RF-MEMS tunable Evanescent Mode Cavity filter in LTCC technology at Ku-band

European Microwave Week 2011: "Wave to the Future", EuMW 2011, Conference Proceedings - 41st European Microwave Conference, EuMC 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1075-1078

  Schulte, Benedikt ^a   Ziegler, Volker ^a   Schoenlinner, Bernhard ^a   Prechtel, Ulrich ^a   Schumacher, Hermann ^b  

^a AIRBUS GROUP INNOVATIONS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

cavity resonators; ceramics; Resonator filters; tunable circuits and devices

Indexed keywords

3 DB BANDWIDTH; CAVITY FILTERS; CENTER FREQUENCY; CERAMICS; COUPLING METHODS; EVANESCENT MODE; INDUCTIVELY-COUPLED; KU-BAND; LTCC TECHNOLOGY; MICROSTRIPES; Q-FACTORS; RESONATOR FILTERS; RF-MEMS; RF-MEMS SWITCHES; TUNABLE CIRCUITS AND DEVICES; TUNING STATE; TUNING STRUCTURE;

CAVITY RESONATORS; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; MICROWAVE CIRCUITS; SUBSTRATE INTEGRATED WAVEGUIDES; TUNING;

MICROWAVE FILTERS;

EID: 84855774722     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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