Attenuation characteristics of coplanar waveguides at subterahertz frequencies

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 3281-3287

  Zhang, Jingjing ^a,b   Alexandrou, Sotiris ^b,c   Hsiang, Thomas Y ^a,b,d  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c Cyprus Telecommunication Authority   (Cyprus)

^d AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Coplanar waveguides (CPWs); Electromagnetic radiation effects; Microwave propagation

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION EFFECTS; MICROWAVE PROPAGATION; SIMULATION DATA;

ATTENUATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FREQUENCIES;

WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 28144453780     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2005.857124     Document Type: Conference Paper

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