A compact triple-mode bandpass filter (BPF) based on a modified rectangular substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) cavity is presented. The perturbation of the dominant mode (TE 101 ) and the third resonance mode (TE 102 ) are realized by two metalized vias in order to keep the first three resonant modes evenly distributed in the passband. Using this strategy, we can control both bandwidth and finite-transmission zero (FTZ). The bandwidth of BPF can be controlled by simply changing the diameter of the metalized vias. Coaxial excitation is used to achieve a parallel coupling with small external quality factor, resulting in a wideband response. The proposed triple-mode SIW BPF also has an FTZ, which is decided by the angle between two feeds. In order to verify the proposed strategy, two samples with a center frequency of 5.5 GHz have been designed and manufactured.band pass filter, coaxial feed, finite-transmission zero (FTZ), multimode resonator, substrate integrated waveguide (SIW)