Abstract
A fifth order X-band waveguide bandpass filter, based on spherical resonators, has been designed, and fabricated by 3-D printing. In comparison with rectangular waveguide, spherical resonators have a higher unloaded quality factor, but at the same time suffer from closer higher order modes. In this letter, a special topology has been proposed to relieve the impact of the first three higher order modes in the resonator and ultimately to achieve a good out-of-band rejection. Stereolithography based 3-D printing is used to build the filter structure from polymer and a 25 microns thick copper layer is deposited to the filter. The measurement result of the filter has an excellent agreement with the simulations. The filter is also considerably lighter than a similar metal filter.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 7115191 |
Pages (from-to) | 442-444 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters |
Volume | 25 |
Issue number | 7 |
Early online date | 1 Jun 2015 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2 Jul 2015 |
Bibliographical note
This paper won the 2017 Tatsuo Itoh Prize of the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society. This award recognizes the most significant contribution by a published paper in the IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters JournalKeywords
- 3-D printing
- Filter
- spherical resonators
- stereolithography
- waveguide
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Condensed Matter Physics