Miniaturized dual-band directional couplers using composite right/left-handed transmission structures and their applications in beam pattern diversity systems

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1207-1215

  Chi, Pei Ling ^a   Itoh, Tatsuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Directional couplers; Dual band; Metamaterial; Miniaturization; Mode decoupling network (MDN); Pattern diversity; Transmission lines

Indexed keywords

DECOUPLING NETWORK; DUAL BAND; MINIATURIZATION; PATTERN DIVERSITY; TRANSMISSION LINES;

ANTENNA ARRAYS; BANDPASS FILTERS; DIRECTIONAL COUPLERS; ELECTRIC LINES; METAMATERIALS; MINIATURE INSTRUMENTS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY;

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA);

EID: 77958100067     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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