Experimental investigations of intermodulation distortion in tunable ferroelectric phase shifters

IEICE Transactions on Electronics

Volumn E88-C, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2310-2315

  Kim, Dongsu ^a   Kenney, James Stevenson ^b,c,d,e  

^a Korea Electronic Technology Institute (KETI)   (South Korea)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering ^*

^e IMS Technical Program Committee

Author keywords

Barium strontium titanate (BST); Ferroelectrics; Intermodulation distortion; Phase shifters

Indexed keywords

BARIUM COMPOUNDS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; SAPPHIRE; SUBSTRATES;

BARIUM STRONTIUM TITANATE (BST); FERROELECTRIC PHASE SHIFTERS; INTERMODULATION DISTORTION; SAPPHIRE SUBSTRATES;

PHASE SHIFTERS;

EID: 29144507695     PISSN: 09168524     EISSN: 17451353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ietele/e88-c.12.2310     Document Type: Conference Paper

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