Liquid crystal polymer: Enabling next-generation conformal and multilayer electronics

Microwave Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 188-200

  Kingsley, Nickolas ^a  

^a Auriga Measurement Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

(PL) PROPERTIES; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMER (LCP); LOW LOSSES; LOW MELTING; MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS; MICROWAVE MATERIALS; MICROWAVE SYSTEMS; MILITARY UNIFORMS; MOLECULE CHAINS; MULTILAYER (ML); ORGANIC MATERIALS; PERSONAL HEALTH; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICES;

AUTOMOBILE SEATS; CHEMICALS; COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; FLUIDS; HEALTH; LIGHT SOURCES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MELTING POINT; METAL CLADDING; MICROWAVE CIRCUITS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; MICROWAVES; MONITORING; PACKAGING; PERSONAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; PIGMENTS; POLYMERS; POWDERS;

PACKAGING MATERIALS;

EID: 45449085501     PISSN: 01926225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (9)

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2. D. Thompson, N. Kingsley, G. Wang, J. Papapolymerou and M. Tentzeris, "RF Characteristics of Thin-film Liquid Crystal Polymer (LCP) Packages for RF MEMS and MMIC Integration," 2005 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest.
3. Rogers Corp., "RO3000 Series High Frequency Circuit Materials," http://www.rogerscorporation.com/mwu/pdf/3000data. pdf, May 2005.
4. N. Kingsley, D.E. Anagnostou and J. Papapolymerou, "RF MEMS Sequentially-re-configurable Sierpinski Antenna on a Flexible Organic Substrate with Novel DC-biasing Technique," IEEE Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, Vol. 16, No. 5, October 2007, pp. 1185-1192.
5. N. Kingsley, S. Bhattacharya and J. Papapolymerou, "Moisture Lifetime Testing of RF MEMS Switches Packaged in Liquid Crystal Polymer," IEEE Transactions on Components and Packaging Technologies, to be published in April/May 2008.
6. M.A. Morton, N. Kingsley and J. Papapolymerou, "Low Cost Method for Localized Packaging of Temperature Sensitive Capacitive RF MEMS Switches in Liquid Crystal Polymer," 2007 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest.
7. N. Kingsley, "Development of Miniature, Multilayer, Integrated, Reconfigurable RF MEMS Communication Module on Liquid Crystal Polymer (LCP) Substrate," PhD Dissertation, Georgia Institute of Technology, May 2007.
8. Image used with permission by Dimitris Anagnostou, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology.
9. N. Kingsley, C Ponchak and J. Papapolymerou, "Reconfigurable RF MEMS Phased Array Antenna Integrated Within a Liquid Crystal Polymer (LCP) System-on-Package," IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, Vol. 56, No. 1, January 2008, pp. 108-118.