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Abstract

This work demonstrates that the well-known box configuration comprising four inverter-coupled resonators is capable of realizing a dual-band filter characteristic. A dual-band filter is designed at 1 GHz and subsequently implemented as a Combline microstrip filter exhibiting measured frequency characteristics which closely matched the simulations.

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Dr. Wael M. Fathelbab

Dr. Mohammad Almalkawi