Design and manufacturing of stretchable high-frequency interconnects

IEEE Transactions on Advanced Packaging

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 802-808

  Huyghe, Benoît ^a   Rogier, Hendrik ^b   Vanfleteren, Jan ^a   Axisa, Fabrice ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antenna feeds; Biomedical electronics; Coplanar waveguides; Packaging; Planar transmission lines; Silicone insulation; Stretchable electronics; Technological innovation

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; ANTENNA FEEDERS; ANTENNAS; COPLANAR WAVEGUIDES; COPPER; ELECTRIC LINES; FREQUENCY BANDS; INNOVATION; LASER ABLATION; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); POWER TRANSMISSION; REFLECTION; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SILICONES; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING; TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY; WAVEGUIDES;

ANTENNA FEEDS; BIOMEDICAL ELECTRONICS; PLANAR TRANSMISSION LINES; STRETCHABLE ELECTRONICS; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION;

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURE;

EID: 57749102810     PISSN: 15213323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TADVP.2008.927811     Document Type: Article

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