYSICAL LENGTH; POWER DIVIDER; REDUCED SIZE; REDUCTION FACTOR; SLOW WAVE STRUCTURES; TRANSMISSION LINE; WILKINSON POWER DIVIDERS;

BANDPASS FILTERS; CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; DESIGN; ELECTRIC LINES; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURE; FREQUENCY DIVIDING CIRCUITS; GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; POWER TRANSFORMERS; TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY; VOLTAGE DIVIDERS;

DISPERSION (WAVES);

EID: 73049089292     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2009.2033849     Document Type: Article

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