Title :
Figure of Merit of Tunable Ferroelectric Planar Filters
Author :
Pleskachev, Vladimr ; Vendik, Inna
Author_Institution :
Department of Microelectronics & Radio Engineering, St.-Petersburg Electrotechnical University, 197376, St.-Petersburg, Russia. phone/ fax: + 7 812 3460867; e-mail: mwlab@eltech.ru
Abstract :
Different tunable microstrip resonators are suggested to be used in tunable microwave filters. Ferroelectric capacitors are chosen as the tunable components of the resonators. A novel criterion for description of the performance of the tunable filters is suggested.
Keywords :
Capacitors; Ferroelectric materials; Frequency; Insertion loss; Microstrip filters; Microstrip resonators; Microwave filters; Q factor; Resonator filters; Tuning;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference, 2003 33rd European
Conference_Location :
Munich, Germany
Print_ISBN :
1-58053-834-7
DOI :
10.1109/EUMA.2003.340922
