RF-MEMS switches for reconfigurable integrated circuits

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 46, Issue 11 PART 2, 1998, Pages 1868-1880

  Brown, Elliott R ^a,b  

^a DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC SWITCHES; MICROWAVE DEVICES; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

RADIO FREQUENCY SWITCHES;

MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES;

EID: 0032208938     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.734501     Document Type: Article

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