An analytic design method for microstrip tunable filters

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1699-1706

  Lee, Juseop ^a,b   Sarabandi, Kamal ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Microwave filters; Tunable filters; Varactor

Indexed keywords

CONTROL THEORY; ENERGY STORAGE; FILTER BANKS; MILITARY DATA PROCESSING; POLES; STEP RESPONSE; VARACTORS; WAVE FILTERS;

ADMITTANCE INVERTERS; ANALYTIC DESIGN; CENTER FREQUENCY (CF); DESIGN METHODS; DESIGN THEORIES; FILTER DESIGNS; FILTER RESPONSE; HIGHER ORDER; IMPEDANCE RESONATORS; LUMPED CAPACITORS; MICROSTRIP (MSL); SIMULATED RESULTS; TUNABLE FILTERING;

FREQUENCY RESPONSE;

EID: 47649095508     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2008.925569     Document Type: Article

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