A microwave or radio frequency (RF) device includes a substrate and a cover. The substrate has a first surface and an opposing second surface, the first surface including a first RF component and a second RF component electrically coupled to the first RF component in series. The cover is disposed over the first surface of the substrate, where the cover includes a first portion with a first width covering the first RF component, where the first portion and the first surface define a first waveguide cavity having the first width, and a second portion with a second width, less than the first width, covering the second RF component, where the second portion and the first surface define a second waveguide cavity having the second width.

Resonant cavity filters include a conductive housing having a floor. A dielectric resonator is mounted to extend upwardly from the floor. The dielectric resonator has a cylindrical body with a longitudinal bore that defines an inner sidewall. The longitudinal bore has a variable transverse cross-sectional area. A threaded dielectric fastener is at least partially inserted within the longitudinal bore of the cylindrical body.

Microelectronic assemblies that include a lithographically-defined substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) component, and related devices and methods, are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a microelectronic assembly may include a package substrate portion having a first face and an opposing second face; and an SIW component that may include a first conductive layer on the first face of the package substrate portion, a dielectric layer on the first conductive layer, a second conductive layer on the dielectric layer, and a first conductive sidewall and an opposing second conductive sidewall in the dielectric layer, wherein the first and second conductive sidewalls are continuous structures.

A resonating structure and a dielectric filter having the same are disclosed. The resonating structure comprises a body, at least one set of negative coupling holes, and a conductive material layer. The body is made of a solid dielectric material and comprises at least two resonators. The negative coupling holes are formed at a connection between two adjacent resonators. Each set of negative coupling holes comprises a first blind hole and a second blind hole disposed on two opposite surfaces of the body respectively. The first blind hole and the second blind hole are offset from each other in a plane perpendicular to a direction along which the first or second blind hole is dug. The conductive material layer covers surfaces of the body and surfaces of the first blind hole and the second blind hole.

A microwave resonator comprising a hollow tube comprising an electrically conductive tube wall which defines a tube bore, the tube extending along a length axis from a first end to a second end; a first electrically conductive closing plate closing the first end of the tube, the first electrically conductive closing plate comprising at least one coupling slot extending therethrough; a second electrically conducting closing plate closing the second end of the tube, the second electrically conductive closing plate comprising at least one coupling slot extending therethrough; a plurality of dielectric resonant pucks, each puck comprising first and second end faces and a side wall extending therebetween, each puck being dimensioned such that when in the tube its dominant mode is a doubly degenerate mode; the pucks being arranged within the tube bore spaced apart from each other and the closing plates, each puck being arranged centered on the length axis and its side wall abutting the tube wall such that there is no air gap between the puck and the tube wall which extends from one end face to the other of the puck, the puck adjacent to the first closing plate being termed the input puck; each puck being separated from the adjacent puck in the tube bore by a coupling gap, each coupling gap having an electrically conductive iris plate arranged therein, each iris plate being arranged normal to the length axis, each iris plate comprising at least one coupling slot extending therethrough; a single mode input microwave resonator adapted to provide a microwave signal to the input puck; each puck comprising a symmetry breaking structure for modifying the frequency of one of the degenerate modes relative to the other and the coupling between the two modes; each puck further comprising a central aperture extending from one end face to the other along the length axis; and, each central aperture comprising at least one electrically conductive insert arranged therein.

Provided is a filter capable of compensating property change caused due to temperature change. A filter (1) includes a post-wall waveguide serving as electromagnetically coupled resonators (201-205) and cavities (301a-305a) electromagnetically coupled to the resonators (201-205) via coupling windows (AP.sub.101a-AP.sub.105a) in a second conductor layer (6a) of the post-wall waveguide. A substrate (5) of the post-wall waveguide includes a first dielectric layer constituted by a first dielectric material, and a second dielectric layer (9a) constituted by a second dielectric material is provided inside the cavities (301a-305a). In the filter (1), a dielectric constant of the first dielectric material increases and a dielectric constant of the second dielectric material decreases due to the same range of temperature rise, or the dielectric constant of the first dielectric material decreases and the dielectric constant of the second dielectric material increases due to the same range of temperature rise.

Provided is a filter capable of compensating property change caused due to temperature change. A filter (1) includes a post-wall waveguide serving as electromagnetically coupled resonators (201-205) and cavities (301a-305a) electromagnetically coupled to the resonators (201-205) via coupling windows (AP.sub.101a-AP.sub.105a) in a second conductor layer (6a) of the post-wall waveguide. A substrate (5) of the post-wall waveguide includes a first dielectric layer constituted by a first dielectric material, and a second dielectric layer (9a) constituted by a second dielectric material is provided inside the cavities (301a-305a). In the filter (1), a dielectric constant of the first dielectric material increases and a dielectric constant of the second dielectric material decreases due to the same range of temperature rise, or the dielectric constant of the first dielectric material decreases and the dielectric constant of the second dielectric material increases due to the same range of temperature rise.

A band-stop filter comprises: a housing having a top wall, a bottom wall and at least one side wall, the housing defining an internal cavity; a signal input port and a signal output port that are respectively disposed on one of the at least one side wall; a resonating element that is disposed in the internal cavity and includes a top, a bottom, and a side; and a transmission line that is disposed in the internal cavity and coupled between the signal input port and the signal output port, the transmission line comprising a coupling section that is coupled to the resonating element, wherein the coupling section is configured to surround more than half of the side of the resonating element and not directly contact the housing and the resonating element.

A band-stop filter comprises: a housing having a top wall, a bottom wall and at least one side wall, the housing defining an internal cavity; a signal input port and a signal output port that are respectively disposed on one of the at least one side wall; a resonating element that is disposed in the internal cavity and includes a top, a bottom, and a side; and a transmission line that is disposed in the internal cavity and coupled between the signal input port and the signal output port, the transmission line comprising a coupling section that is coupled to the resonating element, wherein the coupling section is configured to surround more than half of the side of the resonating element and not directly contact the housing and the resonating element.

Designing a filter with desired characteristics is made easy. A filter (1) includes a plurality of resonators (10 to 50) which are electromagnetically coupled. The plurality of resonators (10 to 50) each have a broad wall (11, 12, 21, 22, 31, 32, 41, 42, 51, 52) that is in a shape of a circle or a regular polygon with six or more vertices, and two resonators, which are coupled together, of the plurality of resonators (10 to 50) are arranged such that D<R.sub.1+R.sub.2 is satisfied, where R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 represent radii of circumcircles of the broad walls of the two resonators and D represents a center-to-center distance between the two resonators.