Search Results - "Ballance, Mark"

Characterization and Modeling of Two-Port Wideband Resistance Calibration Standards by Stevenson, Sarah R., Delker, Collin J., Nordquist, Christopher D., Solomon, Otis M., Johnson-Wilke, Raegan L., Ballance, Mark H., Sandoval, Ricky L., Harris, C. Thomas

“…We report a single broadband on-wafer resistance calibration standard fabricated with a 15-nm-thick gold resistor on an alumina substrate. Because the resistor…”
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A DC to 10-GHz 6-b RF MEMS time delay circuit by Nordquist, C.D., Dyck, W., Kraus, M., Reines, I.C., Goldsmith, L., Cowan, D., Plut, T.A., Austin, F., Finnegan, P.S., Ballance, M.H., Sullivan, T.

“…A 6-b radio frequency (RF) microelectromechanical system (MEMS) time-delay circuit operating from dc to 10 GHz with 393.75-ps total time delay is presented…”
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216 cell microconcentrator module with moderate concentration, ±4° acceptance angle, and 13.3 mm focal length by Nielson, Gregory N., Okandan, Murat, Cruz-Campa, Jose L., Lentine, Anthony L., Sweatt, William C., Jared, Bradley H., Resnick, Paul J., Bongsang Kim, Anderson, Benjamin J., Gupta, Vipin P., Tauke-Pedretti, Anna, Cederberg, Jeffrey G., Tian Gu, Haney, Michael W., Paap, Scott M., Sanchez, Carlos A., Nordquist, Christopher, Saavedra, Michael P., Ballance, Mark, Nguyen, Janet, Alford, Charles, Nelson, Jeffrey S.

“…We report on a demonstration prototype module created to explore the viability of using microscale solar cells combined with microlens array concentrators to…”
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On-Wafer Microfabricated Test Structures for Characterizing RF Breakdown in Narrow Gaps by Ruyack, Alexander, Jordan, Matthew, Moore, Christopher, Hummel, Gwendolyn, Herrera, Sergio, Ballance, Mark, Bingham, Andrew, Schiess, Adrian, Gibson, Christopher, Nordquist, Christopher

“…Plasmas formed in microscale gaps at DC and plasmas formed at radiofrequency (RF) both deviate in behavior compared to the classical Paschen curve, requiring…”
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Ku-Band Six-Bit RF MEMS Time Delay Network by Nordquist, C.D., Dyck, C.W., Kraus, G.M., Sullivan, C.T., Austin, F., Finnegan, P.S., Ballance, M.H.

“…A six-bit time delay circuit operating from DC to 18 GHz is reported. Capacitively loaded transmission lines are used to reduce the physical length of the…”
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