Experimental characterization of the 3rd order nonlinearities in thin film parallel-plate ferroelectric varactors

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 683-686

  Deleniv, A ^b   Rundqvist, P ^b   Vorobiev, A ^b   Kollberg, E ^a,b   Gevorgian, S ^a,b,c  

^a IEEE

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c Ericsson Microwave Systems AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ferroelectric films; Harmonic generation

Indexed keywords

EPITAXIAL FILMS; FERROELECTRIC DEVICES; FERROELECTRIC FILMS; HARMONIC GENERATION; INTERMODULATION; VARACTORS;

INTERMODULATION PRODUCTS; TEMPERATURE RANGE; THIN FILM PARALLEL-PLATE FERROELECTRIC VARACTORS;

THIN FILM DEVICES;

EID: 34748883148     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWSYM.2007.380012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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