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<journal-id>1665-6423</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Journal of applied research and technology]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[J. appl. res. technol]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1665-6423</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Ciencias Aplicadas y Tecnología]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1665-64232015000500523</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1016/j.jart.2015.10.005</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Enhancement of antenna-coupled microbolometers response by impedance matching]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Simón]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jorge]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Kolosovas-Machuca]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Eleazar Samuel]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Vera-Reveles]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Gustavo]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Briones]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Edgar]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Flores-Troncoso]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jorge]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[González]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Francisco Javier]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas Unidad Académica de Ingeniería Eléctrica Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Telecomunicaciones Espaciales]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>MX</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí Coordinación para la Innovación y la Aplicación de la Ciencia y la Tecnología ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>MX</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas Unidad Académica de Ingeniería Eléctrica Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Telecomunicaciones Espaciales]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>MX</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2015</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2015</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>13</volume>
<numero>5</numero>
<fpage>523</fpage>
<lpage>525</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1665-64232015000500523&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1665-64232015000500523&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1665-64232015000500523&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Metallic structures were evaluated to determine the one best matches impedance between lithographic antennas and microbolometers. The best was a 0.28&#955; transmission line section between the antenna and the microbolometer, 12% longer than what RF theory sets, whose behaviour was compared with other structures. The response was 360% higher.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Enhancement]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Antenna-coupled]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Microbolometer]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Response]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Impedance]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Matching]]></kwd>
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