@conference {06_EuMC_Ruiz-CruzZhangFahmiEtAl_RidgeWaveguideElliptic,
	title = {Ridge Waveguide Elliptic Filters in Narrow-Wall Canonical Configuration},
	booktitle = {Proc. 36th European Microwave Conference},
	year = {2006},
	month = {Sept.},
	pages = {1080-1082},
	abstract = {A new canonical ridge waveguide structure is proposed to design elliptic filter responses. The non-adjacent cavities are coupled by windows situated at the common narrow-wall of the ridge waveguide enclosures. This new configuration provides positive and negative cross couplings using evanescent rectangular waveguides and metallic strips, respectively. The full-wave analysis of the structure is carried out by a rigorous mode matching method. The design is based on circuit synthesis and full-wave optimization. Finally, the proposed structure is elucidated with the design of a four-pole filter and it is validated with the commercial HFSS software},
	keywords = {circuit synthesis, elliptic filters, four-pole filter, full-wave optimization, metallic strips, mode matching, mode matching method, narrow-wall canonical configuration, negative cross couplings, network synthesis, nonadjacent cavities, positive cross couplings, rectangular waveguides, ridge waveguide elliptic filters, ridge waveguides, waveguide filtersHFSS software},
	issn = {2-9600551-6-0},
	doi = {10.1109/EUMC.2006.281121},
	url = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/iel5/4057701/4057702/04058011.pdf?tp=\&isnumber=\&arnumber=4058011},
	author = {J A Ruiz-Cruz and Zhang, Y and Fahmi, M M and Zaki, K A}
}
@conference {05_IMS_FahmiRuiz-CruzZakiEtAl_LTCCwide-bandcanonical,
	title = {LTCC wide-band canonical ridge waveguide filters},
	booktitle = {2005 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest},
	year = {2005},
	month = {June},
	pages = {249-252},
	abstract = {A canonical LTCC ridge waveguide filter for wide-band application is proposed. A new coupling scheme is employed to achieve the values of the cross couplings needed to increase the bandwidth. The change of the realization of the coupling sections from rectangular to narrow ridge waveguide is shown to eliminate detrimental undesired cross coupling. To validate the concept, rigorous mode matching method is used for full-wave analysis and optimization of a six pole filter. The response is verified with another numerical method, and a prototype is constructed for testing.},
	keywords = {canonical ridge waveguide filters, ceramic packaging, coupling scheme, coupling sections, full-wave analysis, mode matching, mode matching method, narrow ridge waveguide, optimisation, ridge waveguides, six pole filter, waveguide filters LTCC, wide-band filters},
	issn = {01490-645X},
	doi = {10.1109/MWSYM.2005.1516572},
	url = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/iel5/10171/32491/01516572.pdf?tp=\&isnumber=\&arnumber=1516572},
	author = {Fahmi, M M and J A Ruiz-Cruz and Zaki, K A and Piloto, A J}
}
