RF MEMS waveguide switch

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2651-2657

  Daneshmand, Mojgan ^a   Mansour, Raafat R ^a   Sarkar, Niladri ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b ZYVEX CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

High power switches; Microelectromechanical devices; RF microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) switches; Rotary actuators

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAGNETOELECTRIC EFFECTS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; ROTATING MACHINERY; THERMAL EXPANSION; WAVEGUIDES;

HIGH-POWER SWITCHES; RF MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS (MEMS) SWITCHES; ROTARY ACTUATORS; WAVEGUIDE SWITCHES;

ELECTRIC SWITCHES;

EID: 10944243829     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2004.838269     Document Type: Article

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