A widely tunable RF MEMS end-coupled filter

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages 429-432

  Kraus, Garth M ^a   Goldsmith, Charles L ^d   Nordquist, Christopher D ^a   Dyck, Christopher W ^a   Finnegan, Patrick S ^b   Austin IV, Franklin ^c   Muyshondt, Arnoldo ^a   Sullivan, Charles T ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b L and M Technologies   (United States)

^c Plus Group   (United States)

^d MEMtronics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive filters; Microelectromechanical devices; Microstrip filters; Resonator filters; Switched filters; Tunable filters

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE FILTERS; MICROSTRIP FILTERS; RESONATOR FILTERS; TUNABLE FILTERS;

CAPACITORS; ELECTRIC LINES; INSERTION LOSSES; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SWITCHING CIRCUITS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; TUNING;

ELECTRIC FILTERS;

EID: 4444249870     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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