A 3-D smith chart based on the riemann sphere for active and passive microwave circuits

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 286-288

  Muller, Andrei A ^a   Soto, Pablo ^b   Dascalu, Dan ^a,c   Neculoiu, Dan ^a,c   Boria, Vicente E ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN MICROTECHNOLOGIES   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

Active circuits; immittance; lossy circuits; reflection coefficient; Smith Chart; transmission lines

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE CIRCUITS; IMMITTANCE; LOSSY CIRCUITS; REFLECTION COEFFICIENT; SMITH CHART; TRANSMISSION LINES;

MICROWAVE CIRCUITS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; REFLECTION; SPHERES; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

PASSIVE NETWORKS;

EID: 79957978312     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2011.2132697     Document Type: Article

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