Low-loss 4-6-GHz tunable filter with 3-bit high-Q orthogonal bias RF-MEMS capacitance network

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2348-2355

  Park, Sang June ^a,b   El Tanani, Mohammed A ^c   Reines, Isak ^c   Rebeiz, Gabriel M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b QUALCOMM INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacitance network; Capacitive loading; Coupled open loop resonators; RF microelectromechanical systems (RF MEMS); Source load impedance loading; Tunable filter

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; CAPACITANCE; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; LINEAR NETWORKS; MECHATRONICS; MEMS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MICROMECHANICS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; OXIDE MINERALS; QUARTZ; RESONATORS; SENSOR NETWORKS; WAVE FILTERS;

CAPACITANCE NETWORK; CAPACITIVE LOADING; COUPLED OPEN-LOOP RESONATORS; RF MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS (RF-MEMS); SOURCE-LOAD IMPEDANCE LOADING; TUNABLE FILTER;

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EID: 54049093128     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2008.2003521     Document Type: Article

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