Distributed phase shifter with enhanced variability and impedance matching

Proceedings of the 38th European Microwave Conference, EuMC 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 108-111

  Domingue, Frédéric ^a   Fomani, Arash A ^b   Kouki, Ammar B ^a   Mansour, Raafat R ^b  

^a ÉCOLE DE TECHNOLOGIE SUPÉRIEURE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; IMPEDANCE MATCHING (ELECTRIC); MEMS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MICROWAVES; PHASE SHIFTERS;

DISTRIBUTED MEMS TRANSMISSION LINES; DISTRIBUTED PHASE SHIFTERS; EFFECTIVE DIELECTRIC CONSTANTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC SIMULATIONS; IMPEDANCE-MATCHING; LUMPED-ELEMENT MODELS; OPTIMISATION; PHASE VARIATIONS; RE-CONFIGURABLE; RETURN LOSS; SLOW-WAVE STRUCTURES;

PHASE SHIFT;

EID: 62349113624     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EUMC.2008.4751399     Document Type: Conference Paper

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