K a-band miniaturized quasi-planar high-Q resonators

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1272-1278

  Vanhille, Kenneth J ^a,b   Fontaine, Daniel L ^c   Nichols, Christopher ^a,d   Popović, Zoya ^a,b   Filipović, Dejan S ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^c BAE SYSTEMS   (United States)

^d ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cavity resonator; Coaxial transmission line; Photolithography; Quality (Q) factor

Indexed keywords

FABRICATION IMPERFECTIONS; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; QUALITY (Q) FACTOR; RESONANT FREQUENCY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC LINES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FREQUENCY BANDS; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY;

CAVITY RESONATORS;

EID: 34250188129     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2007.895232     Document Type: Conference Paper

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