• DocumentCode
    2172765
  • Title

    Resonant Coupling Irises for the Design of New Planar Bandstop Filters

  • Author

    Takacs, A. ; Aubert, H. ; Pons, P. ; Parra, T. ; Plana, R. ; Graffeuil, J. ; Baudrand, H. ; Cazaux, J.L.

  • Author_Institution
    LEN7-GREMO, 2 rue Charles Camichel, 31071 Toulouse, France. takacs@len7.enseeiht.fr, Phone: 33 5 61 58 84 50, Fax: 33 5 61 58 82 37
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    23-26 Sept. 2002
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    Original planar bandstop filters based on resonant coupling irises have been micromachined on silicon membranes. These filters have been designed for the transmitters (Tx) and the receivers (Rx) of earth terminals in Ka-band satellite communications. Experimental results show that, in addition to an high attenuation (at least 24.5 dB) in the uplink band, the Rx-filter features a very low insertion loss (lower than 0.3 dB over a 1.5 GHz bandwidth) in the downlink band. The filter dimensions have been dramatically reduced and are only 900 ¿m wide by 2700 ¿m long.
  • Keywords
    Attenuation; Biomembranes; Filters; Insertion loss; Resonance; Satellite communication; Satellite ground stations; Silicon; Transmitters; Waveguide discontinuities;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Conference, 2002. 32nd European
  • Conference_Location
    Milan, Italy
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EUMA.2002.339371
  • Filename
    4140451