Title :
Thin-film transmission lines using cyclic olefin copolymer for millimetre-wave and terahertz integrated circuits
Author :
Peytavit, Emilien ; Donche, Cora ; Lepilliet, Sylvie ; Ducournau, Guillaume ; Lampin, Jean-Francois
Author_Institution :
Inst. d´Electron., de Microe´lectronique et de Nanotechnol., Univ. de Lille1, Villeneuve d´Ascq, France
Abstract :
Thin-film microstrip lines and a grounded coplanar waveguide using a cyclic-olefin copolymer as low-loss thin film have been fabricated and characterised up to 220 GHz. Attenuation as low as 0.6 dB/mm around 220 GHz has been measured on a grounded coplanar waveguide with a 22 m-thick cyclic-olefin copolymer thin film.
Keywords :
coplanar waveguides; millimetre wave integrated circuits; polymer blends; cyclic olefin copolymer; grounded coplanar waveguide; low-loss thin film; millimetre-wave integrated circuits; terahertz integrated circuits; thin-film microstrip lines; thin-film transmission lines;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el.2011.0369
