Novel Factor of Merit for Centre-Frequency Tunable Bandpass Filters Comparison

Emmanuel Pistono (1) , D. Kaddour (1) , L. Duvillaret (1) , J.M. Duchamp (1) , A. Vilcot (1) , P. Ferrari (1)

1 IMEP-LAHC - Institut de Microélectronique, Electromagnétisme et Photonique - Laboratoire d'Hyperfréquences et Caractérisation

This article presents an improved factor of merit for the comparison of center‐frequency tunable bandpass filters. This study draws up a comparison between existing tunable filters for which different commonly used parameters demonstrating their performance are given. A first factor of merit that takes all the major characteristics of such tunable filters into account is introduced. A second factor of merit is proposed to evaluate the filter compactness. These new factors of merit are applied for the comparison of more than 30 recently published papers.

Domaines: Micro et nanotechnologies/Microélectronique

Emmanuel Pistono, D. Kaddour, L. Duvillaret, J.M. Duchamp, A. Vilcot, et al.. Novel Factor of Merit for Centre-Frequency Tunable Bandpass Filters Comparison. Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 2009, 51 (4), pp.985-988. ⟨10.1002/mop.24220⟩. ⟨hal-00599011⟩