3-D low-loss coplanar waveguide transmission lines in multilayer MMICs

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2864-2871

  Vo, Van Tuyen ^b   Krishnamurthy, Lokesh ^a,b   Sun, Qing ^a,b   Rezazadeh, Ali A ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coplanar waveguide (CPW); Coupling; Monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMICs); Transmission lines

Indexed keywords

COPLANAR WAVEGUIDES; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; INSERTION LOSSES; MAGNETIC COUPLINGS; MAGNETIC MULTILAYERS; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; POLYIMIDES;

NEGLIGIBLE COUPLINGS; SANDWICH POLYIMIDE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MULTILAYER TECHNOLOGY; VERTICAL COUPLINGS;

ELECTRIC LINES;

EID: 33947406392     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2006.875458     Document Type: Article

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