@article {08_IJRFMiCAE_FahmiRuiz-CruzZaki_EandH-plane,
	title = {E and H-plane wide-band ridge waveguide couplers},
	journal = {International Journal of RF and Microwave Computer-Aided Engineering},
	volume = {18},
	number = {4},
	year = {2008},
	month = {July},
	pages = {348-358},
	abstract = {A systematic synthesis procedure for ridge waveguide branch line couplers in both E-plane and H-plane configurations is presented. Ridge waveguides are chosen to benefit from their wide mono-mode band and compact size compared to rectangular waveguides. Equivalent circuit parameters are used to synthesize the coupler sections. Rigorous mode matching method is used for full-wave analysis and optimization of the couplers. Ridge couplers both in empty waveguide and Low Temperature Co-fired Ceramic "LTCC" technology are designed using the proposed method and the design is verified with another numerical method. A prototype is built and its response is measured to verify the approach},
	keywords = {full-wave, LTCC, mode matching, optimization, ridge waveguide},
	issn = {1096-4290},
	doi = {10.1002/mmce.20293},
	url = {http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/119140987/PDFSTART},
	author = {Fahmi, M M and J A Ruiz-Cruz and Zaki, K A}
}
@conference {04_IMS_LiuRuiz-CruzWangEtAl_extremelywidebandridge,
	title = {An extremely wideband ridge waveguide filter},
	booktitle = {2004 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest},
	volume = {2},
	year = {2004},
	month = {June},
	pages = {615-618},
	abstract = {An extremely wideband ridge waveguide filter is presented. The fractional bandwidth of the filter can be greater than 115\%. An input and output transition from ridge waveguide to stripline and then to coax is also designed. The analysis is done with mode matching method and verified with Ansoft HFSS. For validation purpose, a test filter with pass band from 3 GHz to 9 GHz has been designed. The results by both mode matching method and Ansoft HFSS are presented. Excellent agreement is obtained. The test filter is designed using air filled ridge waveguide; however the same design procedure can be equally applied to other manufacturing techniques such as LTCC.},
	keywords = {air filled ridge waveguide, fractional bandwidth, mode matching, mode matching method, ridge waveguides, strip lines, stripline, waveguide filters 3 to 9 GHz, wideband ridge waveguide filter},
	issn = {0149-645X},
	doi = {10.1109/MWSYM.2004.1336059},
	url = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/iel5/9277/29472/01336059.pdf?tp=\&isnumber=\&arnumber=1336059},
	author = {Liu, Z M and J A Ruiz-Cruz and Wang,C and Zaki, K A}
}
