Varactor-loaded transmission-line phase shifter at C-band using lumped elements

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 51, Issue 4 I, 2003, Pages 1135-1140

  Ellinger, Frank ^a   Jäckel, Heinz ^a   Bächtold, Werner ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adaptive antenna combining; Monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC); Phase shifter; Varactor; Wireless local area network (WLAN)

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; ELECTRIC LINES; ELECTRIC LOSSES; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; TRANSCEIVERS; VARACTORS;

LUMPED ELEMENTS;

PHASE SHIFTERS;

EID: 0242501490     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2003.809670     Document Type: Article

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