Tapped-Line Coupled Transmission Lines with Applications to Interdigital and Combline Filters

Exact, general, open-wire-line equivalent circuits for tapped-line combline and interdigital arrays are derived using a combination of graph transformations and induction. A significant feature of the equivalent circuits is that they do not require commensurate length sections. The equivalent circuit for tapped-line interdigital arrays is utilzed to develop design equations for tapped-line interdigital filters.