Distributed phase shifter with pyrochlore bismuth zinc niobate thin films

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 264-266

  Park, Jaehoon ^a,b   Lu, Jiwei W ^a,b   Boesch, Damien S ^a,b   Stemmer, Susanne ^a,b   York, Robert A ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Bismuth zinc niobate (BZN); Coplanar waveguides (CPW); Nonferroelectric; Phase shifters; Thin films; Tunable dielectric

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH ZINC NIOBATE (BZN); NONFERROELECTRIC; TUNABLE DIELECTRIC;

BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; INSERTION LOSSES; MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; SEMICONDUCTING ZINC COMPOUNDS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; THIN FILMS;

PHASE SHIFTERS;

EID: 33646409563     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2006.873528     Document Type: Article

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