Nonlinear distortion and instability phenomena in MEMS-reconfigurable microstrip antennas

35th European Microwave Conference 2005 - Conference Proceedings

Volumn 1, Issue , 2005, Pages 565-568

  Rizzoli, Vittorio ^a   Masotti, Diego ^a   Mastri, Franco ^a   Costanzo, Alessandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; NONLINEAR DISTORTION; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

LINEAR MULTIPORT SYSTEMS; MICROSTRIP PATTERNS; ORDINARY HARMONIC-BALANCE EQUATIONS;

MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS;

EID: 33644979488     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EUMC.2005.1608919     Document Type: Conference Paper

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