Mechanically tunable MSW bandpass filter with combined magnetic units

Abstract

An MSW (magnetostatic wave) bandpass filter with combined magnetic units composed of main and submagnetic units has been developed. Its volume is reduced to one fifth that of conventional yttrium-iron-garnet (YIG)-sphere filters. The filter can be tuned mechanically and keep the same shape of transmission response at 2.5 approximately 2.75 GHz. The insertion loss can be kept less than 3 dB within 20-MHz bandwidth by adjusting the magnetic field distribution.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">&gt;</ETX>