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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 18, 1997
Thomas McVeety, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Truc Hoang, Rio Rancho, NM (US);
Antonije Djordjevic, Belgrade, YU;
Motorola Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
A ceramic transverse-electromagnetic-mode filter having a waveguide cavity mode frequency shifting void and method of tuning same is provided. The ceramic filter includes a filter body (200) comprising a block of dielectric material and having top (202), bottom (204) and four side surfaces (206, 208, 210, 212) including vertical edges (214). The filter also has metallized through-holes providing transverse-electromagnetic-mode resonators (216). At least one vertical portion in proximity to the vertical edges (214) of the block on at least one of the side surfaces is unmetallized providing a waveguide cavity mode frequency shifting void (218). The waveguide cavity mode frequency shifting void (218) shifts a set of parasitic spurious responses in the filter frequency response curve to a lower frequency while simultaneously maintaining a desired transverse-electromagnetic-mode passband.