Title :
Optimum gapwidth in light-controlled microstrip modulators
Author_Institution :
Universitÿt Erlangen-Nÿrnberg, Institut fÿr Hochfrequenztechnik, Erlangen, West Germany
Abstract :
The letter describes a simple method for calculating the optimum gapwidth of facing microstrip contacts in light-controlled microstrip switches and modulators using parts of an evaporated, sensitised semiconductor film as integrated radiation sensors.
Keywords :
modulators; photodetectors; strip line components; integrated radiation sensors; light controlled microstrip modulators; microstrip contacts; optimum gapwidth; sensitised semiconductor film;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19760147