VERY FAST DESIGN FORMULAS FOR MICROWAVE NONHOMOGENEOUS MEDIA FILTERS

In this paper, a new design method for microwave nonhomogeneous media filters is proposed. The application of this method leads to closed-form design formulas by which physical properties of the filters can be carried out in a very fast way. The proposed formulas can be successfully used because they are less time consuming than others known in the open technical literature. Some examples of analysis and synthesis are presented. ©1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 22: 218–221, 1999.