Investigation of ferroelectric thick-film varactors for microwave phase shifters

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 418-424

  Hu, Wenfei ^a,b,c   Zhang, Dou ^b   Lancaster, Michael J ^a,b   Button, Tim W ^b   Su, Bo ^b,d  

^a IEEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ferroelectric; Phase shifter; Screen printing; Varactor

Indexed keywords

FERROELECTRIC VARACTORS; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATION; TUNABLE REFLECTIVE CIRCUIT;

FERROELECTRICITY; PHASE SHIFTERS; SCATTERING PARAMETERS; SCREEN PRINTING; TUNING; VARACTORS;

THICK FILMS;

EID: 33847765076     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2006.889328     Document Type: Article

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