K -B and phased array antennas based on bag.6010.4otiu3 thin-film phase shifters

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 2504-2510

  Romanofsky, Robert R ^a  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ferroelectric devices; Phase shifters; Phased array antennas; Scanning antennas

Indexed keywords

BARIUM TITANATE; FERROELECTRIC DEVICES; MICROSTRIP DEVICES; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; PHASE SHIFTERS; SCANNING ANTENNAS;

BARIUM STRONTIUM TITANATE; FERROELECTRIC THIN FILMS;

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS;

EID: 0034427470     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.899005     Document Type: Article

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