A novel MEMS impedance tuner simultaneously optimized for maximum impedance range and power handling

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 927-930

  Lu, Yumin ^a   Katehit, Linda P B ^b   Peroulis, Dimitrios ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact less device; High power; Impedance tuner; MEMS capacitor; Reliability

Indexed keywords

IMPEDANCE COVERAGE; IMPEDANCE TUNERS; POWER HANDLING;

ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTIMIZATION; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; RELIABILITY; TUNERS; VARACTORS;

MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES;

EID: 28144462338     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWSYM.2005.1516775     Document Type: Conference Paper

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