High-performance low-cost phase-shifter design based on ferroelectric materials technology

Electronics Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 21, 2004, Pages 1345-1347

  Kim, W ^a   Iskander, M F ^a   Tanaka, C ^b  

^a University of Hawaii at Manoa   (United States)

^b TREX ENTERPRISES CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COST ACCOUNTING; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC LINES; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; MICROWAVE DEVICES; MULTILAYERS; SUBSTRATES; WAVEGUIDES; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

BEAM STEERING; DIELECTRIC LAYERS; METALLISATION; MICROSTRIP TRANSIMSSION LINES;

PHASE SHIFTERS;

EID: 7544250756     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:20046119     Document Type: Article

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