Analysis of Slow-Wave Transmission Lines on Multi-Layered Semiconductor Structures Including Conductor Loss

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1993, Pages 824-829

  Liou, Jenn Chorng ^a   Lau, Kei May ^b  

^a Lucas Aerospace ^*  (Morocco)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC LOSSES; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY;

CONDUCTOR LOSSES; MODULATION DOPED FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; MULTILAYERED SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURES; SLOW WAVE TRANSMISSION LINES; SPECTRAL DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

STRIP TELECOMMUNICATION LINES;

EID: 0027601879     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.234518     Document Type: Article

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