A Practical Design of Lumped, Semi-lumped & Microwave Cavity Filters

Dhanasekharan Natarajan, Electronics Engineer from College of Engineering, Guindy, Chennai in 1970, obtained his post-graduate in Engineering Production from the University of Birmingham, UK in 1984. He retired as Asst. Professor in RV College of Engineering, Bangalore. His earlier professional achievements at Bharat Electronics and Radiall Protectron include Application of modern Q&R techniques for defence equipments, Designing and implementing computerized Quality Management System, Designing software for Optical interferometer and Design/manufacturing of lumped, semi-lumped and microwave cavity filters using self-developed software.

Introduction to RF filters.- RF Filter terms.- Requirements of RF filter.- RF Filter design technologies.- Planning the design of RF filters.- Design of lumped & semi-lumped RF filters.- Design of microwave cavity filters.- Practical expertise for filter design.- Modes of propagation.- Statistical analysis on RF filter characteristics.- Coaxial connectors for RF filters.