• DocumentCode
    1267630
  • Title

    Discretely tuned RF-MEMS bandstop filter with wide tuning range and uniform high rejection

  • Author

    Llamas-Garro, I. ; Brito-Brito, Z. ; Pradell, Lluis ; Giacomozzi, Flavio ; Colpo, Sabrina

  • Author_Institution
    Centre Tecnol. de Telecomun. de Catalunya (CTTC), Barcelona, Spain
  • Volume
    48
  • Issue
    17
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1065
  • Lastpage
    1067
  • Abstract
    A new bandstop filter is presented providing a two-state discrete wide tuning range from 20 to 30 GHz with the same high rejection level of 36 dB. In the design, metal-insulator-metal capacitors are placed on one end of the resonators and on the other end capacitive micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) switches are used to discretely tune the centre reject band of the filter.
  • Keywords
    MIM devices; band-stop filters; capacitors; micromechanical resonators; microswitches; microwave filters; microwave resonators; capacitive MEMS switches; capacitive microelectromechanical systems switches; discretely tuned RF-MEMS bandstop filter; filter centre reject band; frequency 20 GHz to 30 GHz; metal-insulator-metal capacitors; resonators; uniform high rejection level;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el.2012.2270
  • Filename
    6272454