Resonance Phenomena and Power Loss in Conductor-Backed Coplanar Structures

IEEE Microwave and Guided Wave Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 514-516

  Haydl, William H ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SOLID STATE PHYSICS IAF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conductor backed CPW; coplanar; CPW; millimeter wave; modes

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; CIRCUIT RESONANCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS; ELECTRIC LOSSES; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYZERS; MILLIMETER WAVES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PERMITTIVITY; WAVEGUIDES;

CONDUCTOR BACKED COPLANAR TRANSMISSION LINES; POWER LOSS;

TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY;

EID: 0034484006     PISSN: 10518207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/75.895086     Document Type: Article

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