Micromachined rectangular-coaxial transmission lines

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 3433-3442

  Reid, J Robert ^a,b   Marsh, Eric D ^a,b   Webster, Richard T ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coplanar waveguides (CPWs); Couplers; Filters; Microstrip; Millimeter wave circuits; Resonators

Indexed keywords

COPLANAR WAVEGUIDES (CPW); COUPLERS; MICROSTRIP; MILLIMETER-WAVE CIRCUITS;

CARRIER COMMUNICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; RESONATORS; WAVE FILTERS; WAVEGUIDES;

MICROMACHINING;

EID: 33747321415     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2006.879133     Document Type: Article

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