Title :
Periodically screened coplanar waveguides on semiconductors
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Korea Air Force Acad., Chung Bok, South Korea
Abstract :
A new, low-loss, metal-insulator-metal (MIM) coplanar waveguide on periodically screened semi-insulating GaAs substrate is described. A theoretical analysis using the Floquet theorem shows wavelength reductions in the range 7-24 along with very high Q at frequencies up to 100 GHz.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; MMIC; Q-factor; gallium arsenide; integrated circuit technology; metal-insulator-metal structures; metallisation; waveguide theory; waveguides; 100 GHz; Floquet theorem; MIM CPW; MIMIC; MMIC; Q-factor; coplanar waveguides on semiconductors; high Q; low-loss; metal-insulator-metal coplanar waveguide; periodically screened semi-insulating GaAs substrate; semiconductors; slow-wave structures; theoretical analysis; wavelength reductions;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19911040
