Millimeter-wave substrate integrated waveguides and filters in photoimageable thick-film technology

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 3832-3837

  Stephens, Daniel ^b   Young, Paul R ^a,c   Robertson, Ian D ^a,d  

^a IEEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ceramics; Filters; Millimeter waves; Substrate integrated waveguides (SIWs); Thick film technology

Indexed keywords

FILTERS; SUBSTRATE INTEGRATED WAVEGUIDES (SIWS); THICK FILM MATERIALS; THICK-FILM TECHNOLOGY;

CERAMIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC FILTERS; ELECTRIC LOSSES; MILLIMETER WAVES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; THICK FILM DEVICES; WAVEGUIDES;

MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES;

EID: 29544437813     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2005.859862     Document Type: Article

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