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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ji-Hai Xu, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Jenn-Hwa Huang, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01P 1/203 ; H01P 1/10 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01P 1/203 ; H01P 1/10 ;
Abstract
A series of switchable and tunable filters is provided. The filters are manufactured using coplanar waveguide fabrication techniques and micro-electro-mechanical (MEM) system switches. By making a MEM switch conductive to connect two portions of a filter element, a filter inductor is implemented. By making the MEM switch non-conductive, a filter capacitor is implemented. This results in smaller filters that can be either switched between a band pass filter and a low pass filter or switched between operating ranges.