Exploring the Tuning Range of Channel Filters for Satellite Applications Using Electromagnetic-Based Computer Aided Design Tools

© 2018 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permissíon from IEEE must be obtained for all other uses, in any current or future media, including reprinting/republishing this material for advertisíng or promotional purposes, creating new collective works, for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted component of this work in other works. [EN] The objective of this paper is to use electromagnetic-based computer-aided design (CAD) tools to investigate the maximum tuning range of channel filters, typically used in satellite payloads. Both circular and rectangular waveguide technologies are investigated. The results of the investigation show that single-mode rectangular waveguide implementations offer substantially wider tuning range, as opposed to classical dual-mode circular waveguide implementations. In addition to simulations, measurements are also presented indicating very good agreement with theory, thereby fully validating the CAD procedure. This work was supported in part by MINECO (Spanish Government) under Research and Development Project TEC2016-75934-C4-1-R and in part by Research and Development Technicians under Grant PTA2015-10839-I. Ossorio-García, J.; Vague Cardona, JJ.; Boria Esbert, VE.; Guglielmi, M. (2018). Exploring the Tuning Range of Channel Filters for Satellite Applications Using Electromagnetic-Based Computer Aided Design Tools. IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques. 66(2):717-725. https://doi.org/10.1109/TMTT.2017.2769083