Efficient full-wave modal analysis of waveguides with arbitrary geometry defined by straight, circular and elliptical segments

Many modern waveguide devices, such as dual-mode filters and diplexers, can be modelled considering the whole circuit as a cascade of waveguide step discontinuities. Most of such discontinuities usually involve waveguides with arbitrary cross-section defined by linear, circular and/or elliptical segments. A fast and accurate procedure for the full-wave modal characterization of such arbitrarily shaped waveguides is based on the Boundary Integral— Resonant Mode Expansion (BI-RME) technique well described in [1]. In this paper, we present a very efficient implementation of a full-wave modal analysis tool for arbitrarily shaped waveguides based on the BI-RME theory.This work was supported by the European Commission under the Research and Training Networks Programme, Contract No. HPRN-CT-2000-00043