Non-foster circuits and stability theory

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society, AP-S International Symposium (Digest)

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1942-1945

  Stearns, Stephen D ^a  

^a NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND IMPEDANCE; DOUBLE NEGATIVE METAMATERIALS; IMPEDANCE MATCH; IMPEDANCE MATCHING NETWORK; LINEAR CIRCUITS; REALIZABILITY; STABILITY ASSESSMENT; STABILITY THEORIES;

ANTENNAS; BANDWIDTH; IMPEDANCE MATCHING (ELECTRIC); METAMATERIALS; SYSTEM STABILITY;

LINEAR NETWORKS;

EID: 80054980498     PISSN: 15223965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/APS.2011.5996883     Document Type: Conference Paper

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