A K-Band Tunable Microstrip Bandpass Filter Using a Thin-Film Conductor/Ferroelectric/Dielectric Multilayer Configuration

IEEE Microwave and Guided Wave Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 78-80

  Subramanyam, Guru ^a   Van Keuls, Fred ^b   Miranda, Félix A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

^b NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ferroelectric thin films; K band frequencies; Multilayer structures; Tunable bandpass filters

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE EARTH METAL COMPOUNDS; BANDWIDTH; DIELECTRIC FILMS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; GOLD; MICROSTRIP DEVICES; MULTILAYERS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PERMITTIVITY; THERMAL EFFECTS; THIN FILMS;

TUNABLE MICROSTRIP BANDPASS FILTERS;

BANDPASS FILTERS;

EID: 0031996626     PISSN: 10518207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/75.658647     Document Type: Article

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