A thin film resonator which combines a microstrip resonator structure and
a coplanar resonator structure to form an integrated resonator structure.
The resonant frequency of this resonator structure is independent of the
substrate thickness within a certain thickness range. This resonator
structure also has a very economical size, as compared to other existing
resonator designs. Different coupling configurations between the
resonators are shown with the resulting coupling coefficients. Also a
two-pole, four-pole and an eight-pole filter are designed using the thin
film resonator and the insertion loss and return loss characteristics for
various filters are shown.