A Novel Configuration for 1: N Multiport Power Dividers Using Series/Parallel Transmission-Line Division and a Polyimide/Alumina-Ceramic Structure for HPA Module Implementation

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1187-1193

  Nakatsugawa, Masashi ^a   Nishikawa, Kenjiro ^a  

^a NTT Network Innovation Laboratories   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alumina; multilayer; parallel division; polyimide; series division; transformation; transmission line

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008055148     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.925519     Document Type: Article

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