Response increase of IR antenna-coupled thermocouple using impedance matching

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 659-664

  Krenz, Peter M ^a   Tiwari, Badri ^a   Szakmany, Gergo P ^a   Orlov, Alexei O ^a   Gonzalez, Francisco J ^b   Boreman, Glenn D ^c   Porod, Wolfgang ^a  

^a University of Notre Dame   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SAN LUIS POTOSÍ   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antennas; impedance matching; infrared detector; thin film devices

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA-COUPLED; BOW TIE; IMPEDANCE MATCH; IMPEDANCE MATCHINGS; IMPEDANCE-MATCHING ELEMENTS; THERMAL DETECTORS;

ELECTRIC LINES; IMPEDANCE MATCHING (ELECTRIC); INFRARED DETECTORS; MICROWAVE CIRCUITS; THERMOCOUPLES; THIN FILM DEVICES; TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 84859092452     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2012.2189758     Document Type: Article

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