RF MEMS impedance tuners for 6-24 GHz applications

International Journal of RF and Microwave Computer-Aided Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 265-278

  Vähä Heikkilä, Tauno ^a,b   Van Caekenberghe, Koen ^b   Varis, Jussi ^a   Tuovinen, Jussi ^a   Rebeiz, Gabriel M ^b,c  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antenna tuner; Impedance tuner; Load pull; Matching network; Noise parameters; RF MEMS

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA TUNER; IMPEDANCE TUNER; MATCHING NETWORK; NOISE PARAMETERS;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ACOUSTIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; CAPACITORS; FREQUENCY BANDS; MEMS;

TUNERS;

EID: 34248573748     PISSN: 10964290     EISSN: 1099047X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mmce.20220     Document Type: Article

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