An X-band to Ku-band RF MEMS switched coplanar strip filter

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 425-427

  Nordquist, Christopher D ^a   Muyshondt, Arnoldo ^a   Pack, Michael V ^a   Finnegan, Patrick S ^b   Dyck, Christopher W ^a   Reines, Isak C ^a   Kraus, Garth M ^a   Plut, Thomas A ^a   Sloan, George R ^a   Goldsmith, Charles L ^c   Sullivan, Charles T ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b L and M Technologies   (United States)

^c MEMtronics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive filters; Microelectromechanical devices; Switched filters; Tunable filters

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE FILTERS; COPLANAR STRIPS (CPS); FREQUENCY BANDS; TUNABLE FILTERS;

CAPACITANCE; DRY ETCHING; ELECTRIC GROUNDING; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROMAGNETISM; FABRICATION; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MICROMACHINING; MICROWAVE FILTERS; POLYMERS; RESONANCE; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; SWITCHED FILTERS;

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS;

EID: 4444230735     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2004.832071     Document Type: Article

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