Electronics Letters

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Latest issue: vol 46, no 15, 22 July 2010

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Diagram of the CPM mode Ultra-broad bandwidth and low-loss GCPW-MS transitions on low-k substrates
Electron. Lett. -- 24 June 2010 -- Volume 46, Issue 13, p.931-933

The development of MOS transistors of submicron gate length with cut-off frequencies up to 200 GHz has lead to renewed interest in silicon technology for millimetre-waveband applications. However, realisation of high performance millimetre-wave circuits requires broad bandwidth transmission lines and transitions. Researchers in France have shown that by using low-permittivity substrates both the attenuation and the bandwidth of grounded coplanar waveguide-microstrip (GCPW-MS) transitions can be improved, producing ultra-broad bandwidths up to 77 GHz.

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