Integration of optimized low-pass filters in a bandpass filter for out-of-band improvement

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 2376-2383

  Quendo, Cédric ^b   Rius, Eric ^b   Person, Christian ^b   Ney, Michel ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

Author keywords

Bandpass filter; Distributed planar filter; Low pass filter; Microstrip and multilayer technologies; Spurious resonannces; Synthesis techniques

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED PLANAR FILTERS;

BANDWIDTH; COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; ELECTRIC LOSSES; INTEGRATION; LOW PASS FILTERS; OPTIMIZATION; RESONANCE;

BANDPASS FILTERS;

EID: 0035683204     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.971624     Document Type: Conference Paper

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