Planar millimeter wave band-stop filters based on the excitation of confined magnetostatic waves in barium hexagonal ferrite thin film strips

摘要

A planar millimeter wave band-stop filter based on confined magnetostatic wave (MSW) excitations in an M-type barium hexagonal ferrite (BaM) film strip was demonstrated. The device consists of a BaM film strip on the top of a coplanar waveguide with the strip length along the signal line. For zero magnetic fields, the device shows a band-stop filtering response at 53 GHz. This response originates from the excitation of confined MSW modes across the BaM strip width. The filter operation frequency is tunable with low fields. This tuning relies on the change in the MSW dispersion with field.