Microwave or millimeter wave passive components or devices

Abstract

A passive device comprising a hollow waveguide including first and second wall structures extending in a guiding direction, an interconnecting base extending between the wall structures and an enclosure extending between the wall structures, the enclosure being located opposite the interconnecting base; and at least one array of coupled resonant structures enclosed inside the waveguide, the array being configured to provide coupled local resonators and a microwave or millimeter wave frequency passband for providing at least one selected microwave or millimeter wave signal, the array extending along the guiding direction and being located between the wall structures. Each resonant structure extends from the interconnecting base into the hollow waveguide to define a microwave or millimeter wave subwavelength resonant structure, and successive resonant structures are separated by a microwave or millimeter wave subwavelength distance. A resonance frequency of the resonant structures is less than a cut-off frequency of the waveguide.