Crosstalk between finite ground coplanar waveguides over polyimide layers for 3-D MMICs on Si substrates

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1292-1301

  Papapolymerou, John ^a   Ponchak, George E ^b   Dalton, Edan ^a   Bacon, Andrew ^a,c   Tentzeris, Manos M ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Coplanar waveguide (CPW); Coupling; Crosstalk; Finite difference time domain (FDTD); Finite ground coplanar (FGC) waveguide; Monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC); Polyimide

Indexed keywords

COUPLINGS; CROSSTALK; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FREQUENCIES; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; MICROSTRIP LINES; POLYIMIDES; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICON WAFERS; THIN FILMS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WAVEGUIDES; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN (FDTD); FINITE GROUND COPLANAR (FGC) WAVEGUIDES; SYSTEM-ON-A-CHIP (SOC);

MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 2442566723     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2004.825714     Document Type: Article

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