A History of Microwave Filter Research, Design, and Development

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 1984, Pages 1055-1067

  Levy, Ralph ^a   Cohn, Seymour B ^b  

^a Microwave Development Laboratories Inc   (United States)

^b S B Cohn Associates Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FILTERS, HIGH PASS; ELECTRIC FILTERS, LOW PASS; ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS - THEORY; MICROWAVE DEVICES; MULTIPLEXING EQUIPMENT - MICROWAVES;

BAND STOP FILTERS; COMPACT COAXIAL BAND PASS FILTERS; DIRECT-COUPLED CAVITY FILTERS; DISTRIBUTED CIRCUIT THEORY; MULTIPLEXERS;

ELECTRIC FILTERS, MICROWAVE;

EID: 0021492599     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.1984.1132817     Document Type: Article

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