Design study of piezoelectric micro-machined mechanically coupled cantilever filters using a combined finite element and microwave circuit analysis

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 417-424

  Zhu, Meiling ^a   Kirby, Paul B ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coupled cantilevers; FEA; Microwave circuit; Piezoelectric mechanical filters

Indexed keywords

COUPLED CANTILEVERS; MICROWAVE CIRCUIT; PIEZOELECTRIC MECHANICAL FILTERS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INSERTION LOSSES; MICROWAVE DEVICES; OPTIMIZATION; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; THIN FILMS;

ELECTRIC FILTERS;

EID: 31544446590     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2005.10.027     Document Type: Article

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