Tunnel conduction consequences in high frequency microcontacts; Passive intermodulation effect

Proceedings of the 50th IEEE Holm Conference on Electrical Contacts and the 22nd International Conference on Electrical Contacts

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 152-159

  Vladimirescu, Mihai ^a   Kwiatkowski, Regina ^a   Engel, Klaus ^a  

^a Research and Development Department   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SATELLITES; COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; INTERMODULATION; SIGNAL INTERFERENCE; SWITCHES;

PASSIVE INTERMODULATION; SIGNAL CARRIERS; TUNNEL CURRENT; TUNNELING MECHANISMS;

ELECTRIC CONTACTS;

EID: 16244373083     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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