RF-MEMS based tunable matching network

Proceedings - 2003 IEEE Radio and Wireless Conference, RAWCON 2003

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 313-316

  Shen, Qin ^a   Barker, N S ^a  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacitance; Capacitors; Coplanar waveguides; Frequency; Impedance; Micromechanical devices; Radiofrequency microelectromechanical systems; Switches; Transmission lines; Tuners

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; CAPACITORS; COPLANAR WAVEGUIDES; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC LINES; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MEMS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; SWITCHES; TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY;

FREQUENCY; MATCH-POINT; MICROMECHANICAL DEVICE; RADIO FREQUENCIES; RF-MEMS; SLUG TUNERS; TUNABLE MATCHING NETWORKS; VOLTAGE STANDING-WAVE RATIO;

TUNERS;

EID: 66649109811     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/RAWCON.2003.1227955     Document Type: Conference Paper

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