Title :
Narrowband planar microwave active filter
Author :
Chang, C.Y. ; Itoh, T.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Texas Univ., Austin, TX, USA
Abstract :
A new circuit design for narrowband microwave active filters is presented. By increasing the tank circuit unloaded Q-valve an ideal one-section bandpass filter is realised. The planar distributed structure is suitable for both MIC and MMIC circuits.
Keywords :
MMIC; active filters; band-pass filters; microwave filters; microwave integrated circuits; strip line components; MESFET circuit; MIC; MMIC; microstrip implementation; microwave active filter; narrowband; one-section bandpass filter; planar distributed structure; tank circuit; unloaded Q-valve;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19890823
