A differential 4-bit 6.5-10-GHz RF MEMS tunable filter

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 53, Issue 3 II, 2005, Pages 1103-1110

  Entesari, Kamran ^a   Rebeiz, Gabriel M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential filter; Digital capacitor bank; Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS); RF MEMS; Wide band tunable filter

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; CAPACITORS; GLASS; KALMAN FILTERING; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; RESONATORS; SUBSTRATES; TUNING;

DIFFERENTIAL FILTERS; DIGITAL CAPACITOR BANKS; RF MEMS; WIDE-BAND TUNABLE FILTERS;

MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES;

EID: 15844408332     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2005.843501     Document Type: Article

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