Development of a low cost 94GHz imaging receiver using multi-layer liquid crystal polymer technology

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6948, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Rice, Paul J ^a   Black, Mark ^a   McNicol, John ^a   Munday, Paul D ^b   Adamson, Kate ^b   Smethurst, Lee ^b  

^a The Elms   (United Kingdom)

^b QINETIQ   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

LCP; Liquid crystal polymer; Low cost; Low temperature co fired ceramic; LTCC; mm wave imaging; Mm wave receiver; MMIC; Multi layer substrates

Indexed keywords

(PL) PROPERTIES; AB SORPTION COEFFICIENTS; COEFFICIENTS OF THERMAL EXPANSION (CTE); DIELECTRIC CONSTANTS; DIELECTRIC LOSS TANGENT; EXPENSIVE METAL; FRONT-END RECEIVER; HIGH YIELD; INTEGRATED APPROACH; INTEGRATED IMAGING; INTEGRATED MODULES; LIMITING FACTORS; LOW COSTS; LOW LOSS TANGENT; LOW NOISE; LOW PERMITTIVITY; MATERIAL SYSTEMS; MICROWAVE APPLICATIONS; MM WAVES; MULTILAYER (ML); PASSIVE MILLIMETER WAVE IMAGING; POLYMER TECHNOLOGY; PRODUCTION COSTS;

EID: 44949084703     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.777753     Document Type: Conference Paper

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