An X- to Ku-band 3-bit digital MEMS varactor

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 361-363

  Dussopt, Laurent ^a   Rebeiz, Gabriel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacitor; Microelectromechanical system (MEMS); Micromachining; Microwave; Millimeter wave; Switch; Varactor

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE MEASUREMENT; DIGITAL INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; SWITCHING CIRCUITS;

KA-BAND FREQUENCY; KU-BAND OPERATION; X-BAND OPERATION;

VARACTORS;

EID: 0141954024     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2003.817118     Document Type: Letter

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