Low-loss contact pad with tuned impedance for operation at millimeter wave frequencies

Proceedings - 9th IEEE Workshop on Signal Propagation on Interconnects, SPI 2005

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 61-64

  Pfeiffer, Ullrich R ^a  

^a IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC LINES; RESONANCE; SILICON; SUBSTRATES;

LOSSY SILICON SUBSTRATE; MILLIMETER WAVE FREQUENCIES; ON-CHIP TRANSMISSION LINE;

NATURAL FREQUENCIES;

EID: 33745499778     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SPI.2005.1500898     Document Type: Conference Paper

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