Tunable bandpass filter using distributed MEMS transmission lines

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages 1789-1792

  Lakshminarayanan, B ^a   Weller, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; ELECTRIC LINES; INSERTION LOSSES; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; WAVEGUIDES;

SWITCHING VOLTAGE;

BANDPASS FILTERS;

EID: 0042090848     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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