Patent ID: 7956707

Claim:
An apparatus having coupled combline and ceramic resonators, comprising: a housing comprising a floor surface and a wall surface; a combline resonator comprising at least a portion of said floor surface, at least a portion of said wall surface, and a metallic post attached to said floor surface; a ceramic resonator comprising at least a portion of said floor surface, at least a portion of said wall surface, and separated from said combline resonator by a space, said ceramic resonator further comprising a stem portion that extends away from said floor surface of said housing and a ceramic puck, having an upper surface and a lower surface, that does not touch any surface of said housing; a coupler comprising a metallic ridge on said floor surface within said housing, said ridge extending away from said metallic post toward said stem portion, and a distal portion extending under said lower surface of said puck, wherein said ridge is formed as an integral part of said housing.