This paper presents the design and experiment of a novel microwave gain equalizer based on the substrate integrated waveguide\n(SIW) technique.The proposed equalizer is formed by an SIW loaded by SIW resonators, which has very compact structure and can\ncompensate for gain slope of microwave systems. Equivalent circuit analysis is given about the proposed structure for a better insight\ninto the structureââ?¬â?¢s response. A Ku-Band equalizer with four SIW resonators is simulated and fabricated with a multilayer printed\ncircuit board process.The measured results show good performance and agreement with the simulated results; an attenuation slope\nof ?4.5 dB over 12.5ââ?¬â??13.5GHz is reached with a size reduction of 76%.
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