Narrow-band microwave filter using high-q groove gap waveguide resonators with manufacturing flexibility and no sidewalls

IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1882-1889

  Zaman, Ashraf Uz ^a   Kildal, Per Simon ^a   Kishk, Ahmed A ^b  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Band pass filters; Chebyshev response; coupling coefficient; external Q factor; gap waveguide technology; rectangular waveguide filters

Indexed keywords

BAND PASS; CHEBYSHEV RESPONSE; COUPLING COEFFICIENT; EXTERNAL Q FACTOR; WAVEGUIDE TECHNOLOGY;

BANDPASS FILTERS; FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; MICROWAVE FILTERS; RECTANGULAR WAVEGUIDES; WAVEGUIDES;

WAVEGUIDE FILTERS;

EID: 84869473854     PISSN: 21563950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCPMT.2012.2202905     Document Type: Article

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