论文信息 - A tunable combline bandpass filter using barium strontium titanate interdigital varactors on an alumina substrate

A tunable combline bandpass filter using barium strontium titanate interdigital varactors on an alumina substrate

Barium strontium titanate (BST) has a field-dependent permittivity that enables it to be used as a dielectric in a voltage-tunable capacitor or varactor. A tunable combline bandpass filter was designed and characterized using BST varactors fabricated on a polycrystalline alumina substrate with copper metallization and is 14 mm /spl times/ 14 mm in size. The center frequency of the filter varies from 1.6 to 2.0 GHz with the application of 200 V tuning voltage. A 25% tuning range was achieved using tuning field strength of 300 kV/cm. The zero bias insertion loss was 6.6 dB and this decreased to 4.3 dB at the high bias state. The return loss was better than 10 dB.

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