Title :
Investigation of Multipaction Phenomena in Passive Waveguide Filters for Space Applications
Author :
Pereira, F. Quesada ; Boria, Vicente ; Gimeno, Benito ; Rebenaque, D. Canete ; Garcia, J. Pascual ; Melcon, A. Alvarez ; Gonzalez, J. Hueso ; Schmitt, D. ; Raboso, D. ; Ernst, C. ; Carpintero, I.H.
Author_Institution :
Cartagena Tech. Univ.
Abstract :
This paper presents an investigation on multipaction risk in microwave bandpass filters. The study reveals higher multipaction risk for narrower bandpass filters. To alleviate the problem with multipaction generation, different filtering structures are proposed. Results demonstrate that using the new structures multipaction risk can be reduced as much as 30% with regard to the initial design
Keywords :
band-pass filters; microwave filters; waveguide filters; filtering structures; microwave bandpass filters; multipaction generation; multipaction phenomena; passive waveguide filters; Band pass filters; Dielectrics; Extraterrestrial phenomena; Hardware; Microwave filters; Passive filters; Satellites; Testing; Voltage; World Wide Web; Multipaction generation; Waveguide filters; Wedge shaped filters;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium Digest, 2006. IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9541-7
Electronic_ISBN :
0149-645X
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.2006.249478
