Study of the effects of applying higher symmetries to printed filters

Sammanfattning: In recent years, a new field of study has arisen around theapplication of the so-called higher symmetries to structures that werealready thought to be completely studied and with no room forimprovement in terms of benefits.There are two types of higher symmetries, named glide and twistsymmetries. The objective of this Master thesis is the study of theeffects coming from the application of the glide symmetry on aprinted filter in microstrip technology and its comparison with afilter with conventional reflective symmetry.The filter was adapted to the glide characteristics and we provide itsbehavior from different points of view with the purpose of reachinga better understanding of the consequences of applying the glidesymmetry on this type of printed filters.Three prototypes were manufactured and measured to validate thesimulated results.