Intermodulation distortion and power handling in RF MEMS switches, varactors, and tunable filters

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 51, Issue 4 I, 2003, Pages 1247-1256

  Dussopt, Laurent ^a,b   Rebeiz, Gabriel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b CEA LETI   (France)

Author keywords

Filters; Intermodulation (IM); Microelectromechanical system (MEMS); Microwave; Millimeter wave; Phase noise; Power handling; Switches; Varactors

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC SWITCHES; INTERMODULATION; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MILLIMETER WAVES; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; VARACTORS;

PHASE NOISE;

MICROWAVE FILTERS;

EID: 0037396246     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2003.809650     Document Type: Article

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