Thermoplastic green machining for textured dielectric substrate for broadband miniature antenna

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 297-302

  Koh, Young Hag ^a,b   Halloran, John W ^a,b   Kiziltas, Gullu ^a   Psychoudakis, Dimitris ^a   Volakis, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC CERAMICS; DIELECTRIC SUBSTRATES; THERMOPLASTIC GREEN MACHINING;

ANTENNAS; BANDWIDTH; BARIUM; BISMUTH; CERAMIC MATERIALS; EPOXY RESINS; MACHINING; NEODYMIUM; OPTIMIZATION; SUBSTRATES; TEXTURES; THERMOPLASTICS; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 28144446004     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2005.00089.x     Document Type: Article

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