A broadband surface-micromachined 15-45 GHz microstrip coupler

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 989-992

  Pan, Bo ^a   Yoon, Y ^a   Zhao, Y Z ^a   Papapolymerou, J ^a   Tentzeris, M M ^a   Allen, M ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Broadband coupler; Epoxy core conductor; Microstrip directional coupler; Surface micromachining

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; BROADBAND NETWORKS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; DISPERSION (WAVES); MICROMACHINING; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS;

BROADBAND COUPLERS; EPOXY CORE CONDUCTORS; MICROSTRIP DIRECTIONAL COUPLERS; SURFACE MICROMACHINING;

MICROSTRIP DEVICES;

EID: 33749260928     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWSYM.2005.1516831     Document Type: Conference Paper

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