"Distortion-free" varactor diode topologies for RF adaptivity

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 157-160

  Buisman, K ^a   De Vreede, L C N ^a   Larson, L E ^b   Spirito, M ^a   Akhnoukh, A ^a   Scholtes, T L M ^a   Nanver, L K ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Distortion; Impedance matching; Losses; Tunable filters; Tuners; Varactors

Indexed keywords

DISTORTION (WAVES); SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY; TOPOLOGY; TUNERS; TUNING;

CAPACITIVE ELEMENTS; IMPEDANCE MATCHING; SILICON ON GLASS TECHNOLOGY; TUNABLE FILTERS;

VARACTORS;

EID: 33748352428     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWSYM.2005.1516547     Document Type: Conference Paper

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