A reconfigurable 6-20 GHz RF MEMS impedance tuner

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages 729-732

  Vaha Heikkila T ^a,b   Varis, J ^b   Tuovinen, J ^b   Rebeiz, G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Impedance tuner; Load pull; Matching network; Noise parameters; RF MEMS

Indexed keywords

IMPEDANCE TUNER; LOAD-PULL; MATCHING NETWORK; NOISE PARAMETERS; RF MEMS;

CAPACITORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC LINES; ELECTRIC LOADS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; TRANSISTORS; TUNERS;

MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES;

EID: 4444301440     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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