A tunable low-pass filter using a liquid-metal reconfigurable periodic defected ground structure

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Guo, Shuyan ^a   Lei, Bao Jun ^a   Hu, Wenqi ^a   Shiroma, Wayne A ^a   Ohta, Aaron T ^a  

^a University of Hawaii at Manoa   (United States)

Author keywords

Defected ground structure (DGS); Liquid metals; Tunable low pass filter

Indexed keywords

FILLING IN; PERIODIC DEFECTED GROUND STRUCTURE; STOPBAND; TUNING RANGES;

CUTOFF FREQUENCY; DEFECTED GROUND STRUCTURES; LIQUID METALS;

SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION;

EID: 84866783677     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWSYM.2012.6259765     Document Type: Conference Paper

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