A TRL-like calibration for tunable interdigitated BST varactors

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1127-1132

  Burgnies, Ludovic ^a   Vélu, Gabriel ^a   Houzet, Grégory ^b   Blary, Karine ^b   Carru, Jean Claude ^a   Lippens, Didier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU LITTORAL CÔTE D OPALE   (France)

^b INSTITUT D ELECTRONIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Coplanar lines; Ferroelectric; Interdigitated capacitor; Phase shifter; Tunable

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; CAPACITORS; CONFORMAL MAPPING; FERROELECTRIC FILMS; PERMITTIVITY; SOL-GEL PROCESS; STRONTIUM; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS;

COPLANAR LINES; INTERDIGITATED CAPACITOR; PARAELECTRIC STATE;

VARACTORS;

EID: 44349115540     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2007.915120     Document Type: Article

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