Novel DC-contact MEMS shunt switches and high-isolation series/shunt designs

2001 31st European Microwave Conference, EuMC 2001

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages

  Muldavin, Jeremy B ^a   Rebeiz, Gabriel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICMOS TECHNOLOGY; RADAR SYSTEMS;

APPLICATION AREA; DC CONTACT; METAL-TO-METAL CONTACT; SHUNT SWITCH;

ELECTRIC SWITCHES;

EID: 84897504355     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EUMA.2001.339131     Document Type: Conference Paper

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