Tunable electromagnetic bandgap performance of coplanar waveguides periodically loaded by ferroelectric varactors

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 81-86

  Kuylenstierna, D ^a   Subramanyam, G ^b   Vorobiev, A ^a   Gevorgian, S ^a,c  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

^c Ericsson Microwave Systems AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Coplanar waveguide (CPW); Electromagnetic bandgap (EBG); Ferroelectric varactor; Tunability

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ENERGY GAP; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; PERMITTIVITY; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS; TUNING; VARACTORS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC BANDGAP; FERROELECTRIC VARACTORS; SILICON SUBSTRATE; STRONTIUM TITANATE;

WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0141526236     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.11134     Document Type: Article

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