Title :
Slow-wave EBG microstrip rat-race hybrid ring
Author_Institution :
IHTM-Center of Microelectron. Technol. & Single Crystals, Belgrade, Serbia
Abstract :
A new type of slow-wave EBG microstrip rat-race hybrid ring is presented. It effectively reduces the occupied area to 11% of the conventional rat-race hybrid ring. It does not need any impedance transformers on the ports.
Keywords :
S-parameters; microstrip couplers; microstrip resonators; photonic band gap; slow wave structures; EBG microstrip rat race hybrid ring; S-parameters; electromagnetic bandgap; microstrip resonant cells; slow wave hybrid ring;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20052819
