A differential 4-bit 6.5-10-GHz RF MEMS tunable filter Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • This paper presents a state-of-the-art RF microelectromechanical systems wide-band miniature tunable filter designed for 6.5-10-GHz frequency range. The differential filter, fabricated on a glass substrate using digital capacitor banks and microstrip lines, results in a tuning range of 44% with very fine resolution, and return loss better than 16 dB for the whole tuning range. The relative bandwidth of the filter is 5.10.4% over the tuning range and the size of the filter is 5 mm 4 mm. The insertion loss is 4.1 and 5.6 dB at 9.8 and 6.5 GHz, respectively, for a 1-k/sq fabricated bias line. The simulations show that, for a bias line with 10- k/sq resistance or more, the insertion loss improves to 3 dB at 9.8 GHz and 4 dB at 6.5 GHz. The measured IIP3 level is > 45 dBm for f > 500 kHz, and the filter can handle 250 mW of RF power for hot and cold switching. 2005 IEEE.

published proceedings

  • IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MICROWAVE THEORY AND TECHNIQUES

altmetric score

  • 3

author list (cited authors)

  • Entesari, K., & Rebeiz, G. M.

citation count

  • 178

complete list of authors

  • Entesari, K||Rebeiz, GM

publication date

  • March 2005