@conference {11_URSIUSA_Leal-SevillanoRuiz-CruzMontejo-GaraiEtAl_WaveguideDeviceswithTwist,
	title = {Waveguide Devices with Integrated Polarization Twist for Broadband Applications},
	booktitle = {Proc. 2011 USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting},
	year = {2011},
	month = {July},
	pages = {1},
	abstract = {A common part of many microwave systems is the routing of the signal between the circuit devices performing the different functions of the system (frequency discrimination, power combining, frequency conversion, signal amplifying {\^a}{\texteuro}{\textbrokenbar}). The optimum configuration of these individual devices may lead to a system layout where the interfaces of the different blocks are not aligned or even are in different planes. Thus, the routing network must have waveguide transformers, bends, and twists to be able to accommodate the signal between the different blocks. These elements have a simple function, although a careful design may be required for broadband applications. Moreover, in satellite communications, mass and volume must be kept to a minimum and compactness is highly pursued. A possible solution in these cases is to integrate some of these functions in the routing network elements or even in the input/output of the components. In this work, several waveguide devices will be shown with integrated compact elements for waveguide matching and polarization rotation. Since different functions are integrated in the same device, transitions are avoided and the total length is reduced. Very compact structures for waveguide twists have been developed in Asao et al., "A compact 90-degree twist using novel ridged waveguide for integrated waveguide subsystems," Proc. 36th EuMC, 2006 and Kirilienko et al. {\^a}{\texteuro}{\oe}Compact 90{\^A}{\textordmasculine} Twist formed by a Double-Corner-cut Square Waveguide Section{\^a}{\texteuro}, IEEE TMTT, 2008). Other structures used here will be based on Ruiz-Cruz et al., {\^a}{\texteuro}{\oe}Multi-Section Bow-Tie Steps for Full-Band Waveguide Polarization Rotation{\^a}{\texteuro}, IEEE MWCL, July 2010. The design and evaluation of the different components will be addressed in the presentation, with devices in mixed E/H plane configuration, bends and transformers. When integrating different functions in the same device, some undesired resonances may appear in the structure. Therefore, accurate CAD tools are required for simulating the response and taking into account the mode excitations inside the structure. A precise fabrication is required for having good experimental results, which will be shown in the presentation.},
	author = {C A Leal-Sevillano and J A Ruiz-Cruz and Montejo-Garai, J R and Rebollar, J M}
}
@article {07_IJRFMiCAE_Ruiz-CruzMontejo-GaraiRebollarEtAl_Waveguidefilterswith,
	title = {Waveguide filters with elliptical function response: Overview and results of different implementations},
	journal = {International Journal of RF and Microwave Computer-Aided Engineering},
	volume = {17},
	number = {1},
	year = {2007},
	month = {Jan.},
	pages = {63-69},
	abstract = {Some recent implementations of waveguide filters with elliptical response are presented in this paper. The goal is to describe the main aspects involved in the computer-aided design of elliptic waveguide filters, which are commonly used at microwave and millimeter-wave frequencies by their high selectivity, low insertion loss, and high power-handling capabilities. Three different examples based on crosscoupled cavities and the extracted-pole procedure are used to illustrate the main ideas, with their corresponding experimental results. A comparative table summarizes the main features of the presented filters.},
	keywords = {Bandpass Waveguide Filters, Design, Extracted Poles, N-Transmission Zeros, Order Filters, resonators},
	issn = {1096-4290},
	doi = {10.1002/mmce.20198},
	url = {http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/113493159/PDFSTART},
	author = {J A Ruiz-Cruz and Montejo-Garai, J R and Rebollar, J M and Zaki, K A}
}
