Most communication satellites contain well over a hundred filters in their payload.
As the complexity of future advanced electronic systems for satellite communications increases, even more filters will be needed, requiring filter miniaturization without performance degradation. Such improvements in filter technology will enhance satellite performance. In this work, a new class of miniaturized filters based on a multilayered stack of dual-mode stripline or microstrip resonators coupled through irises, is being developed. All current filter types that have dual-mode cavities or dielectric resonators can be replaced with those having this novel filter structure. For example, in the C-band this configuration will occupy only 1 percent of the volume of its dielectric resonator counterpart.