Large tuning range analog and multi-bit MEMS varactors

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages 1919-1922

  Muldavin, Jeremy ^a   Bozler, Carl ^a   Rabe, Steve ^a   Keast, Craig ^a  

^a MIT LINCOLN LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; CAPACITORS; ELECTRODES; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); SWITCHING; TUNING; VARACTORS; WAVE FILTERS;

BIT CAPACITOR BANK; DIGITAL-TYPE CONTROL; HOLD-DOWN TIMES; TUNABLE CIRCUITS;

MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES;

EID: 4544284878     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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