Title :
Ultra-wideband coplanar microstrip transitions for connectorizing microwave photonic components based on thin polymer and driven by microstrip electrode
Author :
El-Gibari, Mohammed ; Mahé, Yann ; Averty, Dominique ; Lupi, Cyril ; Li, Hongwu
Author_Institution :
Fac. des Sci. et Tech., Inst. de Rech. en Electrotech. et Electron. de Nantes Atlantique, Nantes, France
Abstract :
We present ultra-wideband coplanar-microstrip transitions studied both experimentally and by numerical simulations. They are very useful for characterizing and connectorizing microwave photonic devices realized from materials in thin film and driving by microstrip line, such as very promising electro-optic modulators based on polymer. Built on BCB polymer, coplanar-microstrip back-to-back transitions present a bandwidth over 70 GHz while the bandwidth of coplanar connector-microstrip back-to-back transitions can covers the range from DC to 30 GHz.
Keywords :
coplanar waveguides; microstrip transitions; microwave photonics; BCB polymer; coplanar microstrip back-to-back transition; electrooptic modulator; microstrip electrode; microwave photonic component; thin polymer; ultrawideband coplanar microstrip transition; Bandwidth; Connectors; Microstrip; Microwave circuits; Microwave photonics; Polymers; Substrates; Ultra-wide bandwidth; back-to-back GCPW-MS-GCPW transitions; coplanar connector; polymers; thin film;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference (GeMIC), 2011 German
Conference_Location :
Darmstadt
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9225-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-3-9812668-3-2
