A compact second-order LTCC bandpass filter with two finite transmission zeros

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 51, Issue 2 I, 2003, Pages 337-341

  Yeung, Lap Kun ^a   Wu, Ke Li ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Filters; Low temperature cofired ceramics (LTCC); Multilayer RF circuits

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC INDUCTORS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); RESONATORS;

LOW-TEMPERATURE COFIRED CERAMICS (LTCC);

BANDPASS FILTERS;

EID: 0037291189     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2002.807846     Document Type: Article

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