Novel coplanar stripline: design, characterization and applications

Author

Williams, F.

Author_Institution

Tektronix Inc., Beaverton, OR, USA

fYear

1992

fDate

1-5 June 1992

Firstpage

211

Abstract

The author presents a novel approach to CPS (coplanar stripline) design that produces a CPS which performs nearly as well as a coplanar waveguide and requires only 65% as much space. The measured complex characteristic impedance of this novel CPS is given as a function of frequency. Its performance as a line-reflect-line calibration element is demonstrated. This CPS structure has potential for use on coplanar GaAs MMIC (monolithic microwave integrated circuit) wafers because of its 35% reduction in space. This structure has great potential for use with microwave probes, including multicontact microwave probes, where the reduction in size, compared to CPW, will be important.<>

Keywords

MMIC; calibration; electric impedance; integrated circuit testing; microwave measurement; probes; strip lines; GaAs; MMIC; complex characteristic impedance; coplanar stripline; line-reflect-line calibration element; monolithic microwave integrated circuit; multicontact microwave probes; Calibration; Coplanar waveguides; Frequency measurement; Gallium arsenide; Impedance measurement; Integrated circuit measurements; MMICs; Microwave integrated circuits; Probes; Stripline;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest, 1992., IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Albuquerque, NM, USA

ISSN

0149-645X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0611-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.1992.187948

Filename

187948