Compact planar and vialess composite low-pass filters using folded stepped-impedance resonator on liquid-crystal-polymer substrate

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1707-1712

  Pinel, Stephane ^a   Bairavasubramanian, Ramanan ^a   Laskar, Joy ^a   Papapolymerou, John ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite low pass filter; Liquid crystal polymer (LCP); Stepped impedance resonator (SIR)

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FREQUENCIES; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; OPTIMIZATION; RESONATORS;

COMPOSITE LOW-PASS FILTERS; CUTOFF FREQUENCY; STEPPED-IMPEDANCE RESONATORS (SIR); SYSTEM-ON-PACKAGE (SOP);

LOW PASS FILTERS;

EID: 19544388781     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2005.847067     Document Type: Article

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