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US 11,594,797 B2Granted
Dually electrically tunable 3-D compact RF phase shifter
AssigneeUniverstiy of South Carolina
InventorsTengxing Wang, Guoan Wang
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Abstract
An electrically tunable radio frequency phase shifter with compact 3-D structure that integrates both ferromagnetic and ferroelectric materials, and utilizes 3-D structure to increase the tuning efficiency and achieve miniaturization.
Claims9
An electrically tunable phase shifter comprising:
- wherein the electrically tunable phase shifter is comprised of a compact 3-D structure comprising at least one thin film tunable solenoid inductor and at least one metal-insulator-metal capacitor;
- wherein the electrically tunable phase shifter has dual tunability via having the at least one thin film tunable solenoid inductor comprised of at least one ferromagnetic material to provide inductive tuning and the at least one metal-insulator-metal capacitor comprised of at least one ferroelectric material to provide capacitive tuning;
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- wherein the electrically tunable phase shifter has continuous tunability when different biasing DC currents are provided to the at least one.
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