Evaluation of coplanar waveguide-to-microstrip transitions for precision S-parameter measurements

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2667-2671

  O'Neil, Benton K ^a   Young, Jeffery L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Coplanar waveguide; Microstrip; RF transitions; TRL

Indexed keywords

A POSTERIORI; A-PRIORI; COPLANAR WAVEGUIDE; GROUND-SIGNAL-GROUND; MEASURED DATA; MICROSTRIP; MICROSTRIP CIRCUITS; MICROSTRIP TRANSITIONS; RF TRANSITIONS; S-PARAMETER MEASUREMENTS; SIMULATION DATA; SUFFICIENT CONDITIONS; THRU-REFLECT-LINE; TRL;

CALIBRATION; COPLANAR WAVEGUIDES; WAVEGUIDES;

SCATTERING PARAMETERS;

EID: 49749090448     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.23755     Document Type: Article

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