Microstrip stepped impedance resonator bandpass filter with an extended optimal rejection bandwidth

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1554-1559

  Kuo, Jen Tsai ^a   Shih, Eric ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Microstrip; Microwave filter; Spurious response; Stepped impedance resonator (SIR); Transmission zero

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MICROWAVE FILTERS; RESONATORS;

TRANSMISSION ZERO;

BANDPASS FILTERS;

EID: 0038394565     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2003.810138     Document Type: Article

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