Low-loss bandpass RF filter using MEMS capacitance switches to achieve a one-octave tuning range and independently variable bandwidth

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages 1781-1784

  Young, Robert M ^a,b   Douglas Adam, J ^b   Vale, Christopher R ^b   Braggins, Timothy T ^b   Krishnaswamy, Silai V ^b   Milton, Curtis E ^b   Bever, David W ^b   Chorosinski, Leonard G ^b   Chen, Li Shu ^b   Crockett, Donald E ^b   Freidhoff, Carl B ^b   Talisa, Salvador H ^b   Capelle, Ernest ^b   Tranchini, Robert ^b   Fende, John R ^c   Lorthioir, Jack M ^c   Torres, Alfonso R ^c  

^a MS 3A13 ^*  (United States)

^b NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^c Xetron Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; ELECTRIC INDUCTORS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; SWITCHES; TUNING;

RADIO FREQUENCIES;

BANDPASS FILTERS;

EID: 0042090836     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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