Indirect optical control of microwave circuits using monolithic optically variable capacitors

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 47, Issue 7 PART 2, 1999, Pages 1365-1372

  Nagra, Amit S ^a   Jerphagnon, Olivier ^a   Chavarkar, Prashant ^a   Vanblaricum, Michael ^a   York, Robert A ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Optical control; Phase shifters; Photovoltaic detectors; Varactors

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; DIODES; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUT; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT TESTING; NOTCH FILTERS; OPTICAL VARIABLES CONTROL; PHASE SHIFTERS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; VARACTORS;

MONOLITHIC OPTICALLY VARIABLE CAPACITORS; PHOTOVOLTAIC DETECTORS; VARACTOR DIODES;

MICROWAVE CIRCUITS;

EID: 0032649520     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.775480     Document Type: Article

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