ACTIVE MICROWAVE AND MILLIMETERWAVE RESONATOR K. Hoffmann and Z. Skvor Czech Technical University in Prague, dpt. Electromagnetic Field Technicka 2, 166 27 Praha 6, Czech Republic Internet: hoffmann-fel.cvut.cz, voice: (+420-2) 24352276, fax: (+420-2) 3119958 Abstract New circuit component ­ active resonator ­ is proposed for use in microwave and millimeterwave circuits. It consists of a common re

COMPUTER DIAGNOSIS AND OPTIMIZATION OF MICROWAVE FILTERS P. Harscher, S. Amari* and R. Vahldieck Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, IFH, ETH Zentrum, Gloriastrasse 35, CH - 8092 Zürich * Dept. ECE, Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, On, K7K 7B4, Canada ABSTRACT In this paper a technique for computer diagnosis and optimization of microwave filters is presented. A reduced prototype net

A 2-POLE BANDPASS FILTER ASSISTED BY A MMIC IMPEDANCE FOR LOSSES COMPENSATION AND FREQUENCY CONTROL J.Ph. PLAZE, L. BILLONNET, B. JARRY, P. GUILLON IRCOM UMR C.N.R.S. 6615 - 123, Avenue Albert Thomas - 87060 Limoges Cedex - France Tel : +(33) 5-55-45-72-54 e-mail : gary-ircom.unilim.fr Abstract ­ In this paper, we present a new 2-pole bandpass filter associated with an active impedance. The activ

COMPUTER-AIDED SYNTHESIS OF MIXED CASCADED QUADRUPLET AND TRISECTION (CQT) FILTERS Jia-Sheng Hong Department of Computing and Electrical Engineering Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS, UK Fax: 0131 451 3327, Tel: 0131 451 3339 Email: J.Hong-hw.ac.uk http://www.cee.hw.ac.uk/~ceejh3/ ABSTRACT Mixed cascaded quadruplet and trisection (CQT) coupled-resonator structures are proposed for the d

AN ORIGINAL TECHNIQUE FOR COMPUTER-AIDED TUNING OF MICROWAVE FILTERS Giuseppe Macchiarella* , Marco Santoniccolo** * Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Elettronica e Informazione, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, 32 20133 Milano, ITALY e-mail: macchiar-elet.polimi.it FOREM S.r.l. , Via Archimede 22/24, 20041 Agrate Brianza (Mi), ITALY ** ABSTRACT A computer-aided method is presented, which allows

MAGIC TEE JUNCTION BASED ON HYBRID ARCHITECTURE OF MICROSTRIP LINE AND NON-RADIATIVE DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDE Yves Cassivi and Ke Wu Poly-Grames Research Center, Département de Génie Electrique et de Génie Informatique, École Polytechnique de Montréal C.P. 6079, Succ. Centre Ville, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3C 3A7 cassivy-grmes.polymtl.ca, wuke-grmes.polymtl.ca ABSTRACT A new magic tee junction based

NOVEL 2D-ELECTROMAGNETIC CRYSTAL WAVEGUIDE IN MICROWAVE PRINTED CIRCUIT TECHNOLOGY F. Falcone, T. Lopetegi, M. A. G. Laso, R. Gonzalo, S. Arana, and M. Sorolla Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Public University of Navarre, Campus Arrosadía, E-31006 Pamplona, Spain Phone: +34 948 169324; Fax: +34 948 169720; e-mail: mario-unavarra.es ABSTRACT In this paper we present the design a

A NOVEL MULTILAYER APPROACH FOR LOW-LOSS MILLIMETER WAVE RF-/DC-LINE CROSSING Johann Heyen, Marc Brandes, and Arne F. Jacob Institut für Hochfrequenztechnik, TU Braunschweig, Postfach 3329, 38023 Braunschweig, Germany, Phone:+49 531 391 2020, Fax: +49 531 391 2045, email: J.Heyen-tu-bs.de, A.Jacob-tu-bs.de ABSTRACT A novel multilayer configuration for crossing of RF-/DC-lines at millimeter wave fr

Analysis of the Inset Dielectric Guide Iris Discontinuity S.R. Pennock, P.R. Shepherd, J. Pourabadeh Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath, BA2 7AY, U.K. Tel:+1225 827072, Fax: +1225 826305 E-mail: S.R.Pennock-bath.ac.uk, P.R.Shepherd-bath.ac.uk Abstract The Inset Dielectric Guide (IDG) is a low loss transmission line, but the performance of

A Novel Uniplanar Transition Coplanar Waveguide to Rectangular Waveguide Oliver Nagy1, Patric Heide2, Thomas v. Kerssenbrock2, Andreas Springer3, Robert Weigel3 1 Siemens AG, Corporate Technology, D-81730 Munich, Germany, email: oliver.nagy-ieee.org, Phone: ++ 49 89 636 48230, Fax: ++ 49 89 636 46881 2 3 EPCOS AG, D-81617 Munich, Germany University of Linz, Institute for Communications and Info