A voltage controlled oscillator using Barium Strontium Titanate (BST) thin film varactor

Proceedings - 2004 IEEE Radio and Wireless Conference, RAWCON

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 91-94

  Victor, Alan ^a   Nath, Jayesh ^a   Ghosh, Dipankar ^a   Boyette, Brian ^a   Maria, Jon Paul ^a   Steer, Michael B ^a   Kingon, Angus I ^a   Stauf, Gregory T ^b  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b ENTEGRIS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Ferroelectric films; Harmonic distortion; Varactors; Voltage controlled oscillator

Indexed keywords

BARIUM COMPOUNDS; HARMONIC DISTORTION; METALLORGANIC CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; THIN FILMS; THROUGHPUT; VARACTORS;

BARIUM STRONTIUM TITANATE (BST); HARMONIC CURVES; SEMICONDUCTOR VARACTORS; VARACTOR COUPLING;

VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

EID: 14844289544     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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