Couplinator: A simple computational tool for synthesis of multi-section coupled-line filter based on MPCM-TLM technique

Abstract A new simple computational tool is proposed for the synthesis of multi-section coupled-line filters based on combined modified planar circuit method (MPCM) and transmission line (TLM) analysis, referred to as MPCM-TLM. Due its fundamentally architecture, presented offers significantly faster optimization – exactly same initial simulation set-up than other costly commercially-available tools, giving equally reliable results. Validity accuracy have been verified through design 3rd, 5th, 7th order comparative analysis between results obtained from approach high-frequency structure simulator. remarkable 99% time reduction in recorded case filter using tool, almost identical HFSS. Therefore, it can be confidently claimed that technique used a alternative existing complex, costly, processor-intensive CAD tools.