Benzocyclobutene as Substrate Material for planar millimeter-wave structures: Dielectric characterization and application

Journal of Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 66-77

  Costanzo, Sandra ^a   Venneri, Ignazio ^a   Massa, Giuseppe Di ^a   Borgia, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Array antennas; Coplanar waveguides; High frequency dielectric characterization; Millimeter wave

Indexed keywords

ARRAY ANTENNAS; BENZOCYCLOBUTENE; BENZOCYCLOBUTENE POLYMERS; DIELECTRIC CHARACTERIZATION; DIELECTRIC CONSTANTS; DIELECTRIC SUBSTRATES; EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION; HIGH FREQUENCY PERFORMANCE; HIGH MICROWAVE; HIGH-FREQUENCY DIELECTRICS; LOW LOSS; MEASUREMENT RANGE; MEASUREMENT RESULTS; MICROSTRIP STRUCTURES; RADIATION CHARACTERISTICS; S-PARAMETER MEASUREMENTS; SUBSTRATE MATERIAL;

BUTENES; COPLANAR WAVEGUIDES; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; MICROWAVE ANTENNAS; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; MILLIMETER WAVES; SCATTERING PARAMETERS; SUBSTRATES;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 77949425385     PISSN: 18666892     EISSN: 18666906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10762-009-9552-0     Document Type: Article

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