Very high tunable inter-digital capacitor using bismuth zinc niobate thin-film dielectrics for microwave applications

Electronics Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 851-853

  Lee, Y C ^a   Hong, Y P ^b   Kim, D M ^a   Ko, K H ^b  

^a Mokpo Maritime University   (South Korea)

^b Ajou University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; DIGITAL CIRCUITS; ELECTRODES; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; THIN FILMS; TUNING;

BISMUTH ZINC NIOBATE (BZN); DC BIAS VOLTAGE; INTER-DIGITAL CAPACITOR (IDC); VERY HIGH TUNABLE INTER-DIGITAL CAPACITOR;

MICROWAVE DEVICES;

EID: 33746365088     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:20060994     Document Type: Article

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