Microwave characteristics of liquid-crystal tunable capacitors

IEEE Electron Device Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 451-453

  Yeh, J Andrew ^a   Chang, C Alex ^a   Cheng, Chih Cheng ^a   Huang, Jing Yi ^a   Hsu, Shawn S H ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Liquid crystal; Microwave; Tunable capacitors

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT; TUNING;

LIQUID CRYSTAL CAPACITORS; TUNABLE CAPACITORS;

CAPACITORS;

EID: 22944448985     PISSN: 07413106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LED.2005.851118     Document Type: Article

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