A novel microstrip-line structure employing a periodically perforated ground metal and its application to highly miniaturized and low-impedance passive components fabricated on GaAs MMIC

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 53, Issue 6 II, 2005, Pages 1951-1959

  Yun, Young ^a  

^a Korea Maritime University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

GaAs; Microstrip line; Monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC); Passive components; Periodically perforated ground metal

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; BANDWIDTH; CAPACITANCE; ELECTRIC FILTERS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FIELD EFFECT SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; MIM DEVICES; PERMITTIVITY;

GAAS; MICROSTRIP LINE; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT (MMIC); PASSIVE COMPONENTS; PERIODICALLY PERFORATED GROUND METAL;

MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 23144450196     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2005.848835     Document Type: Conference Paper

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