Measurements of the dielectric properties of nematic liquid crystals at 10 kHz to 40 GHz and application to a variable delay line

Electronics and Communications in Japan, Part II: Electronics (English translation of Denshi Tsushin Gakkai Ronbunshi)

Volumn 86, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 49-60

  Kamei, Toshihisa ^a   Utsumi, Yozo ^a   Moritake, Hiroshi ^a   Toda, Kohji ^a   Suzuki, Hirosuke ^b  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE ACADEMY   (Japan)

^b KEYCOM CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dielectric properties; Microwave millimeter wave; Nematic liquid crystal; Response characteristic; Variable delay line

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; ELECTRIC DELAY LINES; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; MICROWAVE DEVICES; PERMITTIVITY;

RESPONSE CHARACTERISTICS;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0042524280     PISSN: 8756663X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ecjb.10130     Document Type: Article

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