A Si MMIC compatible ferroelectric varactor shunt switch for microwave applications

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 739-741

  Subramanyam, Guru ^a,b   Ahamed, Faruque ^b   Biggers, Rand ^c  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacitive shunt switch; Coplanar waveguide (CPW) components; Ferroelectric varactor; Varactor shunt switch

Indexed keywords

CAPACITIVE SHUNT SWITCH; COPLANAR WAVEGUIDE (CPW) COMPONENTS; FERROELECTRIC VARACTOR; VARACTOR SHUNT SWITCH;

FERROELECTRIC DEVICES; INSERTION LOSSES; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; SILICON; WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS;

VARACTORS;

EID: 28744447062     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2005.858992     Document Type: Article

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