Vibrating RF MEMS overview: Applications to wireless communications

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 5716, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Nguyen, Clark T C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communications; Filter; Oscillator; Quality factor; Radio frequency; Resonator

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATIONS; FILTERS; OSCILLATORS; QUALITY FACTOR; RADIO FREQUENCY; POWER SAVINGS; QUALITY FACTORS; WIRELESS TRANSCEIVERS;

KALMAN FILTERING; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); RESONATORS; TRANSCEIVERS; TRANSISTORS; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICAL RESONATORS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES;

EID: 21844462547     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.608015     Document Type: Conference Paper

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