A band pass filter suitable for varying the center frequency of the passband and a method for controlling the band pass filter are provided. A band pass filter of the present invention includes: two TE01-mode dielectric resonators (10) and (20) disposed so as to oppose to each other; and a housing (30) made of metal enclosing the two dielectric resonators (10) and (20). An opposing interval between two dielectric resonators (10) and (20) is variable.

A multimode radio frequency resonator is provided. The multimode radio frequency resonator comprises: a monoblock of dielectric material having an initial shape that allows for multimode resonance, the initial shape comprising surfaces areas and edges between the surface areas. The multimode radio frequency resonator also comprises a conductive layer covering the whole surface of the monoblock, and a split chamfer disposed at one of the edges of the monoblock. The split chamfer includes two symmetrical cut-outs at the outer-most sides of the edge of the monoblock, and a central portion that is intact with respect to the initial shape of the monoblock and separates the symmetrical cut-outs. A method for tuning such a multimode radio frequency resonator is also described.

An iris bridge for coupling two radio frequency resonators includes: a body of dielectric material having an exposed first surface area, having a predetermined length, width and thickness, and having an elongate shape along the length of the body; a hole disposed through the body along the width of the body, the hole having a wall forming a second surface area of the body; and a conductive coating covering the exposed first surface area of the body and a first portion of the second surface area of the body. A second portion of the second surface area is free of conductive coating forming a non-conductive section of the wall of the hole. Such bridge may be tuned for coupling radio frequency resonators.

A microwave resonator comprising a hollow tube comprising fan 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; a second electrically conductive closing plate closing the second end of the tube; 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 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 with its end faces normal to the length axis and centered on the length axis and its side wall abutting the tube wall such that there is no air gap between the puck and 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 ah 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; an input microwave coupler adapted to receive a microwave signal and provide it 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.

Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a cavity high-Q triple-mode dielectric resonance structure and a filter with the resonance structure. The resonance structure includes a cavity and a cover plate, wherein an arrangement inside the cavity includes a cube-like dielectric resonance block and a dielectric support frame; the cube-like dielectric resonance block and the dielectric support frame form a triple-mode dielectric resonance rod; between the triple-mode dielectric resonance rod and an inner wall of the cavity is air; one or any end of the cube-like dielectric resonance block is connected with the dielectric support frame respectively; the dielectric support frame is connected with the inner wall of the cavity; and the cube-like dielectric resonance block forms a triple-mode resonance in three directions of axes X, Y and Z of the cavity.

A method for tuning a filter component using size adjustment includes measuring a first frequency of a first resonant mode of a dielectric resonator component of an RF filter, said dielectric resonator component being a block of dielectric material having a cuboid shape with three pairs of opposite faces. The first resonant mode has an electric-field component oriented in a direction perpendicular to one of the pairs of opposite faces and parallel to the other two pairs of opposite faces. When a measured value of the first frequency of the first resonant mode is less than a desired value, dielectric material is removed uniformly from at least one face of the two pairs of opposite faces parallel to the electric-field component of the first resonant mode to maintain the cuboid shape of the block of dielectric material. The removal of the dielectric material may be by at least one of lapping, grinding, and milling. The first frequency of the first resonant mode is remeasured to check whether a remeasured value therefor is closer or equal to the desired value without exceeding the desired value. The method is also applicable for tuning multiple modes of dielectric resonator component in the form of a block of dielectric material having a cuboid shape, as well as for tuning multiple modes in dielectric resonator components in the form of blocks of dielectric material having cylindrical and spherical shapes.

A dielectric filter includes a plurality of dielectric resonators. The dielectric filter further includes a plurality of resonator bodies corresponding to the plurality of dielectric resonators, and a peripheral dielectric portion lying around the plurality of resonator bodies. Each of the plurality of resonator bodies is formed of a first dielectric having a first relative permittivity. The peripheral dielectric portion is formed of a second dielectric having a second relative permittivity lower than the first relative permittivity. Each of the plurality of resonator bodies includes a plurality of individual elements separated from each other.

The present disclosure relates to transverse magnetic wave (TM) mode filters and methods for manufacturing a TM mode filter. One example TM mode filter includes a filter body, a dielectric, and a transition layer, the filter body including a filter cavity and a cover, and having hollow confined space, the dielectric located in the hollow confined space, and the transition layer configured to connect the dielectric and the filter body. A coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) of the transition layer is between a CTE of the filter body and a CTE of the dielectric.

The present disclosure provides a filter comprises an enclosure having two cavities separated by a wall; a first TM dual-mode resonator and a second TM dual-mode resonator, each TM dual-mode resonator having two modes and comprising a body having a central portion with a plurality of arms extending outwardly from the central portion; a gradient aperture formed in the wall for coupling between two TM dual-mode resonators. The filter is capable of forming two transmission zeros between four resonances modes.

Disclosed are a high-Q multi-mode dielectric resonant structure and a dielectric filter. The high-Q multi-mode dielectric resonant structure includes a cavity, a dielectric support frame, a dielectric resonator and a cover plate, and the cavity is formed by a sealed space, herein one surface of the cavity is a cover plate surface; the dielectric resonator is formed by a medium; and the dielectric support frame is mounted in any positions between the dielectric resonator and an inner wall of the cavity, matched with any shapes of the dielectric resonator and the cavity and fixed by connecting, and the ratio of the dimension of the inner wall of the cavity to the corresponding dimension of the dielectric resonator corresponding to three axial directions thereof is between 1.01-4.5. Embodiments of the present invention may solve a scheme that the filter is small in volume, low in insertion loss, and high in suppression, and may form a multi-mode, and a Q value is greater than that of a traditional dielectric multi-mode technology.