Measured CMOS switched high-quality capacitors in a reconfigurable matching network

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 858-862

  Sjöland, Henrik ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

CMOS digital video broadcasting handheld (DVB H); matching; microelectromecanical systems (MEMS); switched capacitor

Indexed keywords

BROADCASTING; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; FREQUENCY BANDS; TRANSISTORS; TUNING;

DIGITAL VIDEO BROADCASTING; QUALITY FACTOR; SWITCHED CAPACITORS; TUNING RANGE;

CAPACITORS;

EID: 36249031073     PISSN: 15497747     EISSN: 15583791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSII.2007.901629     Document Type: Article

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