MEMS technologies for enabling high frequency communications circuits

4th International Conference on Telecommunications in Modern Satellite, Cable and Broadcasting Services, ITELSIKS 1999 - Proceedings

Volumn 2, Issue , 1999, Pages 382-389

  Lubecke, Victor M ^a   Chiao, Jung Chih ^b  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^b University of Hawaii at Manoa   (United States)

Author keywords

MEMS; micromechanical; millimeter wave; RFIC; waveguide

Indexed keywords

CABLES; DIGITAL INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MEMS; MILLIMETER WAVES; WAVEGUIDES;

HIGH FREQUENCY COMMUNICATION; MICRO ELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM (MEMS); MICRO-MECHANICAL; MICROWAVE COMMUNICATIONS; MILLIMETER WAVELENGTH; PROPAGATION CHARACTERISTICS; RADIO FREQUENCY INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; RFIC;

BROADCASTING;

EID: 84905462356     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/TELSKS.1999.806236     Document Type: Conference Paper

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