Characterization of microstrip transmission lines at IR frequencies - Modeling, fabrication and measurements

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1232-1237

  Mandviwala, Tasneem A ^a,c   Lail, Brian A ^b   Boreman, Glenn D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antennas; Infrared detectors; Microstrip lines; Transmission line modeling; Transmission line parameters

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; BOLOMETERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INFRARED DETECTORS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES;

INFRARED FREQUENCIES; TRANSMISSION LINE MODELING; TRANSMISSION-LINE PARAMETERS;

MICROSTRIP LINES;

EID: 43049108849     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.23344     Document Type: Article

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