High-Q Tunable Dielectric Resonator Filters

IEEE Microwave Magazine

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 84-98

  Mansour, Raafat R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

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EID: 85008040052     PISSN: 15273342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MMM.2009.933591     Document Type: Article

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