Analysis of Three-Dimensional Embedded Transmission Lines (ETL’s)

IEEE Microwave and Guided Wave Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 447-449

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

^a AMCOM Communications Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; PERMITTIVITY; PLASTIC FILMS; POLYIMIDES; STRIP TELECOMMUNICATION LINES;

EMBEDDED TRANSMISSION LINES (ETL);

TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY;

EID: 0033314438     PISSN: 10518207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/75.808029     Document Type: Article

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