A Novel Technique for the Analysis of Dielectric Height Variations in Microstrip Circuits

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 73-77

  Kouki, Ammar B ^a   Khebir, Ahmed ^a   Bosisio, Renato G ^a   Ghannouchi, Fadhel M ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY;

DIELECTRIC HEIGHT; MICROSTRIP CIRCUITS; SPECTRAL DOMAIN METHOD;

MICROSTRIP DEVICES;

EID: 0028127619     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.265531     Document Type: Article

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