Adaptive Coupling of Resonators for Efficient Microwave Heating of Microfluidic Systems

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 3681-3690

  Abduljabar, Ali Amin ^a,b   Choi, Heungjae ^b   Barrow, David A ^b   Porch, Adrian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASRAH   (Iraq)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive coupling; microfluidic heating; microwave heating; split ring resonator

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; FLUIDIC DEVICES; LIQUIDS; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROWAVE HEATING; PHASE SHIFT; PHASE SHIFTERS; RESONATORS; VOLTAGE DIVIDERS;

ADAPTIVE COUPLING; HEATING EFFICIENCIES; MICRO FLUIDIC SYSTEM; MICROSTRIP RESONATOR; SIMULATIONS AND MEASUREMENTS; VARIABLE PHASE; WILKINSON POWER DIVIDERS;

MICROWAVE RESONATORS;

EID: 84959569496     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2015.2478004     Document Type: Article

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