High-Q 4–6-GHz Suspended Stripline RF MEMS Tunable Filter With Bandwidth Control

This paper presents a high-Qtwo-pole tunable filter with frequency and bandwidth control. The filter is implemented using suspended-stripline ring resonators and planar RF microelectromechanical systems capacitive networks. A tuning range of 3.7-5.95 GHz with an absolute 1-dB bandwidth of 110±20 MHz (3.6%-1.7% fractional bandwidth) is first demonstrated with an insertion lossQuis 115-250 at 3.7-5.95 GHz. The measured third-order intermodulation intercept point and 1-dB power compression point are >; 35 dBm(Δf= 300 kHz) and 20 dBm, respectively. To our knowledge, this filter represents the state-of-the-art in tuning performance andQfor planar designs at 2-6 GHz.