A tunable bandstop filter via the capacitance change of micromachined switches

Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 851-861

  Karim, M F ^a   Liu, A Q ^a   Alphones, A ^a   Yu, A B ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; CAPACITANCE; DISPERSIONS; ELECTROMAGNETISM; ENERGY GAP; SILICON; SUBSTRATES; SWITCHES; TUNING; WAVEGUIDES;

MICROMACHINED SWITCHES; SIGNAL LINE; SURFACE MICROMACHINING FABRICATION; TUNABLE BANDSTOP FILTER;

NOTCH FILTERS;

EID: 33645050663     PISSN: 09601317     EISSN: 13616439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0960-1317/16/4/023     Document Type: Article

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