Typically, on-wafer measurements of microstrip based MMICs require via holes as ground contacts. To avoid these, the design of ground contacts for on-wafer probing at mmwave frequencies using eletromagnetic field coupling is presented in this paper. Theoretical and experimental results of the respective transitions are given as well as a test deembedding this transition from the behaviour of a transmission line.
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