Novel series and shunt MEMS switch geometries for X-band applications

2000 30th European Microwave Conference, EuMC 2000

Volumn , Issue , 2000, 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; NATURAL FREQUENCIES;

APPLICATION AREA; CLR CIRCUITS; MEMS SWITCHES; METAL MEMBRANE; NOVEL SERIES; RETURN LOSS; SERIES SWITCHES; SHUNT SWITCH;

ELECTRIC SWITCHES;

EID: 84897566005     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EUMA.2000.338710     Document Type: Conference Paper

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