Investigations of transmission lines and resonant structures on flexed liquid crystal polymer (LCP) substrates up to 67 GHz

European Microwave Week 2009, EuMW 2009: Science, Progress and Quality at Radiofrequencies, Conference Proceedings - 39th European Microwave Conference, EuMC 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 735-738

  Geise, Alexander ^a   Strohmaier, Ulf ^a   Jacob, Arne F ^a  

^a HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BROADBAND APPLICATIONS; FIELD SIMULATION; FLEXIBLE CIRCUIT; FREQUENCY CHARACTERISTIC; GIGAHERTZ RANGE; MATERIAL DEFORMATION; PASSIVE CIRCUITS; RESONANT STRUCTURES; TRANSMISSION LINE;

AUTOMOBILE SEATS; BANDPASS FILTERS; BENDING (DEFORMATION); ELECTRIC LINES; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; METAL CLADDING; MICROWAVES; PASSIVE NETWORKS; TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY;

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EID: 72949090604     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EUMC.2009.5296557     Document Type: Conference Paper

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