Parallel-resonator HF micromechanical bandpass filters

Abstract
SUMMARY High frequency, fourth-order, micromechanical bandpass fil- ters, with tunable frequency and bandwidth, and filter Q's in the thousands, are demonstrated in a polysilicon surface microma- chining technology. These filters utilize a parallel-resonator architecture, in which properly phased outputs from two or more micromechanical resonators are combined to yield a desired filter spectrum. Design formulas are given for Butter- worth, Chebyshev, and Bessel filters, and each of these filter types are demonstrated with center frequencies close to 14.5 MHz and filter Q's ranging from 830 to 1600.

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