Flexible filters: Reconfigurable-bandwidth bandpass planar filters with ultralarge tuning ratio

IEEE Microwave Magazine

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 43-54

  Gomez Garcia, Roberto ^a   Sanchez Soriano, Miguel Angel ^b   Tam, Kam Weng ^c   Xue, Quan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; BANDWIDTH; COGNITIVE RADIO; GROUP DELAY; RADIO TRANSCEIVERS; RADIO WAVES;

ADAPTIVE FREQUENCY; DYNAMIC SPECTRUM ACCESS; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; MODERN APPLICATIONS; MULTI-FUNCTION RADARS; RADIO FREQUENCY SYSTEMS; SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTICS; TRANSCEIVER MODULES;

FREQUENCY AGILITY;

EID: 84904286024     PISSN: 15273342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MMM.2014.2321094     Document Type: Article

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