Tunable microwave devices using low-sintering-temperature screen-printed barium strontium titanate (BST) thick films

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 389-394

  Palukuru, Vamsi Krishna ^a   Peräntie, Jani ^a   Komulainen, Mikko ^a   Tick, Timo ^a   Jantunen, Heli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Delay line phase shifter; Ferroelectric properties; Functional applications

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA SUBSTRATES; APPLIED BIAS; BARIUM STRONTIUM TITANATE; BARIUM-STRONTIUM TITANATE FILMS; BST FILM; COPLANAR WAVEGUIDE TRANSMISSION LINE; DELAY LINE PHASE SHIFTER; FERROELECTRIC PROPERTIES; FIGURE OF MERIT; FREQUENCY RANGES; FUNCTIONAL APPLICATIONS; QUASI-STATIC; SCATTERING PARAMETER MEASUREMENT; SCREEN-PRINTED; SILVER METALLIZATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCIES; TUNABLE MICROWAVE; TUNABLE MICROWAVE DEVICES;

BANDPASS FILTERS; BARIUM; CAPACITANCE MEASUREMENT; COPLANAR WAVEGUIDES; FERROELECTRICITY; MICROWAVE DEVICES; MICROWAVES; PHASE SHIFT; PHASE SHIFTERS; SCATTERING PARAMETERS; SILVER; SINTERED ALUMINA; SINTERING; STRONTIUM; STRONTIUM COMPOUNDS; THICK FILMS; WAVES;

BARIUM TITANATE;

EID: 70350719490     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2009.07.003     Document Type: Article

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