A new capacitive test structure for microwave characterization of biopolymers

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1261-1265

  Bartsch, Carrie M ^a   Subramanyam, Guru ^a   Orote, James ^b   Hopkins, Frank K ^b   Brott, Lawrence L ^b   Naik, Rajesh R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopolymers; Coplanar waveguide capacitive test structure; Dielectric properties; Microwave characterization

Indexed keywords

COPLANAR WAVEGUIDE CAPACITIVE TEST STRUCTURE; COPLANAR WAVEGUIDE FEED LINES; MICROWAVE CHARACTERIZATION; MICROWAVE DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

CAPACITORS; COPLANAR WAVEGUIDES; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC LINES; TUNING;

BIOPOLYMERS;

EID: 34248152023     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.22474     Document Type: Article

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