A 12-18-GHz three-pole RF MEMS tunable filter Academic Article

abstract

• This paper presents a state-of-the-art RF microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) wide-band tunable filter designed for the 12-18-GHz frequency range. The coplanar-waveguide filter, fabricated on a glass substrate using loaded resonators with RF MEMS capacitive switches, results in a tuning range of 40% with very fine resolution, and return loss better than 10 dB for the whole tuning range. The relative bandwidth of the filter is 5.7 0.4% over the tuning range and the size of the filter is 8 mm 4 mm. The insertion loss is 5.5 and 8.2 dB at 17.8 and 12.2 GHz, respectively, for a 2-k/sq bias line. The loss improves to 4.5 and 6.8 dB at 17.8 and 12.2 GHz, respectively, if the bias line resistance is increased to 20 k/sq. The measured IIP3 level is >37 dBm for f > 200 kHz. To our knowledge, this is the widest band planar tunable filter to date. 2005 IEEE.

authors

• Entesari, Kamran

published proceedings

• IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MICROWAVE THEORY AND TECHNIQUES

altmetric score

• 3

author list (cited authors)

• Entesari, K., & Rebeiz, G. M.

citation count

• 158

complete list of authors

• Entesari, K||Rebeiz, GM

publication date

• August 2005

publisher

• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)  Publisher

keywords

• Coplanar-waveguide (cpw) Filter
• Loaded Resonators
• Microelectromechanical Systems (mems)
• Rf Mems
• Wide-band Tunable Filter

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1109/TMTT.2005.852761

start page

• 2566

end page

• 2571

volume

• 53

issue

• 8

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1109%2Ftmtt.2005.852761