Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates/Planar transmission line/archive1

Blurb review

Any comments or changes for this suggested TFA blurb? - Dank (push to talk) 01:42, 14 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Planar transmission lines are transmission lines with conductors, or in some cases dielectric (insulating) strips, that are flat, ribbon-shaped lines. They are used to interconnect components on printed circuits and integrated circuits working at microwave frequencies because the planar type is suited to the manufacturing methods for these components. According to transmission line theory, these lines are useful when the wire is longer than a large fraction of a wavelength; at microwave frequencies, this distance is measured in millimetres. The cross-section of the line is usually kept constant so that its electrical behaviour is highly predictable. The first planar transmission line, the stripline, was conceived during World War II by Robert M. Barrett; other types in modern use include the microstrip, the suspended stripline, and the coplanar waveguide. These lines can be used for constructing components as well as interconnecting them. (Full article...)

I'm going to suggest this,

Planar transmission lines are transmission lines with conductors, or in some cases dielectric (insulating) strips, that are flat, ribbon-shaped lines. They are used to interconnect components on printed circuits and integrated circuits working at microwave frequencies because the planar type is suited to the manufacturing methods for these components. Transmission line theory is used when the line is longer than a large fraction of a wavelength. At microwave frequencies, this distance is measured in millimetres, which is small enough that these lines can be used for constructing components as well as interconnecting them. The cross-section of the line is usually kept constant so that its electrical behaviour is highly predictable. The first planar transmission line, stripline, was conceived during World War II by Robert M. Barrett; other types in modern use include microstrip, suspended stripline, and coplanar waveguide. (Full article...)

for the following reasons;

"wire" > "line". Line is more general and wires are usually round, which is not planar.
Transmission line theory does not predict the usefulness of the line
The usefulness is connected with the ability to construct components of reasonable size. Rearranging sentences to bring this out
Use of the definite article for the various types sounds wrong to my ear. Sources do not usually use an article at all for types.
SpinningSpark 19:55, 14 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
- Works for me. Good job on the lead section. - Dank (push to talk) 20:16, 14 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  - @Dank: Why is this blurb different from Wikipedia:Today's featured article/March 15, 2019? The latter looks much too long to me to be used on the front page. SpinningSpark 16:01, 17 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    - I've got 31 blurbs to do all at the same time, give me a minute please. - Dank (push to talk) 16:02, 17 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
      - Sorry, I wasn't trying to cause any trouble. SpinningSpark 16:54, 17 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
        No problem at all, sorry if I was short with you. - Dank (push to talk) 16:55, 17 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]