A variable negative-inductance integrated circuit at UHF frequencies

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 35-37

  White, Carson R ^a   May, Jason W ^a   Colburn, Joseph S ^a  

^a Hughes Aircraft Co   (United States)

Author keywords

Active antennas; active inductors; impedance matching; non Foster circuits; tunable circuits and devices

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE ANTENNAS; ACTIVE INDUCTORS; ARTIFICIAL MAGNETIC CONDUCTORS; BI-CMOS PROCESS; DC COUPLED; IMPEDANCE MATCHINGS; MEASURED DATA; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; TUNABLE CIRCUITS AND DEVICES;

ANTENNA ARRAYS; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; INDUCTANCE; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; SLOT ANTENNAS;

COUPLED CIRCUITS;

EID: 84855644361     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2011.2175718     Document Type: Article

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