Development of low-cost 24-GHz circuits exploiting system-in-package (SiP) approach and commercial PCB technology

IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1265-1274

  Alimenti, Federico ^a   Mezzanotte, Paolo ^a   Tasselli, Gabriele ^b   Battistini, Andrea ^a   Palazzari, Valeria ^a   Roselli, Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Microwave low noise amplifiers; microwave mixers; system in package

Indexed keywords

BUILDING BLOCKES; CONVERSION LOSS; DIODE MIXERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC SOFTWARE; FIBER GLASS; METALIZATIONS; MICROWAVE MIXERS; MOTHER BOARD; MULTILAYER PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD; RELATIVE PERMITTIVITY; SYSTEM IN PACKAGE; VIA-HOLE;

FREQUENCY BANDS; LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; SUBSTRATES;

PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS;

EID: 84864708277     PISSN: 21563950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCPMT.2012.2184111     Document Type: Article

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