Bandpass filters with reconfigurable transmission zeros using varactor-tuned tapped stubs

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 249-251

  Zhang, Hualiang ^b   Chen, Kevin J ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bandpass filter; Microstrip lines; Reconfigurable transmission zeros; Tapped quarter wavelength stubs

Indexed keywords

CIRCUIT SIMULATION; RECONFIGURABLE TRANSMISSION ZEROS; TAPPED QUARTER-WAVELENGTH STUBS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; MICROSTRIP LINES; TUNING; VARACTORS;

BANDPASS FILTERS;

EID: 33646416171     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2006.873586     Document Type: Article

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