Novel centrally loaded resonators and their applications to bandpass filters

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 913-921

  Zhang, Xiu Yin ^a,b   Xue, Quan ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bandpass filters; Centrally loaded resonators; Dual band filters; Harmonic suppression; Tunable filters

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HARMONIC GENERATION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES;

CENTRALLY LOADED RESONATORS; DUAL BAND FILTERS; HARMONIC SUPPRESSION; TUNABLE FILTERS;

RESONATORS;

EID: 41949085341     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2008.919648     Document Type: Article

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