Properties of the Embedded Transmission Line (ETL)—An Offset Stripline with Two Dielectrics

IEEE Microwave and Guided Wave Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 224-226

  Darwish, Ali ^a   Ezzeddine, Amin ^a   Huang, Ho C ^a   Mah, Misoon ^b  

^a AMCOM Communications Inc   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

MMIC; multilayer; nonhomogeneous media; polymide films; stripline; three dimensional; transmission line theory

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CONFORMAL MAPPING; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; PERMITTIVITY; PLASTIC FILMS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EMBEDDED TRANSMISSION LINE; OFFSET STRIPLINES; POLYMIDE FILMS;

TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY;

EID: 0032654736     PISSN: 10518207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/75.769528     Document Type: Article

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