Liquid RF MEMS variable inductor

Procedia Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue , 2010, Pages 1380-1383

  El Gmati, I ^a,c   Calmon, P ^a,b   Boukabache, A ^a,b   Pons, P ^a,b   Boussetta, H ^c   Kallala, M A ^c   Besbes, K ^c  

^a LAAS CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^c Laboratoire de Microélectronique et Instrumentation   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCUIT OSCILLATIONS; ELECTRIC NETWORK PARAMETERS; INDUCTANCE; LIQUIDS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); OSCILLISTORS; VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

CONTACT AREAS; FABRICATION AND CHARACTERIZATIONS; HIGH QUALITY FACTORS; LAMINATED FILMS; MATCHING CIRCUIT; RF MEMS VARIABLE INDUCTOR; VARIABLE INDUCTORS; WIDE TUNING RANGE;

ELECTRIC INDUCTORS;

EID: 78650610648     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18777058     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2010.09.372     Document Type: Conference Paper

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