Design of a dual-band bandpass filter with low-temperature co-fired ceramic technology

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 3327-3332

  Tang, Ching Wen ^a,b   You, Sheng Fu ^b,c   Liu, I Chung ^b  

^a IEEE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Arima Communications Corporation   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Coupled line; Dual band bandpass filter; Low temperature co fired ceramic (LTCC); Open stub line

Indexed keywords

COUPLED LINE; DUAL-BAND BANDPASS FILTERS; LOW-TEMPERATURE CO-FIRED CERAMIC (LTCC); OPEN-STUB LINE;

CERAMIC MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC REACTANCE MEASUREMENT; ELECTROMAGNETISM; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENTS; THEOREM PROVING; THERMAL EFFECTS;

BANDPASS FILTERS;

EID: 33747241332     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2006.879174     Document Type: Article

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