源与负载感性交叉耦合的小型介质滤波器

为了提高滤波器的阻带衰减,研究了源与负载感性交叉耦合的小型介质滤波器。首次提出一种新概念：将源和负载看作准谐振器。以贴片电感作为源与负载之间、源与第二个谐振器之间的交叉耦合元件,两个准谐振器和两个介质谐振器可构成级联四节(CQ),一个准谐振器和两个介质谐振器可构成级联三节(CT)。分析了传输零点的位置,详细讨论了这种滤波器结构的设计方法。采用介电常数为80的介质陶瓷组装了3个两级介质滤波器,并进行测试,结果表明传输零点的个数和位置与仿真设计相符合。滤波器的体积小,均为14 mm×6.5 mm×10 mm。     

一种紧凑型微带三频滤波器的设计

提出了一种新型微带三频滤波器,滤波器由两个弯折并相互嵌套的分支线谐振器和一个T形谐振器组成。谐振器之间相互耦合,得到三通带频率响应特性。该滤波器可通过调节微带线几何参数改变通带位置以及带宽,以满足不同应用需求。这种结构的滤波器结构紧凑,电路面积小,三个通带两边各引入一个传输零点,增强了通带间的隔离度以及阻带抑制特性。设计并制作了一款1.57/3.55/5.2GHz三通带滤波器,测试结果与仿真结果基本相符,验证了该滤波器结构的有效性。     

L 波段带双零点的窄带LTCC 滤波器设计

本文应用LTCC 技术设计了一个L 波段二阶Chebyshev 窄带带通滤波器。该滤波器集成在9 层LTCC 介质中,采用等效集总元件（电容电感)结构,充分利用LTCC 的三维封装结构减小滤波器体积,通过谐振单元中集总元件的串并联产生两个带外传输零点,同时调整谐振单元耦合间距控制带宽。滤波器输入输出利用金属通孔将带状线过渡到微带上。滤波器（带过渡结构）的仿真结果为：中心频率1.42 GHz,1 dB 相对带宽2.1%,插入损耗通带内最低0.5 dB, 回波损耗优于20 dB,整个滤波器体积为：4.5×4×0.87 mm3。     

A Compact Ultra-Wideband Bandpass Filter Based on Split-Mode Resonator

A compact ultra-wideband (UWB) bandpass filter is proposed based on the coplanar-waveguide (CPW) split-mode resonator. By suitably introducing a short-circuited stub to implement the shunt inductance between two quarter wavelength CPW stepped-impedance resonators, a strong magnetic coupling may be realized so that a CPW split-mode resonator may be constructed. Moreover, by properly designing the dual-metal-plane structure, one may accomplish a microstrip-to-CPW feeding mechanism to provide strong enough capacitive coupling for bandwidth enhancement and also introduce an extra electric coupling between input and output ports so that two transmission zeros may be created for selectivity improvement. The implemented UWB filter shows a fractional bandwidth of 116% and two transmission zeros at 1.705 and 11.39 GHz. Good agreement between simulated and measured responses is observed.     

A Compact Open-Loop Filter With Mixed Electric and Magnetic Coupling

A novel cascaded microstrip open-loop resonator filter with controllable electric and magnetic mixed coupling is presented to have one or more transmission zeros. For two coupled resonators, the coupled sides with the maximum magnetic field are combined with their open gaps with the maximum electric field, creating the electric and magnetic mixed coupling. By adjusting the distances between resonators and the positions of open gaps in a mixed coupled filter, the coupling coefficients can be changed, and controllable transmission zeros can be produced in the lower stopband, upper stopband, or both. Design and fabrication of the proposed second-and fourth-order filters show the advantages: such as a smaller number of resonators, higher rejection level, as well as asymmetrical response; moreover, the location of the transmission zeros can be precisely controlled.     

Millimeter-Wave Ultra-Wideband Bandpass Filter Employing Dual-Mode Ring Resonators Fed by Step-Impedance Coupled Lines

This paper presents a novel millimeter-wave ultra-wideband (UWB) bandpass filter (BPF) based on microstrip dual-mode rectangular ring resonators. In order to get strong coupling between the input/output line and the dual-mode ring resonators, a step-impedance parallel-coupled structure is adopted for the design of the filter. On the other hand, transmission zeros are produced by the dual-mode resonator. As a consequence, the filter has low insertion-loss in its passband, sharp attenuation in its lower and upper stopbands and very wide stopbands. As an example, a filter with two dual-mode ring resonators is designed and fabricated. The measured frequency property of the fabricated filter shows good agreement with the simulated response.     

Novel half-mode substrate integrated waveguide bandpass filters using semi-hexagonal resonators

In this paper, a novel bandpass filter is presented, designed, and implemented by using a triple mode semi-hexagonal Half-Mode Substrate Integrated Waveguide (HMSIW) cavity, which has the advantages of compact size, low insertion loss, and high selectivity in upper and lower passband. To realize a triple mode filter, the first resonant mode is shifted to near the next two modes using a via hole perturbation. Two microstrip open stubs connected to open edge of HMSIW resonator are introduced to generate two transmission zeros in the lower passband. The position of transmission zeros could be controlled by adjusting the coupling gap between the microstrip open stub resonators. By etching an E-shape slot on the top plate of HMSIW resonator, two other transmission zeros are produced in the upper passband. A wide-band planar six-pole bandpass filter, which has the advantages of wide bandwidth and small size, is also proposed and fabricated by cascading two triple mode resonators. Measured results indicate that 29% and 47% fractional bandwidth, as well as approximately 1 dB and 1.1 dB insertion loss, are achieved for the proposed filters. Measured results of all those filters agree well with the simulated results.     

A novel compact dual-wideband BPF with multiple transmission zeros and super wide upper stopband

In this article, a novel miniaturised dual-wideband bandpass filter (DWB-BPF) based on two different resonators including a quasi-spiral loaded multiple-mode resonator (QSL-MMR) and L-shaped transmission line (LS-TL) is presented. At the first step, in order to design a single wideband BPF filter with controllable transmission zeros near the centre frequency, the open circuit impedance parameter of quasi-spiral loaded resonator Z₂₁ is determined in terms of ABCD matrix. Then an equivalent circuit model of the proposed structure is derived and the impedance characteristic and electrical length of LS-TLs to achieve a DWB-BPF with excellent selectivity are calculated through even- and odd-mode analysis. The proposed filter possesses both compact and simple structure as well as two wide passbands with fractional bandwidth (FBW) of 70% and 22.8% for its first and second passbands, respectively. The proposed technique creates two transmission zeros at the lower and upper stopbands of each passband resulting in a very sharp roll-off accompanied by a wide stopband. Notably, the circuit size is reduced and the bandwidth is enhanced in comparison with its conventional counterparts. The theoretical performance of the filter is verified by the experimental one where a good agreement is reported between them.     

A Miniaturized Conductor-Backed Slot-Line Resonator Filter With Two Transmission Zeros

In this letter, a miniaturized planar two-pole microwave filter with two transmission zeros is presented. The building block of this filter is a high-Q double spiral slot resonator backed by a conductor plane. The provision of a float back conductor plane allows vertical integration of this filter with other passive and active RF electronic components usually found in miniaturized wireless transceivers. The conductor plane also provides a coupling mechanism between the input and output of the filter giving rise to transmission zeros. It is shown that the location of transmission zeros can easily be adjusted and significant out-of-band rejection be achieved using only two miniaturized double-spiral resonators. The design procedure and fabrication of a two-pole filter operating at 2.11GHz is demonstrated and a very good agreement between measured and simulated results is shown     

基于方开环谐振器的双陷波超宽带滤波器

针对超宽带系统易受窄带信号干扰的问题,设计了一种可以抑制无线局域网络(WLAN)和卫星通信信号干扰的双陷波超宽带带通滤波器。该滤波器的主要谐振结构由T型枝节加载的多模谐振器组成,改进的T型枝节增加了两个传输零点,同时减小了滤波器尺寸;通过耦合方开环谐振器,实现了两个陷波特性,调节谐振器尺寸,可以得到所需的陷波频率。测试结果表明,该滤波器的尺寸仅16.7mm×8.5mm,中心频率为6.9GHz,通带为3.0~10.8GHz,陷波中心频率在5.8GHz和8.04GHz,衰减最低点分别为-27dB和-18dB,仿真与测量结果有较好的一致性。     

Dual-Band Bandpass Filter Design Using a Novel Feed Scheme

A planar dual-band bandpass filter based on a novel feed scheme is presented in this letter. The proposed filter employs two sets of resonators operating at diverse frequencies to generate two passbands. A novel scheme is introduced to feed the resonators. One set of resonators is utilized to not only generate the lower passband but also feed other resonators. Source-load coupling for upper passband is inherently realized. This scheme provides sufficient degrees of freedom to control the center frequencies and bandwidth of the two passbands. Four transmission zeros can be created close to passband edges, resulting in high skirt selectivity. To validate the proposed idea, a demonstration filter is implemented. The design methodology, filter sensitivity and experimental results are presented.      

Microstrip Parallel-Coupled Filters With Cascade Trisection and Quadruplet Responses

Microstrip parallel-coupled filters with generalized Chebyshev responses are presented. The basic structure of the proposed filter is a conventional parallel-coupled filter of which the physical dimensions can be easily obtained by the well-known analytical method. With the aid of the equivalent circuit corresponding to a conventional parallel-coupled filter, the relative insertion phase from source or load to each open end of resonators can be easily obtained by observing the two-port admittance matrix. Applying the cross coupling from source or load to a proper nonadjacent resonator, a trisection or a quadruplet coupling scheme can be realized with prescribed transmission zeros. More importantly, the proposed trisection can be designed to have a transmission zero on the lower or upper stopband by just adjusting the length of the cross-coupling strip. Using the proposed structure, the conventional time-consuming adjusting procedure to obtain initial physical dimensions of filters is no longer required. In this paper, a fourth-order parallel-coupled filter is used as the basic structure to demonstrate various combinations of transmission zeros. Simulated and measured results are well matched.      

A Dual-Band Combline Bandpass Filter Loaded by Lumped Series Resonators

This letter presents a dual-band combline bandpass filter (BPF) loaded by lumped series resonators. The proposed filter configuration can easily generate two desired passbands by controlling the resonant frequencies of the comblines as well as the series resonators. Furthermore, the skirt frequency characteristics between the two passbands are improved by transmission zeros introduced by source-load coupling via a lumped element capacitor. Two-pole dual-BPF with center frequencies of 1.2 and 1.54 GHz is designed and the measured results agree well with simulated results.     

Waveguide bandpass filter with easily adjustable transmission zeros and 3-dB bandwidth

This paper presents a compact waveguide bandpass filter with adjustable transmission zeros (TZs) and bandwidth. The design provides the flexibility to place the TZs at the desired locations for better interference rejection. To demonstrate, initially a three-pole bandpass filter has been designed by placing three single slot resonator structures inside a WR-90 waveguide. Next, two additional asymmetrical slot structures have been used with each of the above resonators to generate two TZs, one on each side of the passband. Since three resonators were used, this process results in six asymmetric slot structures those results in six TZs. The final filter operates at 9.98 GHz with a 3-dB bandwidth of 1.02 GHz and TZs at 8.23/8.70/9.16/10.9/11.6 and 13.115 GHz. Equivalent circuits and necessary design equations have been provided. To validate the simulation, the proposed filter has been fabricated and measured. The measured data show good agreement with simulated data.     

Compact microstrip bandpass filter with two transmission zeros using a stub-tapped half-wavelength line resonator

A compact microstrip bandpass filter is developed using a half-wavelength (/spl lambda//2) transmission line resonator with a pair of tap-connected open-ended stubs. Such paired stubs with total length of about /spl lambda//2 constructs an equivalent line resonator. Together with two separated /spl lambda//4 line resonators, the three transmission poles can be achieved inside the passband. Meanwhile, two stub lengths are adjusted slightly longer and shorter than /spl lambda//4 to realize the two transmission zeros at both low and high rejection bands. Further, the long tapped-stub is kept wider than its short counterpart to improve the low rejection behavior. A filter sample is designed and fabricated to provide an experimental verification on the proposed filter.     

Compact Ultra-Wideband Microstrip/Coplanar Waveguide Bandpass Filter

A novel ultra wideband (UWB) bandpass filter is presented, using a compact coupled microstrip/coplanar waveguide (CPW) structure. The filter comprises of a single CPW quarter-wavelength resonator which is coupled to two microstrip open-circuited stubs on the other side of a common substrate. The two microstrip open-circuited stubs, which are about a quarter-wavelength long at the center frequency, can function as two resonators with associated coupling arrangement to the CPW. This forms a very compact three-pole filter. The proposed filter also exhibits a quasi-elliptic function response, with one finite-frequency transmission zero closer to each side of the passband. Thus, a high selectivity is achieved using a small number of resonators, which leads to low insertion loss and group delay across the passband. The performance is predicated using EM simulations and verified experimentally. The experimental filter shows a fractional bandwidth of 90% at a center frequency of 6.4GHz, with two observable transmission zeros (attenuation poles) at 1.95 and 10.36GHz, respectively. Furthermore, it has a very small size only amounting to 0.25 by 0.08 guided wavelength at the center frequency     

基于奇偶模分析法的四模谐振器结构的双通带带通滤波器设计

提出了一款基于四模谐振器的新型双通带带通滤波器.设计的四模谐振器基于微带线结构,由四个开路枝节和一个短路枝节组成.两次采用奇偶模分析法对该四模谐振器结构进行分析.该四模谐振器的每个模式能够实现独立调节,同时每两个模式形成一个通带.采用源与负载耦合的馈电方式,提高滤波器的带外抑制性.该滤波器具有四个传输零点和四个传输极点.测试结果表明,该双模双通带滤波器工作于2.08GHz和6.07GHz,3dB带宽分别为11.06%和7.74%.设计的滤波器具有紧凑的结构,只有0.28λ_g×0.11λ_g大小.     

Compact dual-band bandstop filter using folded resonator

A compact dual-band bandstop filter composed of main transmission line and four folded resonators is presented. Through analyzing the structure of folded resonator, it is found that the main transmission line connected with two proposed folded resonators exhibits the characteristic of band-rejection. Simulated results show that the center frequency of stopband is 2.72 GHz. Then, through adding another pair of folded resonator; a compact dual-band bandstop filter is achieved. Simulated results demonstrate that transmission poles are induced to have better selectivity. Additionally, in order to explain the mechanism of proposed structure, the LC equivalent circuit, analysis of parametric effect and surface current distributions are given. Due to the folded structure, the filter dimensions are reduced and the adjustable stopband is another feature. By virtue of optimization, proposed structure is fabricated. Measured results agree well with the simulation.     

一种新型广义交叉耦合滤波器的设计

含广义交叉耦合的N个谐振器滤波器,即含源-负载交叉耦合的滤波器能产生N个传输零点,通过给出这种滤波器的等效网络模型和传输函数,设计了两种新颖六边形结构的含源-负载交叉耦合的微带滤波器,一种为对称结构,一种为非对称结构.对其进行了仿真分析,仿真结果与理论值吻合较好.与传统两腔发夹形滤波器相比,这种两腔六边形结构的滤波器尺寸要缩小27.5%,频率选择性更高.     

Narrow bandpass filters using dual-behavior resonators

This paper reports on a new concept of narrow bandpass filters leading to perfectly controlled electrical responses within both the required operating bandwidth and adjacent undesired bands. A specific topology is considered for such a "global synthesis": in comparison with conventional filter performances, it provides significant improvements in terms of rejection control. The attenuated frequencies are each located apart from the bandpass frequencies and controlled by means of n transmission zeros introduced through original dual-behavior resonators (DBRs). These resonators are based on the association of different parallel open-ended stubs and allow the designer to independently control the in-band and out-of-band responses of the filter. A global synthesis approach is also discussed on a simplified architecture based on stepped impedance stubs, and the experimental results shown clearly validate the proposed concept. This simplification reduces the number of degrees of freedom when designing a DBR, and consequently the two transmission zeros become dependent.