DocumentCode
2155349
Title
The scattering effects of air bridges as used in coplanar MMI Cs
Author
Beilenhoff, Klaus
Author_Institution
United Monolithic Semiconductors, Route Départe mentale 128 - BP 46, 91401 Orsa y, France. Tel: +33 (0)1 69 33 03 77, Fax: +33 (0)1 69 33 05 52, Email: klaus.beilenhoff@ums-gaas.com
fYear
2000
fDate
Oct. 2000
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
4
Abstract
In this paper results of an analysis are presented which lead to a better understanding of the different scattering effects of air bridges as used in coplanar MMICs. Partitioning the structure into homogeneous line sections allows to identify the major parasitic effects and to estimate the scattering behaviour of this necessary transmission line discontinuity. Furthermore, the results demonstrate that for a suitable set of dimensions an air bridge with vanishing reflection can be obtained.
Keywords
Bridge circuits; Coplanar transmission lines; Coplanar waveguides; Costs; Fabrication; Field effect MMICs; Geometry; Radio frequency; Scattering; Transmission line theory;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Microwave Conference, 2000. 30th European
Conference_Location
Paris, France
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/EUMA.2000.338772
Filename
4139785
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