Reconfigurable waveguide filter with variable bandwidth and center frequency

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1663-1670

  Arnold, Christian ^a   Parlebas, Jean ^a   Zwick, Thomas ^b  

^a Tesat Spacecom GmbH and Co KG   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bandpass filters; coupling resonators; impedance inverters; reconfigurable filters; waveguide filters

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; BANDWIDTH; CIRCULAR WAVEGUIDES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; RESONATORS; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

BANDWIDTH RECONFIGURATION; CENTER FREQUENCY; COUPLING STRUCTURES; MICROWAVE BANDPASS FILTER; RECONFIGURABLE FILTERS; SYNTHESIS PROCEDURE; SYNTHESIS PROCESS; VARIABLE BANDWIDTHS;

WAVEGUIDE FILTERS;

EID: 84905918214     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2014.2332298     Document Type: Article

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