LTCC 3-D resonators applied to the design of very compact filters for Q-band applications

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2620-2626

  Rigaudeau, Laetitia ^b   Ferrand, Paul ^b,c   Baillargeat, Dominique ^a,b   Bila, Stéphane ^b   Verdeyme, Serge ^a,b   Lahti, Markku ^d   Jaakola, Tuomo ^d  

^a IEEE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

^c AA Group   (France)

^d VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Duplexer; High integration; Low temperature co fired ceramic (LTCC) technology; Quasi elliptic bandpass filters; Three dimensional (3 D) resonators

Indexed keywords

DUPLEXERS; HIGH INTEGRATION; LOW TEMPERATURE CO FIRED CERAMIC (LTCC) TECHNOLOGY; QUASI ELLIPTIC BANDPASS FILTERS; THREE DIMENSIONAL RESONATORS;

BANDPASS FILTERS; BANDWIDTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; OPTIMIZATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

RESONATORS;

EID: 33847374552     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2006.872931     Document Type: Article

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