New research directions in tunable microwave dielectrics

Integrated Ferroelectrics

Volumn 66, Issue , 2004, Pages 139-151

  Subramanyam, Guru ^a   Riehl, Bonnie ^a   Ahamed, Faruque ^a   Biggers, Rand ^b   Campbell, Angela ^b   Kuylenstierna, Dan ^c   Vorobiev, Andrei ^c   Gevorgian, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

BSTO thin films; Capacitive shunt switches; Ferroelectrics; Nanostructured thin films; Tunable microwave devices

Indexed keywords

BSTO THIN-FILMS; CAPACITIVE SHUNT SWITCHES; NANOSTRUCTURED THIN-FILMS; TUNABLE MICROWAVE DEVICES;

ENERGY GAP; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; FERROELECTRIC THIN FILMS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PERMITTIVITY; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 33751170030     PISSN: 10584587     EISSN: 16078489     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1080/10584580490894988     Document Type: Article

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