Hittite Microwave Corporation introduced the HMC897, a new band pass tunable filter chip that is ideal for pre-selection in advanced communications systems, military radar, EW/ECM, SATCOM, space, industrial and medical systems. Tunable over a 9 to 19 GHz frequency range, this new, ultra-compact, varactor-tuned MMIC filter is inherently stable and has small physical size and insensitivity to environmental conditions. Its monolithic design creates microphonic immunity and allows for flexibility in advanced communications applications.