Simplified analysis technique for the initial design of LTCC filters with all-capacitive coupling

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1787-1791

  Rambabu, K ^a   Bornemann, Jens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bandpass filters; Comb line filters; Computer aided design; Low temperature co fired ceramic (LTCC) filters; Stepped impedance resonators (SIRs)

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; CAPACITANCE; CAPACITORS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONFORMAL MAPPING; LOW TEMPERATURE EFFECTS;

COMB-LINE FILTERS; CROSS-COUPLING; LOW-TEMPERATURE CO-FIRED CERAMIC (LTCC) FILTERS; STEPPED-IMPEDANCE RESONATORS (SIR);

BANDPASS FILTERS;

EID: 19544388269     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2005.847070     Document Type: Article

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