Varactor Properties for Wide-Band Linear-Tuning Microwave VCO's

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1980, Pages 110-119

  Peterson, Dean F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 0008648664     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.1980.1130019     Document Type: Article

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