Serial combination of ohmic and capacitive RF MEMS switches for large broadband applications

Electronics Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 44-46

  Schauwecker, B ^a   Strohm, K M ^a   Mack, T ^a   Simon, W ^b   Luy, J F ^a  

^a DAIMLER AG   (Germany)

^b IMST GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; BANDWIDTH; BROADBAND NETWORKS; CAPACITANCE; ELECTRIC SWITCHES; ELECTRIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; INSERTION LOSSES; MICROWAVE CIRCUITS; OHMIC CONTACTS; RADAR SYSTEMS; SYSTEM STABILITY;

RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) COMUNICATIONS; TOGGLE SWITCHES;

MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES;

EID: 0347130090     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:20040014     Document Type: Article

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