How much power a filter can handle before break-down occurs is dependent on factors like pressure, temperature, resonator geometry, unloaded Q, return loss, topology, frequency, signal dynamics (modulation, duty-cycle, prf) etc.   The stored energy of a resonator is proportional to the square of the peak electric field strength of the resonator.
In CMS the stored energy (or equivalent - the loaded Q) for each resonator can be plotted versus frequency.  The calculated stored energy levels in CMS are normalized to 1 W applied at the input. This feature allows the filter designer to optimize designs with respect to power handling. It is possible to specify the load returnloss in the QL graph, whereby the axes values are scaled correspondingly. The values are scaled assuming worst case phase conditions between filter and load. The curve values can be read out by moving the mouse cursor around in the plot CMS pinpoints the resonator(s) where break-down will occur first and also the corresponding stored energy. This energy can easily be scaled to power levels other than 1W
		Loaded Q and stored energy (10-9J/Watt) for each resonator in the filter.
More information on power handling analysis of Rf filters can be found on the CMS web site's example and in [6] & [7].
The graphs can be arranged by changing the values on the axes.
Curve values can be red out by inserting markers.

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