A W-band RF-MEMS sliding termination for six-port reflectometer calibration

Proceedings of the 36th European Microwave Conference, EuMC 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 799-802

  Schaeffer Jr , William J ^a   Liu, Zhiyang ^a   Weikle II, Robert M ^a   Barker, N Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

DMTL; Phase shifter; RF MEMS; Six port calibration

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; PHASE SHIFTERS; SUBSTRATES;

RF-MEMS; SIX-PORT CALIBRATION;

MEMS;

EID: 41649104865     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EUMC.2006.281040     Document Type: Conference Paper

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