Mastering parasitics in complex MEMS circuits

35th European Microwave Conference 2005 - Conference Proceedings

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages 943-946

  Arcioni, P ^a   Conciauro, G ^a   Farinelli, P ^b   Mezzanotte, P ^b   Repossi, M ^a   Vietzorreck, L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

CAD; MEMS; Microwave switches; Planar circuits

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SWITCHES;

MICROWAVE SWITCHES; PLANAR CIRCUITS; SPURIOUS COUPLING;

MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES;

EID: 33847114913     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EUMC.2005.1610083     Document Type: Conference Paper

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