Theoretical and experimental study of a new class of reflectionless filter

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1214-1221

  Morgan, Matthew A ^a   Boyd, Tod A ^a  

^a NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorptive filters; filter design; filter synthesis; lossy circuits; microwave systems

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTIVE FILTERS; FILTER DESIGNS; FILTER SYNTHESIS; LOSSY CIRCUITS; MICROWAVE SYSTEMS;

BANDPASS FILTERS; DIGITAL INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; HIGH PASS FILTERS; LOW PASS FILTERS;

MICROWAVE FILTERS;

EID: 79955974290     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2011.2113189     Document Type: Conference Paper

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