K/Ka-band coplanar waveguide directional couplers using a three-metal-level MMIC process

IEEE Microwave and Guided Wave Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 76-78

  Gokdemir, Tacar ^a,b   Robertson, I D ^a,b   Wang, Q H ^b   Rezazadeh, A A ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS; CONFORMAL MAPPING; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FREQUENCIES; GEOMETRY; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; PERMITTIVITY; POLYIMIDES; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SUBSTRATES;

COPLANAR WAVEGUIDE DIRECTIONAL COUPLERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC SIMULATOR; SEMI INSULATING GALLIUM ARSENIDE SUBSTRATE; SPIN COATING;

WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS;

EID: 0030083795     PISSN: 10518207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/75.481994     Document Type: Article

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