| CPC H01P 1/20309 (2013.01) [H01P 1/212 (2013.01); H01P 7/082 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |

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1. A printed film radio frequency microstrip bandpass filter comprising:
a dielectric substrate having a ground plane on a first surface of the substrate;
a first resonator on a second surface, opposite the first surface, of the substrate, the first resonator having a length between lateral side portions of the substrate, opposite ends of the first resonator coupled to the ground plane;
a first input/output (I/O) interface on the substrate connected to the first resonator by a conductor;
a second resonator on the second surface of the substrate, the second resonator having a length between the lateral side portions of the substrate, opposite ends of the second resonator coupled to the ground plane;
a second I/O interface on the substrate connected to the second resonator by a conductor;
one or more intermediate resonators on the second surface of the substrate between the first resonator and the second resonator, each of the one or more intermediate resonators having a length between the lateral side portions of the substrate and an electrical wavelength that is one-half a wavelength of a center frequency of the bandpass filter,
opposite ends of the one or more intermediate resonators directly electrically connected to the ground plane by corresponding conductors.
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