Can the addition of a dielectric improve the figure of merit of a tunable material?

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 23, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 2381-2386

  Astafiev, K F ^a   Sherman, V O ^a   Tagantsev, A K ^a   Setter, N ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Composites; Ferroelectrics; Quality factor; Tunable microwave devices

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC LOSSES; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTROSTATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TUNING;

LOW-LOSS DIELECTRIC MATERIALS;

FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS;

CERAMICS;

EID: 0042691471     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-2219(03)00139-0     Document Type: Article

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