NOVEL DESIGN OF TUNABLE MMW MAGNETIC FILTER

Frequency tunable millimeter wave (MMW) filters are considered to be f abricated using metallic ferromagnetic thin films. Whereas conventiona l filters which include insulating ferrite materials utilize the pheno menon of ferromagnetic resonance (FMR), our design incorporates the ph enomenon of ferromagnetic anti-resonance (FMAR). Our calculations indi cate that in comparing the characteristics of the two types of filters the filter utilizing magnetic metal films are superior in terms of in sertion loss and integrability with other planar MMW devices.