Abstract: A tunable microwave system includes at least two elements, each element being chosen from a propagating guide, an evanescent guide, a resonator, and at least one coupling device arranged between the two elements and configured to couple the two elements to each other, the coupling device having a holder having an aperture and having at least one elongate element the shape of which is elongate in a polarization direction contained in a plane of the aperture, the elongate element being securely fastened to the perimeter of the aperture at at least one end, the coupling device being configured to be rotatable about an axis substantially perpendicular to the plane of the aperture so as to modify a value of the polarization direction and so that the coupling between the two elements is dependent on the value of the polarization direction.

Abstract: An interposer (16) and a substrate (10) incorporating the interposer (16) are provided. The interposer (16) includes one or more layers (18) and a cavity (20) defined in the one or more layers (18), the cavity (20) being configured as a waveguide for propagation of electromagnetic waves.

Abstract: A tunable microwave system includes at least two elements, each element being chosen from a propagating guide, an evanescent guide, a resonator, and at least one coupling device arranged between the two elements and configured to couple the two elements to each other, the coupling device having a holder having an aperture and having at least one elongate element the shape of which is elongate in a polarization direction contained in a plane of the aperture, the elongate element being securely fastened to the perimeter of the aperture at at least one end, the coupling device being configured to be rotatable about an axis substantially perpendicular to the plane of the aperture so as to modify a value of the polarization direction and so that the coupling between the two elements is dependent on the value of the polarization direction.

Abstract: An interposer (16) and a substrate (10) incorporating the interposer (16) are provided. The interposer (16) includes one or more layers (18) and a cavity (20) defined in the one or more layers (18), the cavity (20) being configured as a waveguide for propagation of electromagnetic waves.

Abstract: A frequency tunable microwave bandpass filter comprises a resonator, including: a cavity with conducting wall substantially cylindrical with axis Z having height H, and partially closed at both ends; and a dielectric element inside the cavity. The resonator resonates at two perpendicular polarizations having distributions of electromagnetic field in the cavity deduced from eachother by 90° rotation. The element rotates about an axis substantially perpendicular to axis Z, between a first and second position. The element comprises a first end wherein: in a first position the element is disposed substantially in a plane perpendicular to axis Z and the center of the first end is disposed at a height in the cavity corresponding substantially to an electric field minimum; and in a second position the element is substantially parallel to Z and the first end is disposed in a plane corresponding to an electric field maximum within +/?30%.

Abstract: A bandpass filter for microwave-frequency wave which is frequency tunable, comprises at least one resonator. Each resonator comprises a cavity having a conducting wall substantially cylindrical in relation to an axis Z, and at least one dielectric element disposed inside the cavity. The resonator resonates on two perpendicular polarizations having respectively distributions of the electromagnetic field in the cavity that are deduced from one another by a rotation of 90° and according to one and the same frequency. The wall of the cavity comprises an insert section facing the element having a different shape from a section not situated facing the element. The insert section and the element are able to perform a rotation with respect to one another in relation to the axis Z so as to define at least a first and a second relative position differing by an angle substantially equal to 45° to within 20°.

Abstract: The invention relates to a multi port router device capable of carrying a number P, which is greater than or equal to three, of frequency channels, from a number M of input ports to a number N of output ports, at least one of the two numbers M and N being greater than or equal to two, characterized in that it includes at least two filters (12, 14, 16, 18), each filter comprising at least two coupled resonators, at least one resonator (Rs1, Rs2) being common to two different filters, and each input port and each output port being connected directly to at least one resonator.

Abstract: A frequency-tunable microwave-frequency wave filter with dielectric resonator, comprises a metallic cavity and at least one stack along a rotation axis, the resonator-forming stack being disposed inside the cavity and comprising at least a first and a second element each made of dielectric material, the second element being mobile in rotation with respect to the first element around the rotation axis and exhibiting a first position and at least one second position separated by an angle of rotation, and the elements exhibiting shapes such that the overall geometry of the stack is different in the at least two positions, the stack forming a first resonator adapted so that the filter exhibits a first central frequency when the second element is in the first position, and forming a second resonator adapted so that the filter exhibits a second central frequency when the second element is in the second position.

Abstract: A band-pass filter for microwave is provided that can be frequency-tuned the filter comprising an input resonator comprising a metal input cavity and an input dielectric element, an output resonator comprising a metal output cavity and an output dielectric element, an input excitation means (S1) of elongate shape, an output excitation means of elongate shape, the input resonator and the output resonator being coupled, characterized in that the input dielectric element and the output dielectric element have a recess, the input excitation means penetrates the recess of the input dielectric element the output excitation means penetrates the recess of the output dielectric element, the input dielectric element is capable of carrying out a rotation about an input rotation axis, the rotations of the dielectric elements allowing the modification of the central frequency of the filter.

Abstract: A frequency tunable microwave bandpass filter comprises a resonator, including: a cavity with conducting wall substantially cylindrical with axis Z having height H, and partially closed at both ends; and a dielectric element inside the cavity. The resonator resonates at two perpendicular polarizations having distributions of electromagnetic field in the cavity deduced from each other by 90° rotation. The element rotates about an axis substantially perpendicular to axis Z, between a first and second position. The element comprises a first end wherein: in a first position the element is disposed substantially in a plane perpendicular to axis Z and the centre of the first end is disposed at a height in the cavity corresponding substantially to an electric field minimum; and in a second position the element is substantially parallel to Z and the first end is disposed in a plane corresponding to an electric field maximum within ±30%.

Abstract: A bandpass filter for microwave-frequency wave which is frequency tunable, comprises at least one resonator. Each resonator comprises a cavity having a conducting wall substantially cylindrical in relation to an axis Z, and at least one dielectric element disposed inside the cavity. The resonator resonates on two perpendicular polarizations having respectively distributions of the electromagnetic field in the cavity that are deduced from one another by a rotation of 90° and according to one and the same frequency. The wall of the cavity comprises an insert section facing the element having a different shape from a section not situated facing the element. The insert section and the element are able to perform a rotation with respect to one another in relation to the axis Z so as to define at least a first and a second relative position differing by an angle substantially equal to 45° to within 20°.

Abstract: A frequency-tunable microwave-frequency wave filter with dielectric resonator, comprises a metallic cavity and at least one stack along a rotation axis, the resonator-forming stack being disposed inside the cavity and comprising at least a first and a second element each made of dielectric material, the second element being mobile in rotation with respect to the first element around the rotation axis and exhibiting a first position and at least one second position separated by an angle of rotation, and the elements exhibiting shapes such that the overall geometry of the stack is different in the at least two positions, the stack forming a first resonator adapted so that the filter exhibits a first central frequency when the second element is in the first position, and forming a second resonator adapted so that the filter exhibits a second central frequency when the second element is in the second position.

Abstract: The invention relates to a multi port router device capable of carrying a number P, which is greater than or equal to three, of frequency channels, from a number M of input ports to a number N of output ports, at least one of the two numbers M and N being greater than or equal to two, characterised in that it includes at least two filters (12, 14, 16, 18), each filter comprising at least two coupled resonators, at least one resonator (Rs1, Rs2) being common to two different filters, and each input port and each output port being connected directly to at least one resonator.

Abstract: A band-pass filter for microwave is provided that can be frequency-tuned the filter comprising an input resonator comprising a metal input cavity and an input dielectric element, an output resonator comprising a metal output cavity and an output dielectric element, an input excitation means (S1) of elongate shape, an output excitation means of elongate shape, the input resonator and the output resonator being coupled, characterized in that the input dielectric element and the output dielectric element have a recess, the input excitation means penetrates the recess of the input dielectric element the output excitation means penetrates the recess of the output dielectric element, the input dielectric element is capable of carrying out a rotation about an input rotation axis, the rotations of the dielectric elements allowing the modification of the central frequency of the filter.