Patent ID: 8611843

Claim:
A filter package for communications equipment, comprising: two or more filters each in die form and having different frequency response characteristics; a first switch and a second switch each in die form, wherein the switches are coupled to the filters, and are arranged to cooperate to insert a selected one of the filters for operation in a signal stage of the communications equipment; the filters and the switches are aligned and stacked one over the other in the form of a filter package; an input terminal disposed on the package and coupled to a common terminal of the first switch for establishing a first connection between an input of a selected filter and a first terminal of the signal stage; and an output terminal disposed on the package and coupled to a common terminal of the second switch for establishing a second connection between an output of the selected filter and a second terminal of the signal stage; wherein the filters are bandpass filters. and the bandpass filters are centered at a nominal frequency that corresponds to an intermediate frequency (IF) stage of the communications equipment.