Stepped impedance microstrip couplers with improved directivity

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 621-624

  Müller, Johannes ^a   Friesicke, Christian ^a   Jacob, Arne F ^a  

^a HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Couplers; Directivity; Inhomogeneous media; Microstrip; Phase velocity compensation; Stepped impedance

Indexed keywords

COUPLING COEFFICIENT; DESIGN METHODOLOGY; DESIGN PROCEDURE; DIRECTIVITY; EVEN- AND ODD-MODE; INHOMOGENEOUS MEDIA; MICROSTRIP COUPLER; MICROSTRIPES; SIMULATION RESULT; SIMULATION SOFTWARE; STEPPED IMPEDANCE;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; INSULATING MATERIALS; MICROWAVES; PHASE VELOCITY;

DESIGN;

EID: 77950017714     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWSYM.2009.5165773     Document Type: Conference Paper

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