Discrete Barium Strontium Titanate (BST) thin-film interdigital varactors on alumina: Design, fabrication, characterization, and applications

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 552-555

  Nath, Jayesh ^a,b   Fathelbab, Wael M ^a,b   Lam, Peter G ^b   Ghosh, Dipankar ^b   Aygün, Seymen ^b   Gard, Kevin G ^a,b   Maria, J P ^b   Kingon, Angus I ^a,b   Steer, Michael B ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

ACPR; Bandpass filter; Barium strontium titanate; BST; Capacitors; Discrete; Ferroelectric; IP3; Temperature dependence; Thin film; Varactors

Indexed keywords

BARIUM STRONTIUM TITANATE; FREQUENCY AGILE DEVICES; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TUNING ELEMENTS;

ALUMINA; BANDPASS FILTERS; BARIUM COMPOUNDS; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; PERMITTIVITY; THIN FILM DEVICES;

VARACTORS;

EID: 34250369218     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWSYM.2006.249652     Document Type: Conference Paper

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