Design and fabrication of ultra-wideband baluns embedded in multilayer liquid crystal polymer flex

IEEE Transactions on Advanced Packaging

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 533-540

  Chen, Andy C ^a   Chen, Morgan J ^a   Pham, Anh Vu ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Balun; Liquid crystal polymer (LCP); Microwave; Thin film; Ultra wideband (UWB)

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; DIMENSIONAL STABILITY; FILM THICKNESS; INSERTION LOSSES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; THIN FILMS;

AMPLITUDE IMBALANCE; PHASE IMBALANCE; ULTRA-WIDEBAND BALUN;

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

EID: 34548175982     PISSN: 15213323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TADVP.2007.901577     Document Type: Article

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