<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>A novel mechanically tunable waveguide dielectric filter is presented in this paper. The resonant structure of the filter is made of a rectangular waveguide cavity and an H-plane dielectric cylinder cut in half. The resonating frequency of the proposed structure can be significantly changed by moving two split cylinder parts. The coupling matrix synthesis technique is used to create the required bandpass filter. A drawback of the proposed structure is that the tuning process invokes a mismatch between the feeding structure and the filter. To overcome this drawback, the tuning screws between the coupling irises are used. A filter with the proposed geometry has a large frequency tuning range as well as relatively constant passband bandwidth.</p></abstract>

A novel mechanically tunable waveguide dielectric filter is presented in this paper. The resonant structure of the filter is made of a rectangular waveguide cavity and an H-plane dielectric cylinder cut in half. The resonating frequency of the proposed structure can be significantly changed by moving two split cylinder parts. The coupling matrix synthesis technique is used to create the required bandpass filter. A drawback of the proposed structure is that the tuning process invokes a mismatch between the feeding structure and the filter. To overcome this drawback, the tuning screws between the coupling irises are used. A filter with the proposed geometry has a large frequency tuning range as well as relatively constant passband bandwidth.

Effectively Tunable Bandpass Waveguide Filter Based on Incorporation of Coupled Cylindrical Resonators Cut in Half

Assistant Professor, Riga Technical University

Electrical, Control and Communication Engineering

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A novel mechanically tunable waveguide dielectric filter is presented in this paper. The resonant structure of the filter is made of a rectangular waveguide...

Effectively Tunable Bandpass Waveguide Filter Based on Incorporation of Coupled Cylindrical Resonators Cut in Half

Publié en ligne: 12 avr. 2021

Pages: 78 - 87

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ecce-2020-0012

Mots clés
Bandpass filters, Coupled resonator filters, Dielectric filters, Tuning, Waveguide filters

© 2020 Karlis Kimsis et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Effectively Tunable Bandpass Waveguide Filter Based on Incorporation of Coupled Cylindrical Resonators Cut in Half

Publié en ligne: 12 avr. 2021

Pages: 78 - 87

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ecce-2020-0012

Mots clésBandpass filters, Coupled resonator filters, Dielectric filters, Tuning, Waveguide filters

© 2020 Karlis Kimsis et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Mots clés
Bandpass filters, Coupled resonator filters, Dielectric filters, Tuning, Waveguide filters