A tunable band-stop filter using a metamaterial structure and MEMS bridges on a silicon substrate

Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Kundu, Avra ^a   Das, Sonali ^a   Maity, Santanu ^a   Gupta, Bhaskar ^b   Lahiri, Samir K ^a   Saha, Hiranmay ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND-STOP FILTERS; DESIGN GUIDELINES; ELECTRICAL MODELS; FABRICATION METHODOLOGY; FREQUENCY-SELECTIVE; KA BAND; LOW INSERTION LOSS; METAMATERIAL STRUCTURES; PASS BANDS; SILICON SUBSTRATES; STOP-BANDS; TUNABILITIES; TUNING RANGES; U-SHAPED;

COPLANAR WAVEGUIDES; MAGNETIC FILTERS; METAMATERIALS;

SILICON WAFERS;

EID: 84863421508     PISSN: 09601317     EISSN: 13616439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0960-1317/22/4/045004     Document Type: Article

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