Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Kompa, G nter   Practical microstrip design and applications/G nter Kompa.   p. cm.  (Artech House microwave library)   Includes bibliographical references and index.

TK7876.K625 2005

621.381'3 dc22

2005048171

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

Kompa, G nter    Practical microstrip design and applications.  (Artech House microwave library)

621.3'813

ISBN-10: 1-58053-980-7

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International Standard Book Number: 1-58053-980-7

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About the Author

G nter Kompa received Dipl.-Ing. and Dr.-Ing. degrees in electrical communication from the Technical University of Aachen, Aachen, Germany, in 1970 and 1975, respectively.

In 1976,...