Practical Filters and Couplers: A Collection from Applied Microwave & WirelessOffers 13 articles on classic as well as current design and testing techniques for filter, couplers and baluns. Provides quick access to: Crucial Concepts: Matching Double-Tuned LC Filters; Microwave Filter Design; Balun Designs for Wireless. Practical Solutions: Filters Without PC Boards; HF Diplexer with Helical Resonators; Bridging Coupling. Original Designs: Design of Active Equalizers with Controlled Gain Slope; Electronic Directional Couplers; A Computer-Aided Symbolic Active Filter Synthesis. |
Contents
An Electronic Directional Coupler | 5 |
Filtering in the Budget Domain | 11 |
A Multilayer Microstrip Bandstop Filter for | 21 |
Bridging Coupling Helps to Correct Amplitude Symmetry | 31 |
A New Approach To Broadband Transmission Line Hybrid Design Simon Y London | 41 |
Build Filters without PC Boards | 47 |
Common terms and phrases
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