Apparatus and methods for tunable filters are provided. In certain configurations, a tunable filter includes a semiconductor die attached to a laminated substrate, such as a substrate of a multi-chip module (MCM). The tunable filter includes a vector inductor implemented using two or more conductors arranged on different conductive layers of the laminated substrate. The vector inductor's conductors are inductively coupled to one another and electrically connected in parallel to provide the vector inductor with high quality factor (Q-factor). The semiconductor die includes a variable capacitor that is electrically connected with the vector inductor to operate as a tunable resonator. Additionally, a frequency characteristic of the tunable filter, such as a passband, can be controlled by selecting a capacitance value of the variable capacitor, thereby tuning a resonance of the resonator.