Tuned to resonance: Transfer-function-adaptive filters in evanescent-mode cavity-resonator technology

IEEE Microwave Magazine

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 55-69

  Peroulis, Dimitrios ^a   Naglich, Eric ^b   Sinani, Michael ^a   Hickle, Mark ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC RESONATORS; COMMERCE; ELECTRONIC WARFARE; RESONATORS; SENSORS;

ACOUSTIC FILTERS; DECISION FACTORS; FULL THREE-DIMENSIONAL; HIGH SELECTIVITY; LOW-POWER CONSUMPTION; RECONFIGURABLE FILTERS; SENSING SYSTEMS; SMALL FORM FACTORS;

TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84904336253     PISSN: 15273342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MMM.2014.2321103     Document Type: Article

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