Microfluidic coaxial transmission line and phase shifter

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1459-1462

  Hayes, Gerard J ^a   Desai, Sharvil C ^a   Liu, Yuyu ^a   Annamaa, Petteri ^b   Lazzi, Gianluca ^c   Dickey, Michael D ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b VAI Finland Oy   (Finland)

^c University of Utah   (United States)

Author keywords

coaxial; delay line; microfluidic; phase shifter; transmission line

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC DELAY LINES; ELECTRIC LINES; ETHYLENE; MICROFLUIDICS; PHASE SHIFTERS; STYRENE;

CHARACTERISTIC IMPEDANCE; COAXIAL; COAXIAL STRUCTURES; COAXIAL TRANSMISSION LINES; EUTECTIC GALLIUM INDIUMS (EGAIN); METALLIC FIBERS; TUNABLE PHASE SHIFTERS;

TRANSMISSIONS;

EID: 84898991731     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: 10982760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.28327     Document Type: Article

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