Novel multi-capacitor architecture for BST thin film varactors

Integrated Ferroelectrics

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 11-19

  Subramanyam, Guru ^a   Patterson, Mark ^a   Leedy, Kevin ^b   Neidhard, Robert ^b   Varanasi, Chakrapani ^c   Steinhauer, Gregg ^d  

^a University of Dayton   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Analog Bridge Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM STRONTIUM TITANATE THIN FILMS; BST THIN FILMS; PARALLEL CAPACITORS; PARASITIC SERIES INDUCTANCE; QUALITY FACTORS; VARACTOR SHUNT SWITCH;

BARIUM; BARIUM STRONTIUM TITANATE; BARIUM TITANATE; CAPACITORS; STRONTIUM; STRONTIUM TITANATES; THIN FILMS; TRANSFORMER SUBSTATIONS;

VARACTORS;

EID: 79961183180     PISSN: 10584587     EISSN: 16078489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10584587.2011.573995     Document Type: Conference Paper

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