High Power Combline Filter for Deep Space Applications

Table 3

Estimation of multipaction margin for filters F2 and F3.

Res. Number	Gap (mm)				Multipactor margin (dB)
	F2	F3	F2	F3	F2	F3
1	7.26	7.91	1017.7	1110.7	0.39	1.72
2	6.93	7.72	971.4	1083.9	−1.61	−1.69
3	7.12	7.91	998.0	1110.6	−3.42	−1.57
4	7.13	7.94	999.4	1115.2	−2.11	−2.05
5	7.13	7.94	999.4	1115.2	−3.58	−1.50
6	7.13	7.94	999.4	1115.2	−2.19	−2.10
7	7.13	7.94	999.4	1115.2	−3.40	−1.29
8	7.13	7.91	999.4	1110.6	−2.05	−2.00
9	7.12	7.72	998.0	1083.9	−3.04	−0.77
10	6.93	7.91	971.4	1110.7	−1.47	1.46
11	7.26	—	1017.7	—	0.94	—