Ultra-wideband LTCC ridge waveguide filters

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 115-117

  Ruiz Cruz, Jorge A ^b   Zhang, Yunchi ^a,b   Zaki, Kawthar A ^a,b   Piloto, Andrew J ^c   Tallo, Joseph ^c  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c Kyocera America Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Low temperature co fired ceramic (LTCC) bandpass filter (BPF); Ridge waveguide filter; Ultra wideband (UWB) filter

Indexed keywords

LOW TEMPERATURE CO-FIRED CERAMIC (LTCC) BANDPASS FILTER (BPF); RIDGE WAVEGUIDE FILTER; ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB) FILTER;

BANDWIDTH; ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS; RESONATORS; WAVE FILTERS; WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS;

UHF DEVICES;

EID: 33847736337     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2006.890333     Document Type: Article

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