A transmission line based resistance compression network (TRCN) for microwave applications

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Xu, Junfeng ^a   Tai, Wei ^b   Ricketts, David S ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Impedance matching; Impedance transformation; Resistance compression network (RCN); Transmission line

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENT POWER; EXPERIMENTAL PROTOTYPE; IMPEDANCE TRANSFORMATION; IMPEDANCE VARIATIONS; INPUT RESISTANCE; LOAD RESISTANCES; MICROWAVE APPLICATIONS; SYSTEM OPERATING POINTS;

ELECTRIC LINES; ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS; IMPEDANCE MATCHING (ELECTRIC); MICROWAVE FREQUENCIES;

TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY;

EID: 84893248270     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWSYM.2013.6697683     Document Type: Conference Paper

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