Design considerations for a novel coplanar waveguide based ferroelectric varactor shunt switch

Integrated Ferroelectrics

Volumn 77, Issue , 2006, Pages 207-216

  Subramanyam, Guru ^a   Ahamed, Faruque ^a   Biggers, Rand ^b   Campbell, Angela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ferroelectric thin film; Tunable microwave dielectrics; Varactor shunt switch; Varactors

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; FERROELECTRIC DEVICES; FERROELECTRIC THIN FILMS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SWITCHES; TUNING; WAVEGUIDES;

FERROELECTRIC VARACTORS; MILLIMETERWAVE SWITCHING; TUNABLE MICROWAVE DIELECTRICS; VARACTOR SHUNT SWITCH;

VARACTORS;

EID: 33645527435     PISSN: 10584587     EISSN: 16078489     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1080/10584580500414499     Document Type: Conference Paper

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