A novel compact balun structure for multilayer MMICs

1996 26th European Microwave Conference, EuMC 1996

Volumn 2, Issue , 1996, Pages 692-696

  Engels, M ^a   Jansen, R H ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROWAVES; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MULTILAYERS; POWER AMPLIFIERS; RADIO WAVES; TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY;

COMPACT BALUN; DESIGN METHODOLOGY; FULL-WAVE SIMULATIONS; QUASI-STATIC; TRANSMISSION LINE TRANSFORMER;

STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

EID: 84887446312     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EUMA.1996.337675     Document Type: Conference Paper

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