• DocumentCode
    558167
  • Title

    A novel tunable multimodal bandpass filter

  • Author

    Contreras, Adrián ; Pradell, Lluís ; Ribó, Miquel

  • Author_Institution
    Signal Theor. & Commun. Dept., Tech. Univ. of Catalonia (UPC), Barcelona, Spain
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    10-13 Oct. 2011
  • Firstpage
    1059
  • Lastpage
    1062
  • Abstract
    This paper presents a novel uniplanar tunable bandpass filter. In this filter, each resonator can be reconfigured easily using PIN diodes or MEMS switches. Design equations are derived from a simple circuit model which takes into account the multimodal behavior of the coplanar waveguide. Experimental measurements of a 2-GHz prototype, featuring reconfigurable bandwidth and low losses, validate the filter topology and the proposed multimodal model.
  • Keywords
    band-pass filters; coplanar waveguides; MEMS switches; PIN diodes; coplanar waveguide; filter topology; frequency 2 GHz; tunable multimodal bandpass filter; uniplanar tunable bandpass filter; Band pass filters; Coplanar waveguides; Filtering theory; Integrated circuit modeling; Microstrip filters; Microwave filters; Resonator filters; bandpass filter; coplanar technology; tunable filter;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Conference (EuMC), 2011 41st European
  • Conference_Location
    Manchester
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-61284-235-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6101810