Microelectronics, Volume. 52, Issue 5, 893(2022)

A Compact Branch-Line Coupler with Harmonic Suppression

WANG Yinghao1 and NIE Wei2
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    Received: Aug. 10, 2022

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    Published Online: Jan. 18, 2023

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    DOI:10.13911/j.cnki.1004-3365.220306

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