Modern Radio Signals Filtering Devices Methods, Technologies, & Structures

Author(s): Vyacheslav V. KOMAROV* and Valery P. MESHCHANOV

DOI: 10.2174/9789815196504124010010

Filtering of Microwave Signals for Satellite Communication Systems

Pp: 234-246 (13)

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Modern Radio Signals Filtering Devices Methods, Technologies, & Structures

Filtering of Microwave Signals for Satellite Communication Systems

Author(s): Vyacheslav V. KOMAROV* and Valery P. MESHCHANOV

Pp: 234-246 (13)

DOI: 10.2174/9789815196504124010010

* (Excluding Mailing and Handling)

Abstract

High electrical strength and low losses compared to other transmission lines predetermined the widespread use of waveguide filters and multiplexers in on-board radioelectronic complexes of satellite communication systems. The electrical parameters of these devices, taking into account the specifics of their operation in near-Earth orbit, are subject to fairly stringent requirements: high power limit, temperature stability, weight, and size indicators. Their disadvantages can be considered as a limited range of operating frequencies, determined by the cutoff frequencies of the main and first higher modes, as well as relatively large sizes. Very high requirements are also placed on the accuracy of the manufacture of filtration devices. At present, in the literature, one can find a description of a large number of various designs of band-pass filters of the waveguide type. Some of them are considered in the present chapter.