A 20-50 GHz RF MEMS single-stub impedance tuner

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 205-207

  Vaha Heikkila T ^a   Varis, J ^b   Tuovinen, J ^b   Rebeiz, G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Impedance tuner; Load pull; Matching network; Multiband; Noise parameters; Radio frequency (RF) microelectromechanical system (MEMS)

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; CAPACITORS; FREQUENCIES; LOGIC DESIGN; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; OPTIMIZATION; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; TOPOLOGY;

IMPEDENCE TUNER; LOAD-PULL; MATCHING NETWORKS; MULTIBAND; NOISE PARAMETERS; RADIO-FREQUENCY (RF);

TUNERS;

EID: 18144410263     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2005.845690     Document Type: Article

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