Title :
The use of high Q toroid inductors for LTCC integrated tunable VHF filters
Author :
Hoppenjans, Eric E. ; Chappell, William J.
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA
Abstract :
In this paper, we report the use of LTCC for the integration of wide tuning, VHF filters in compact form factors. The design of both wideband and narrowband VHF filters, based upon substrate integrated high Q toroid inductors are presented.
Keywords :
VHF filters; inductors; LTCC; compact form factors; integrated tunable VHF filters; narrowband VHF filters; substrate integrated high Q toroid inductors; wide tuning; wideband VHF filters; Filtering; Inductors; Isolation technology; Microwave filters; Microwave technology; Narrowband; Radio frequency; Transceivers; Varactors; Wideband; Tunable filters; VHF Filters; ceramics;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium Digest, 2009. MTT '09. IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2803-8
Electronic_ISBN :
0149-645X
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.2009.5165844