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Flexible Engineering Tool for Radiofrequency Parameter Identification of RF-MEMS BAW Filters

  • Received : 2015.12.21
  • Accepted : 2016.05.30
  • Published : 2016.10.01
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Abstract

In this paper, we present a new specific and customized interface tool with parameter identification of Modified Butterworth-Van Dyke models for ladder bulk acoustic wave filters. The aforementioned tool is easy to use and flexible because it allows simulations and reengineering to be conducted in an application. A modular design approach is applied to simplify the extension of the proposed tool for different topologies. The proposed tool was validated using measurements from an aluminum-nitride based ladder BAW filter dedicated to the frequency ranges of the Universal Mobile Telecommunications Service and standards and Wideband Code Division Multiple Access.

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