A Ku-band high-Q tunable filter with stable tuning response

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2948-2957

  Yassini, Bahram ^a   Yu, Ming ^a   Smith, David ^a   Kellett, Sean ^a  

^a Research and Development Department   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bellows; Cavity resonators; Coupling; Reconfigurable architectures; Satellite communication; Tunable filters

Indexed keywords

DESIGN TECHNIQUE; DUAL MODES; IN-BAND; KU-BAND; RECONFIGURABLE ARCHITECTURE; RF PERFORMANCE; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; TRADE-OFF ANALYSIS; TUNABLE FILTERS; TUNING RANGES;

CAVITY RESONATORS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; TUNING;

BELLOWS;

EID: 73049118748     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2009.2034215     Document Type: Article

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