• DocumentCode
    2227078
  • Title

    A millimeter-wave micromachined lowpass filter using lumped elements

  • Author

    Weller, T.M. ; Katehi, L.P.B.

  • Author_Institution
    Microwave & Wireless Lab., Univ. of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    1996
  • fDate
    17-21 June 1996
  • Firstpage
    631
  • Abstract
    A new approach is presented for realizing millimeter-wave micromachined lowpass filters using lumped elements. An efficient quasistatic analysis is utilized to design a Ka-band filter with 0.5 dB insertion loss and a rejection bandwidth from 30-125 GHz. The layout requires ten times less area than a comparable stepped-impedance implementation.
  • Keywords
    Chebyshev filters; low-pass filters; lumped parameter networks; millimetre wave filters; 0.5 dB; 30 to 125 GHz; Ka-band filter; insertion loss; layout area; lumped elements; millimeter-wave micromachined lowpass filter; quasistatic analysis; rejection bandwidth; Bandwidth; Biomembranes; Coplanar waveguides; Dielectric losses; Equivalent circuits; Filters; Geometry; Impedance; Insertion loss; Laboratories;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Symposium Digest, 1996., IEEE MTT-S International
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA, USA
  • ISSN
    0149-645X
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-3246-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MWSYM.1996.511013
  • Filename
    511013