Novel tunable bandpass filter realized using barium-strontium-titanate thin films

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2468-2473

  Su, Hieng Tiong ^a   Suherman, Phe Man ^b   Jackson, Timothy J ^b   Huang, Frederick ^b   Lancaster, Michael J ^b  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ferroelectric films; High temperature superconductor; Tunable bandpass filter

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE EARTH METALS; BANDPASS FILTERS; BARIUM; BARIUM TITANATE; HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS; OPTICAL FILTERS; STRONTIUM; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; THICK FILMS; THIN FILMS; WAVE FILTERS; YTTRIUM BARIUM COPPER OXIDES;

A CENTERS; CENTER FREQUENCIES; DC BIASES; ELECTRICALLY TUNABLE; HIGH-TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTOR; NARROW BANDPASS FILTERS; RETURN LOSSES; ROOM TEMPERATURES; TUN ABILITIES; TUNABLE BANDPASS FILTER; TUNABLE BANDPASS FILTERS;

FERROELECTRIC FILMS;

EID: 55849109628     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2008.2005871     Document Type: Article

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