Spurious radiation from a practical source on a covered microstrip line

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 2216-2226

  Langston, William L ^a,b   Williams, Jeffery T ^a,b   Jackson, David R ^a,b   Mesa, Francisco ^a,c  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Crosstalk; Leaky waves; Microstrip; Microwave integrated circuits; Printed circuits; Radiation

Indexed keywords

LEAKY WAVES;

CROSSTALK; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC LINES; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MICROWAVES; PRINTED CIRCUITS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

MICROSTRIP LINES;

EID: 0035680013     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.971603     Document Type: Conference Paper

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