A low voltage MEMS structure for RF capacitive switches

Progress in Electromagnetics Research

Volumn 65, Issue , 2006, Pages 157-167

  Abbaspour Sani, E ^a   Afrang, S ^a  

^a URMIA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

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EID: 33947190408     PISSN: 10704698     EISSN: 15598985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2528/pier06093001     Document Type: Article

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