Main achievements to date toward the use of RF MEMS into space satellite payloads

GAAS 2005 Conference Proceedings - 13th European Gallium Arsenide and Other Compound Semiconductors Application Symposium

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 285-288

  Vendier, O ^a   Paillard, M ^a   Legay, H ^a   Schaffauser, C ^a   Forrestier, S ^a   Caille, G ^a   Drevon, C ^a   Cazaux, J L ^a  

^a THALES ALENIA SPACE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; SATELLITES; SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCHES; SOLID STATE DEVICE STRUCTURES;

ELECTRONIC MODULES; POWER CONSUMPTION; SOLID STATE ELECTRONIC SOLUTIONS; SPACE SATELLITE PAYLOADS;

MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES;

EID: 33847246010     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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