Distributed transmission line phase shifter using MEMS switches and inductors

Microsystem Technologies

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1173-1183

  Afrang, Saeid ^a   Majlis, Burhanuddin Yeop ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROENGINEERING AND NANOELECTRONICS IMEN   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; ELECTRIC LINES; ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSORS; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; ENERGY STORAGE; MATHEMATICAL MORPHOLOGY; MEMS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; PHASE SHIFTERS; POWER TRANSMISSION; SCATTERING PARAMETERS; SET THEORY; TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY;

(HI-BI) WAVEGUIDE; ABCD-MATRIX; CHARACTERISTIC IMPEDANCE; DISTRIBUTED MEMS TRANSMISSION LINE (DMTL); DISTRIBUTED TRANSMISSION (DTX); GOVERNING EQUATIONS; MEMS SWITCHES; MICRO-ELECTRO- MECHANICAL SYSTEM (MEMS); PLANAR INDUCTORS; SMALL SIZE; SPRINGER (CO); TRUE TIME DELAY (TTD);

PHASE SHIFT;

EID: 45849103123     PISSN: 09467076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00542-008-0637-9     Document Type: Article

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