High-Q tunable dielectric resonator filters using MEMS technology

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 59, Issue 12 PART 2, 2011, Pages 3401-3409

  Huang, Fengxi ^a   Fouladi, Siamak ^a   Mansour, Raafat R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dielectric resonator (DR); MEMS switches; microelectromechanical sysems (MEMS) switched capacitor banks; tunable filters

Indexed keywords

A-CENTER; CIRCULAR HOLES; CONTACT TYPE; CONTINUOUS TUNING RANGE; DC POWER CONSUMPTION; GAAS; MEASUREMENT RESULTS; MEMS SWITCHES; MEMS TECHNOLOGY; MEMS VARACTOR; MICRO-ELECTRO-MECHANICAL; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL-SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGIES; Q-VALUES; QUALITY FACTORS; TUNABLE DIELECTRICS; TUNABLE FILTERS; TUNING ELEMENTS; TUNING RANGES;

BANDWIDTH; CAPACITORS; DC POWER TRANSMISSION; DIELECTRIC RESONATORS; GALLIUM ARSENIDE; MEMS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MICROWAVE FILTERS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM; VARACTORS;

SWITCHED FILTERS;

EID: 83655201115     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2011.2171984     Document Type: Conference Paper

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