Extended-stopband bandpass filter using both half- and quarter-wavelength resonators

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 43-45

  Lin, Shih Cheng ^b   Lin, Yo Shen ^b   Chen, Chun Hsiung ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cross coupled bandpass filter (BPF); Extended stopband; Half wavelength resonator; Microstrip; Quarter wave length resonator

Indexed keywords

CROSS-COUPLED BANDPASS FILTERS (BPF); EXTENDED STOPBAND; HALF-WAVELENGTH RESONATORS; MICROSTRIP; QUARTER-WAVE-LENGTH RESONATORS;

MICROSTRIP DEVICES; MICROWAVES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; POWER ELECTRONICS; RESONATORS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

BANDPASS FILTERS;

EID: 30344432138     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2005.860014     Document Type: Article

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