Title :
Compact ridge waveguide filters using non-resonating nodes
Author :
Fahmi, Mohamed ; Ruiz-Cruz, Jorge A. ; Mansour, Raafat R. ; Zaki, Kawthar A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
Abstract :
A ridge waveguide filter based on the non-resonating node (NRN) concept is proposed. A new coupling mechanism, suitable for this realization is introduced. The proposed coupling mechanism alleviates the need to use other complicated structures and simplify the design process significantly. Rigorous mode matching method (MMM) is used to model the filter. The filter response is further verified using another numerical technique. A prototype was built and tested. Measurement results agree well with simulation.
Keywords :
mode matching; ridge waveguides; waveguide filters; compact ridge waveguide filters; coupling mechanism; mode matching method; nonresonating nodes; Circuits; Cutoff frequency; Electromagnetic waveguides; Filtering theory; Matched filters; Mode matching methods; Poles and zeros; Rectangular waveguides; Transfer functions; Waveguide junctions; Filters; Mode Matching; ridge waveguide;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium Digest, 2009. MTT '09. IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2803-8
Electronic_ISBN :
0149-645X
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.2009.5165952
