Liquid RF MEMS wideband reflective and absorptive switches

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2919-2929

  Chen, Chung Hao ^a,b   Peroulis, Dimitrios ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorptive switch; Microfluidics; RF microelectromechanical system (RF MEMS); Water; Wideband

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTIVE SWITCHES; SIGNAL COUPLING; WIDEBAND REFLECTIVE SWITCHES;

INSERTION LOSSES; IONIC LIQUIDS; LIQUID METALS; MEMS; MERCURY (METAL); MICROFLUIDICS; WATER;

ELECTRIC SWITCHES;

EID: 36949008510     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2007.910011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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