High-power handling capability of low complexity RF-MEMS switch in Ku-band

Electronics Letters

Volumn 43, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 1367-1368

  Stehle, A ^a   Siegel, C ^a,c   Ziegler, V ^a   Schonlinner B ^a   Prechtel, U ^a   Seidel, H ^b   Schmid, U ^b  

^a AIRBUS GROUP INNOVATIONS   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c EPCOS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; ELECTRIC LOSSES; ELECTRIC SWITCHES; SIGNAL THEORY;

HIGH-POWER PROPERTIES; HOT-SWITCHING MODES; SMALL-SIGNAL OPERATION;

MEMS;

EID: 36448979981     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:20072827     Document Type: Article

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