“…Through this stage it is mandatory to use the open-circuited regime at the left body port 2 RL , as shown in Figure A2a. According to References [30,34,35], the scattering matrix S RL of the three-port device reduced by such the regime, with arm numbering 1 RL , 3 RL , and 4 RL , may be written as (port 2 RL is open-circuited, in other words, it is omitted): Through the latest equations, the elements of the scattering matrix [S ] related to the left reentrant coaxial section are used. In this case, the four-port representation of the left section (i.e., without the open-circuited regime at the port 2 RL of body "1") is considered:…”