Highly reliable analog MEMS varactors

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages 869-872

  Peroulis, Dimitrios ^a   Lu, Yumin ^b   Katehi, Linda P B ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C-V CURVES; HERMETICALLY SEALED PACKAGES; PACKAGE-FREE VARACTORS; PARALLEL PLATE DEVICES;

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; CAPACITANCE; OPTIMIZATION; PERMITTIVITY; RELIABILITY; STABILITY; THERMOPLASTICS; TUNING; VARACTORS;

MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES;

EID: 4444237564     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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