High-performance air-gap transmission lines and inductors for millimeter-wave applications

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2850-2855

  Jeong, Inho ^a   Shin, Seong Ho ^b   Go, Ju Hyun ^b   Lee, Joong Soo ^a   Nam, Choong Mo ^a   Kim, Dong Wook ^a   Kwon, Young Se ^b  

^a Telephus Inc   (South Korea)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Air gap transmission line; Multilayer RF passive device; RF micromachining device

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC INDUCTORS; ELECTRIC LINES; MICROMACHINING; MICROSTRIP LINES; MULTILAYERS; Q FACTOR MEASUREMENT;

MULTILAYER PASSIVE DEVICES;

MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES;

EID: 0036906363     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2002.805138     Document Type: Conference Paper

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