A novel waveguide-to-microstrip transition for millimeter-wave module applications

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 48-55

  Villegas, Frank J ^a   Lan Stones, D ^b   Alfred Hung, H ^c  

^a Waveband Inc   (United States)

^b NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^c GTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Microwave integrated circuits; MMIC's; Waveguide discontinuities; Waveguide transitions

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; ELECTRONICS PACKAGING; FUSED SILICA; MICROSTRIP DEVICES; MILLIMETER WAVES; SUBSTRATES; WAVEGUIDES;

WAVEGUIDE TRANSITIONS;

MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 0032761245     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.740075     Document Type: Article

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