Continuously tunable impedance matching network using ferroelectric varactors

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 603-606

  Scheele, Patrick ^a   Goelden, Felix ^a   Giere, Andre ^a   Mueller, Stefan ^a   Jakoby, Rolf ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ferroelectric devices; Impedance matching; Passive circuits; Thick film devices; Tunable circuits and devices

Indexed keywords

BARIUM COMPOUNDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; INSERTION LOSSES; PASSIVE NETWORKS; THICK FILM DEVICES; VARACTORS;

BARIUM STRONTIUM TITANATE; FERROELECTRIC VARACTORS; IMPEDANCE MATCHING; TUNABLE CIRCUITS AND DEVICES;

ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS;

EID: 33746466598     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWSYM.2005.1516672     Document Type: Conference Paper

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