Compact and low loss phase shifter with low bias field using partially magnetized ferrite

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 3882-3885

  Yang, Xi ^a   Wu, Jing ^a   Gao, Yuan ^a   Nan, Tianxiang ^a   Zhou, Ziyao ^a   Beguhn, Shawn ^a,b   Liu, Ming ^a   Sun, Nian X ^a  

^a Northeastern University   (United States)

^b MIT LINCOLN LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ferrites; magnetically tunable; partially magnetized; phase shifters; yttrium iron garnet (YIG)

Indexed keywords

LOW INSERTION LOSS; LOW MAGNETIC FIELDS; LOW-POWER CONSUMPTION; MAGNETICALLY TUNABLE; MAGNETIZED FERRITES; PARTIALLY MAGNETIZED; TUNABLE PHASE SHIFTERS; YTTRIUM IRON GARNETS;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; FERRITE; FERRITES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; YTTRIUM ALLOYS; YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS;

PHASE SHIFTERS;

EID: 84880846176     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2013.2244860     Document Type: Article

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