loss is Ͻ1.6 dB within 13.3-13.9 GHz. The maximum return loss is 26.1 dB at 13.5 GHz and the 3-dB fractional bandwidth is 8.1%.
CONCLUSIONA new type of microstrip bandpass filter using one isoscelestriangle-patch resonator with two transmission zeros has been presented. It has been verified by the simulated and measured results. The two transmission zeros are located at 11.7 and 15.9 GHz with levels of 45.7 and 44.9 dB, respectively. This filter has 8.1% of 3-dB bandwidth and 26.1 return loss at 13.5 GHz. The new filter requires only one patch resonator, instead of the conventional (two or) three resonators. Therefore, the filter has a small size, as compared to the conventional filter. There were no gaps in this structure and fabricating uncertainties were reduced. Therefore, this new filter exhibits compactness, simplicity, good performance, and ease of fabrication with good accuracy.
QUASISTATIC TEM CHARACTERISTICS OF MULTILAYER ELLIPTICAL AND CYLINDRICAL COPLANAR WAVEGUIDES Volkan Akan and Erdem Yazgan