Ferroelectric phase shifters at 20 and 30 GHz

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 430-436

  Zhao, Zhiyong ^a,b   Wang, Xiaoyan ^a,b   Choi, Kwang ^a,b   Lugo, Cesar ^a,c   Hunt, Andrew T ^b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b nGimat Co   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barium strontium titanate (BST); Combustion chemical vapor deposition (CCVD); Ferroelectric; K a band; K band; Phase shifters

Indexed keywords

BARIUM-STRONTIUM-TITANATE (BST); COMBUSTION CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION (CCVD); LOW-VOLTAGE PHASE SHIFTERS;

BARIUM COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; COMBUSTION; FERROELECTRIC DEVICES; TUNING;

PHASE SHIFTERS;

EID: 33847757563     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2006.889322     Document Type: Article

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