Voltage controlled oscillators with ferroelectric capacitors

2008 IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium, FCS

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 414-417

  Kabir, Abu ^a   Jamil, Asad ^a   Zhang, Yulan ^a   Kalkur, T S ^a  

^a University of Colorado at Colorado Springs   (United States)

Author keywords

Ba1 xSrxTiO3; Tunable ferroelectric capacitoor; Varactor; Voltage controlled oscillator (VCO)

Indexed keywords

BA1-XSRXTIO3; BARIUM STRONTIUM TITANATES; FERROELECTRIC CAPACITORS; HIGH DIELECTRIC CONSTANTS; NOISE CHARACTERISTICS; RF MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; TUN ABILITIES; TUNABLE FERROELECTRIC CAPACITOOR; VOLTAGE-CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR (VCO); VOLTAGE-CONTROLLED OSCILLATORS;

ALKALINE EARTH METALS; BARIUM; BARIUM TITANATE; CAPACITANCE; CAPACITORS; CIRCUIT SIMULATION; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; FERROELECTRICITY; MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); STRONTIUM; STRONTIUM COMPOUNDS; TITANIUM OXIDES; VARACTORS;

VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

EID: 55649113099     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/FREQ.2008.4623030     Document Type: Conference Paper

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