Polymer-ceramic composites for microwave applications: Fabrication and performance assessment

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 4202-4208

  Koulouridis, Stavros ^a,b   Kiziltas, Gullu ^a,c   Zhou, Yijun ^a,b   Hansford, Derek J ^b   Volakis, John L ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SABANCI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Control of dielectric properties; High contrast substrates; Particle dispersion technique; Pliable substrates; System on package (SoP)

Indexed keywords

HIGH CONTRAST SUBSTRATES; PARTICLE DISPERSION TECHNIQUE; PLIABLE SUBSTRATES; SYSTEM ON PACKAGE (SOP);

COUPLED CIRCUITS; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; PERMITTIVITY; POLYMERS; SUBSTRATES;

CERAMIC MATERIALS;

EID: 33847757555     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2006.885887     Document Type: Article

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