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Abstract

A thick metal microstrip diplexer is presented. The circuit is based on compact folded half wavelength resonators and uses a source/load-multi-resonator coupling method providing improved performance and greater design flexibility. Source/load coupling with multiple resonators introduces additional transmission zeros, and this coupling is enhanced by using high-aspect-ratio metal structures. Tall, narrow metal arms connected to the ports and extended to the non-adjacent resonators provide effective multi-resonator bypass coupling. The high-aspect-ratio diplexer fabricated using polymer-based deep X-ray lithography and 0.22 mm thick metal electroplating demonstrates the advantages of thick metal structures for coupled resonator applications.

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Dr. Himal C. Jayatilaka

Dr. David M. Klymyshyn

Dr. Martin Börner

Dr. Juergen Mohr