In this paper, we describe a monolithic microwave active inductor to be implanted in tunable filters. The novel active inductor operating at 22 GHz has been achieved using 0.2 gm GaAs P-Hemt technology [1]. An unloaded resonator quality factor up to 2500 has been measured at 21.96 GHz. The inductance value and Q factor can be voltage tuned through the gate and drain biasing. Several types of MIIIC filters around 22 GHz were designed, realized and fully characterized in K-band. The best performances obtained for a band-pass filter operating at 21.98 GHz are a better bandwidth of 0.75 GHz than for a passive filter and a noise figure of 1.95 dB. Comparisons between simulation and measurements are reported.
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