A tunable capacitor using an immiscible bifluidic dielectric

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages 873-876

  Choi, S O ^a   Yoon, Y K ^a   Allen, M G ^a   Hunt, A T ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b nGimat Co   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEIONIZED WATER; HIGH PERMITTIVITY; SILICONE OIL; TUNABLE CAPACITOR;

BANDWIDTH; BARIUM COMPOUNDS; CAPACITORS; DEGRADATION; FREQUENCIES; PERMITTIVITY; SILICONES; SOLUBILITY; STRONTIUM COMPOUNDS; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS; TUNING;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 4444323725     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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