A four-port network compensation approach for directional couplers

European Microwave Week 2011: "Wave to the Future", EuMW 2011, Conference Proceedings - 41st European Microwave Conference, EuMC 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 277-280

  Müller, Johannes ^a   Jacob, Arne F ^a  

^a HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL DESIGN; COMPENSATION TECHNIQUES; COUPLED LINES; DESIGN PROCEDURE; FOUR-PORT NETWORKS; LUMPED ELEMENT; MICROSTRIP COUPLER; VELOCITY DIFFERENCE;

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