High Performance Microshield Line Components

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 534-543

  Weller, Thomas M ^a   Katehi, Linda P B ^a   Rebeiz, Gabriel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS; ELECTRIC SHIELDING; GEOMETRY; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; LOW PASS FILTERS; MILLIMETER WAVES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PERMITTIVITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WAVEGUIDES;

CONDUCTOR LOSS; HIGH RESISTIVITY SILICON SUBSTRATES; MEASUREMENT PROBE CONTACT PADS; MICROSHIELD CIRCUIT DESIGN; MICROSHIELD TRANSMISSION LINE; MILLIMETER WAVE INTERCONNECT LINES; THIN DIELECTRIC MEMBRANE;

ELECTRIC LINES;

EID: 0029275981     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.372098     Document Type: Article

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