Design methodologies of LTCC bandpass filters, diplexer, and triplexer with transmission zeros

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 717-723

  Tang, Ching Wen ^a,b,c,d   You, Sheng Fu ^c  

^a IEEE   (Taiwan)

^b Department of Electrical Engineering ^*  (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d Phycomp Taiwan Ltd   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bandpass filter; Diplexer; Low temperature cofired ceramic (ltcc)

Indexed keywords

DIPLEXERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC SIMULATION; LOW-TEMPERATURE COFIRED CERAMIC (LTCC); TRANSMISSION ZERO;

CAPACITORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIPLEX TRANSMISSION; MAGNETOELECTRIC EFFECTS; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; TELEPHONE SETS;

BANDPASS FILTERS;

EID: 33144469295     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2005.862638     Document Type: Article

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