Low-temperature cofired ceramic LC filters for RF applications

IEEE Microwave Magazine

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 118-128

  Yeung, Lap K ^a   Wu, Ke Li ^b   Wang, Yuanxun E ^c  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LTCC FILTERS; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; WIRELESS PRODUCTS;

BLUETOOTH; CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; CERAMIC PRODUCTS; COMMUNICATION; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER NETWORKS; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; WAVE FILTERS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

EID: 51749092845     PISSN: 15273342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MMM.2008.927634     Document Type: Article

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