Novel E-plane filters and diplexers with elliptic response for millimeter-wave applications

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 53, Issue 3 I, 2005, Pages 843-851

  Ofli, Erdem ^a   Vahldieck, Rüdiger ^a   Amari, Smain ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diplexers; E plane filters; Elliptic filters; Waveguide filters

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; ELECTRODEPOSITION; RESONANCE; RESONATORS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; WAVEGUIDES;

DIPLEXERS; E-PLANE FILTERS; ELLIPTIC FILTERS; WAVEGUIDE FILTERS;

WAVE FILTERS;

EID: 15844373025     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2004.842506     Document Type: Article

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