Performance analysis of the enhanced microwave multiplexing networks for applications in communications satellites

Summary form only given, as follows. The performances of the enhanced microwave multiplexer are studied. The overall performance of the enhanced type of multiplexer with Mth order channel filters is similar to conventional design with (M+1)th order filters. It is shown that the difference in the coefficients of thermal expansion of the materials for the channel filters and the manifold affects the temperature stability. Impact of filter resonator Q factor and fractional bandwidth on the passband insertion loss is also demonstrated.