Miniaturized Coaxial Resonator Partially Loaded with High-Dielectric-Constant Microwave Ceramics

A partially dielectric-filled stepped impedance resonator (PDSIR) is introduced as a class of a miniaturized coaxial resonator. The length of this resonator is less than that of a fully dielectric-filled quarter-wavelength resonator. The conditions for obtaining resonance with a high dielectric constant of epsilon/sub r/ =35 or 85, sensitivity analysis, and temperature drift of the resonant frequency, are described. The spurious response, in which the characteristics are better than for a conventional quarter-wavelength resonator, is also analyzed.