This paper presents a general design theory for filter-networks constructed on the basis of theory of the Abelian Integral. An ideal transmission function is defined to be an Anbelian Integral

with the following properties: 1)

in given regions

, 2)

is regular at any given point

, and 3) otherwise

is a harmonic function. The application of appropriate analytic transformation techniques to

leads to a generalized characteristic function

. All kinds of realizable transfer functions can be derived by the use of linear transformations of

with respect to

. Further, this treatise gives the design methods for filter-networks having one or two pass bands, in which they exhibit the Tchebycheff performance. Besides the method is also established to synthesize a reactance band-pass network with the order N using only
![[(N - 1)/2]](/images/tex/11735.gif)
coils. Three design examples, such that the band-pass filter comprising only 6 coils for

and 4 coils for

, and the double-pass-band filters with

and 4 coils, are described in quite detail. All of the examples have the Tchebycheff performance in their pass bands.