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    <mods:title>A Periodic Slow-Wave Microstrip Structure for High-Resolution Microwave Sensing Applications</mods:title>
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A periodic microstrip transmission line is presented, which maximizes phase delay through slow-wave propagation in a periodic structure for use in various sensing applications. The dispersion and phase-delay characteristics of both struc- tures are analyzed and compared analytically and through full- wave electromagnetic simulations in HFSS at 1GHz. Prototypes are fabricated and experimentally characterized, and measured results show close agreement with simulation and demonstrate improved sensitivity.      
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  <mods:name>
    <mods:namePart>Atilla, Martins</mods:namePart>
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  <mods:name>
    <mods:namePart>Larson, Lawrence E.</mods:namePart>
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    <mods:dateCreated>2026-02-22</mods:dateCreated>
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    <mods:topic>slow-wave structures</mods:topic>
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  <mods:subject authority="local">
    <mods:topic>periodic transmission lines</mods:topic>
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  <mods:subject authority="local">
    <mods:topic>stepped-impedance microstrip design</mods:topic>
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  <mods:subject authority="local">
    <mods:topic>phase delay</mods:topic>
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  <mods:subject authority="local">
    <mods:topic>Bloch–Floquet</mods:topic>
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    <mods:topic>microwave sensing</mods:topic>
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  <mods:identifier type="doi">10.26300/gwtb-qd72</mods:identifier>
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