Intrinsically switched varactor-tuned filters and filter banks

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1044-1056

  Guyette, Andrew C ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Filters; microstrip filters; resonator filters; tunable circuits and devices

Indexed keywords

CENTER FREQUENCY; CONTROL COMPLEXITY; CONVENTIONAL APPROACH; DC POWER CONSUMPTION; PASS BANDS; PASSBAND RIPPLE; RESONATOR FILTERS; RF SWITCH; SECOND ORDERS; THIRD-ORDER; TUNABLE BANDPASS FILTER; TUNABLE CIRCUITS AND DEVICES; TUNABLE FILTERS; TUNING ELEMENTS; TUNING RANGES;

BANDWIDTH; FILTER BANKS; FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); MICROSTRIP FILTERS; MICROWAVE FILTERS; NOTCH FILTERS; TUNING; VARACTORS;

SWITCHED FILTERS;

EID: 84859715487     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2012.2184131     Document Type: Article

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