Alcatel

Alcatel Espace

Alcatel N.v.

Yannick Latouche

Serge Vigneron

Jean-Bernard Ducrocq

Jean-Michel Gueble

Bernard Theron

Eric Kerherve

Jean-Marie Pham

Pierre Jarry

Jean-Bernard Theron

Nicolas Boutheiller

Bernard Perez

The invention relates to a quadruple mode microwave filter having coupled cavities with a plurality of transmission zeros, said filter comprising at least one rectangular parallelepiped-shaped quadruple mode cavity, at least two rectangular irises, and two input/output waveguides. Tuning and coupling of the filter are obtained exclusively by the dimensions and mutual disposition of the at least one resonant cavity and the irises, without any screw or other tuning mechanism. All the faces of the cavities and the irises are either parallel or perpendicular to each other. In a preferred embodiment the irises are offcentered along the two transverse axes. According to one advantageous feature, the input mode and the output mode are the same, preferably the TE 10 fundamental mode.

Waveguide quardruple mode microwave filter having zero transmission

An injector device for microwave filter units made up of channel filters ( ) provided with cavities housing dielectric resonators. Each filter has an input cavity which receives a signal transmitted by a coaxial cable terminating at a connector ( ) mounted through a wall closing the cavity at an input end of the filter. The injector device of a filter acts electrically on a dielectric resonator accommodated in the input cavity via a probe ( ) consisting of a L-shaped rod having a first portion connected to the core of the coaxial cable to extend it into the cavity and a second portion acting on a dielectric element ( ) of the resonator via electrical coupling means. The invention also relates to filter units equipped with such injector devices.

Injector device for a microwave filter unit using dielectric resonators, and a filter unit including the device

A microwave resonator, in particular for a filter, comprising a resonant cavity having positioned therein a plane resonator element, frequency tuning means, and intermode coupling means, the resonator element being made of a dielectric material that is at least approximately in the shape of a parallelogram and being disposed transversely in the cavity in such a manner that the vertices of the parallelogram are short-circuited to one another by the conductive inner wall of said cavity. The resonator has at least one other plane resonator element made of dielectric material in a shape that is at least approximately that of a parallelogram, the resonator elements being placed close together, mutually parallel, and extending transversely to a central axis of the cavity. The frequency tuning means and the intermode coupling means are positioned between the parallel resonator elements.

Resonator, in particular for a microwave filter, and a filter including it

A multimode composite resonator, in particular for a microwave filter, includes a resonant cavity, a dielectric resonator element disposed inside the cavity, a tuning element for each mode and a coupling element for coupling between modes. The resonator element is shaped to have plural vertices which are short-circuited together by the conductive walls of the cavity via direct or RF electrical contact between the vertices and the walls. Various geometrical resonator shapes are possible.

Dielectric resonator for a microwave filter, and a filter including such

A filter having a dielectric resonator, the filter comprising at least one cylindrical cavity (10) inside which there is a dielectric resonator (11) whose axis of symmetry (.DELTA.) is colinear with the axis of symmetry of the cavity (10), the filter being characterized in that the resonator is held by a system of dished washers (15, 16). Applicable to microwave frequencies.

Filter having a dielectric resonator

A filter having a dielectric resonator, the filter comprising at least one cylindrical cavity (10) containing a cylindrical dielectric resonator (11) whose axis of symmetry (.DELTA.) is colinear with the axis of said cavity (10), and the resonator being held in a longitudinally asymmetrical position inside said cavity (10) by a mandrel system which clamps around the cylindrical portion thereof and which includes at least one spoke for fixing it to said cavity while leaving play relative to said cavity.

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Toulouse, France

Yannick Latouche