Claims
- 1. A voltage-controlled tunable filter including:
first and second cavity resonators; means for exchanging a signal between the first and second cavity resonators; a first voltage tunable dielectric capacitor positioned within the first cavity resonator; means for applying a control voltage to the first voltage tunable dielectric capacitors; a second voltage tunable dielectric capacitor positioned within the second cavity resonator; means for applying a control voltage to the second voltage tunable dielectric capacitors; an input coupled to the first cavity resonator; and an output coupled to the first cavity resonator.
- 2. The voltage-controlled tunable filter of claim 1, wherein each of the first and second voltage tunable dielectric capacitors includes:
a first electrode; a tunable dielectric film positioned on the first electrode; and a second electrode positioned on a surface of the tunable dielectric film opposite the first electrode.
- 3. The voltage-controlled tunable filter of claim 2, wherein the tunable dielectric film comprises:
barium strontium titanate or a composite of barium strontium titanate.
- 4. The voltage-controlled tunable filter of claim 1, further comprising:
a plurality of additional coaxial resonators; means for exchanging a signal between the additional resonators; and a plurality of additional voltage tunable dielectric capacitors, each of the additional voltage tunable dielectric capacitors being positioned within one of the additional resonators.
- 5. The voltage-controlled tunable filter of claim 1, further comprising:
a first rod positioned in the first resonator, wherein the first voltage tunable dielectric capacitor is positioned at one end of the first rod; and a second rod positioned in the second resonator, wherein the second voltage tunable dielectric capacitor is positioned at one end of the second rod.
- 6. The voltage-controlled tunable filter of claim 5, wherein:
each of the rods in the cavity resonators is serially connected with one of the voltage tunable dielectric capacitors.
- 7. The voltage-controlled tunable filter of claim 5, wherein:
each of the rods in the cavity resonators is grounded.
- 8. The voltage-controlled tunable filter of claim 1, wherein:
the input comprises a first coupling probe; and the output comprises a second coupling probe.
- 9. The voltage-controlled tunable filter of claim 1, wherein each of the first and second voltage tunable dielectric capacitors includes:
a substrate; a tunable dielectric film positioned on the substrate; and first and second electrodes positioned on a surface of the tunable dielectric film opposite the substrate, the first and second electrodes being separated to form a gap.
- 10. The voltage-controlled tunable filter of claim 9, further comprising:
an insulating material for insulating the first and second electrodes and the tunable dielectric film from the first and second cavity resonators.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/227,438, filed Aug. 22, 2000.
Provisional Applications (1)
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60227438 |
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