• DocumentCode
    2555691
  • Title

    High-Q RF-MEMS tunable evanescent-mode cavity filter

  • Author

    Park, Sang-June ; Reines, Isak ; Rebeiz, Gabriel

  • Author_Institution
    Qualcomm Inc., San Diego, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    7-12 June 2009
  • Firstpage
    1145
  • Lastpage
    1148
  • Abstract
    This paper presents a high-Q tunable evanescent-mode cavity filter using capacitive RF MEMS cantilever switches with a frequency coverage of 5.5-4.3 GHz. The filter results in an insertion loss of 2.6-5.3 dB over the tuning range and a 3-dB bandwidth of 55-40 MHz (fractional bandwidth of %1). The measured Qu of the filter is 511-273 over the frequency range, which is to our knowledge, the best report Q using RF-MEMS technology.
  • Keywords
    cavity resonator filters; microswitches; microwave devices; RF-MEMS; cantilever switches; tunable evanescent-mode cavity filter; Bandwidth; Capacitance; Cavity resonators; Coupling circuits; Radiofrequency microelectromechanical systems; Resonance; Resonant frequency; Resonator filters; Switches; Tunable circuits and devices; Capacitive cantilever switch; RF MEMS; evanescent-mode; high-Q tunable filter; waveguide filter;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Symposium Digest, 2009. MTT '09. IEEE MTT-S International
  • Conference_Location
    Boston, MA
  • ISSN
    0149-645X
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2803-8
  • Electronic_ISBN
    0149-645X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MWSYM.2009.5165904
  • Filename
    5165904