Patent ID: 7825743

Claim:
A method, comprising: providing a filter including at least one resonator(s) and at least one tuning element(s), said filter having one or more filter design parameters selected from a group that includes resonator frequencies and resonator to resonator coupling values; measuring a response of said filter so as to generate a set of measured data including at least a first set of measured data and a second set of measured data; analyzing the set of measured data to extract one or more filter design parameter(s) to optimize, and the analyzing is done utilizing additional parameters representing a non-ideal filter environment, the first set of measured data and the second set of measured data; optimizing a selected subset of filter design parameters to achieve a desired filter response; generating a tuning recipe for an operator or automated tuning system to use in tuning the filter; tuning the filter by altering the at least one tuning elements as established by the tuning recipe so as to correspond to said subset of filter design parameters; and packaging the filter for use without confirming performance.