A review of surface roughness impact on dielectric film properties

G Song, Y Wang, DQ Tan - 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The importance of surface roughness with respect to the bulk properties of dielectric
materials is often overlooked. Surface roughness or interfaces between different material …

Differentiation of roughness and surface defect impact on dielectric strength of polymeric thin films

DQ Tan - IET Nanodielectrics, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Increasing the dielectric strength of polymer films has been a key theme as it is directly
responsible for increasing energy density of relevant components such as film capacitors …

Superdirective magnetic dipole array as a first-order probe for spherical near-field antenna measurements

OS Kim, S Pivnenko… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The theory as well as numerical and experimental results are presented for a superdirective
array composed of closely spaced electrically small resonant magnetic dipole elements. The …

Rapid design of miniaturised branch‐line couplers through concurrent cell optimisation and surrogate‐assisted fine‐tuning

S Koziel, P Kurgan - IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
In this study, the authors introduce a methodology for low‐cost simulation‐driven design
optimisation of highly miniaturised branch‐line couplers (BLCs). The first stage of their …

ULTCC glass composites based on rutile and anatase with cofiring at 400° C for high frequency applications

J Varghese, P Ramachandran… - ACS sustainable …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The article presents the very first materials to the ultralow temperature cofired ceramic
(ULTCC) technology with the sintering temperature of 400° C. The dielectric composites are …

Selection of circuit geometry for miniaturized microwave components based on concurrent optimization of performance and layout area

P Kurgan, S Koziel - AEU-International Journal of Electronics and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The paper presents a framework for automated EM-driven circuit geometry selection of
miniaturized microwave components. Selection of a particular layout is based directly on …

Dielectric properties modelling of cellular structures with PDMS for micro-sensor applications

A Kachroudi, S Basrour, L Rufer… - Smart Materials and …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Electro-active polymers are emerging in the fields of actuators and micro-sensors because
their good dielectric and mechanical properties makes them suitable for such applications …

Design of high‐performance hybrid branch‐line couplers for wideband and space‐limited applications

P Kurgan, S Koziel - IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
This study presents a new design method of high‐performance broadband equal‐split
branch‐line couplers with compact footprints. Size reduction as well as wideband operation …

Chip-to-chip copper interconnects with rough surfaces: analytical models for parameter extraction and performance evaluation

S Kumar, R Sharma - IEEE Transactions on Components …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In multigigahertz integrated circuit design, the extra delay and power losses due to surface
roughness in copper (Cu) interconnects is more evident than ever before and needs utmost …

Development of low-cost 24-GHz circuits exploiting system-in-package (SiP) approach and commercial PCB technology

F Alimenti, P Mezzanotte, G Tasselli… - IEEE Transactions …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper deals with 24-GHz circuits developed by exploiting a system-in-package
approach. In order to reduce the cost as much as possible, a standard multilayer printed …