Microwave Filters for Communication Systems: Fundamentals, Design and Applications

INDEX

[ABCD] matrix:

buildup for third-degree network, circuit synthesis approach, 246

matrix representation, multiport microwave network analysis, 175–178

[ABCD] polynomial synthesis:

circuits with inverters, lowpass prototype circuits, 251–258

singly terminated filter prototype, lowpass prototype circuits, 258–260

Achieser-Zolotarev functions, lowpass prototype transfer polynomials, 436–438

Adjacent copolarized channel interference, communication systems noise, 18–19

Adjacent cross-polarized channel interference, communication systems noise, 19

Admittance function [Y_N]:

circuit approach, transversal coupling matrix, N + 2 coupling matrix, 306–307

transfer and reflection polynomials,

transversal coupling matrix, N + 2

coupling matrix, 304–306

Admittance [Y] matrices, impedance [Z]

and, multiport microwave network analysis, 174–175

Advanced modulation schemes, digital transmission, noise, 53–57

Aggressive space mapping (ASM), electromagnetic (EM) simulation technique, 546, 547–552

Air, high-power breakdown phenomena, 716–717

Allpass phase and group delay equalizer networks, 595–624

characteristics of, 596–597

dissipation effect, 620–622

distributed networks, 621–622

lumped-element first-order allpass equalizer, 620

second-order lumped equalizer, 621

equalization tradeoffs, 622–623

lumped-element, 597–603

generally, 597–599

network realizations, 601–603

resistively terminated symmetric lattice networks, 599–601

microwave allpass networks, 603–608

optimization criteria, 616–620