Synthesis of Elliptic Optical Filters Using Mutually Coupled Microring Resonators

Integrated optical filters having elliptic transfer functions are proposed using two-dimensional arrays of synchronously tuned mutually coupled microring resonators. Analysis of microring filter topologies of the most general form is facilitated by the formulation of an energy-coupling matrix for the microring array. A method for synthesizing elliptic microring filter transfer functions having the prescribed transmission poles and zeros is also presented. The approach involves representing the microring filter by an equivalent electrical network of coupled LC oscillators and applying the coupling matrix technique developed for micro-wave filters to determine the coupling parameters. An example of a sixth-order elliptic function filter is presented to demonstrate the feasibility of using mutually coupled microring resonators to realize optical filters having finite transmission zeros in the transfer function     

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。     

Serially-connected series-stub resonators for narrowband coplanar-stripline bandpass filters

In this letter, a coplanar stripline (CPS) series resonator composed of serially-connected series-stubs is proposed. This kind of resonator provides two transmission zeros close to the resonant frequency. With the proposed structure, the reactance slope parameters of the resonators are significantly increased and adjustable by changing the length ratio of the two series stubs. This is useful for designing narrowband filters which is difficult to realize with conventional series CPS resonators. The structures of the resonators are optimized for a lower radiation loss and used to design a narrowband Chebyshev bandpass filter. The simulation and experimental results show that the proposed filter provides multiple transmission zeros and high selectivity.     

Dual-Band Bandpass Filters Using Stub-Loaded Resonators

Dual-band bandpass filters using novel stub-loaded resonators (SLRs) are presented in this letter. Characterized by both theoretical analysis and full-wave simulation, the proposed SLR is found to have the advantage that the even-mode resonant frequencies can be flexibly controlled whereas the odd-mode resonant frequencies are fixed. Based on the proposed SLR, a dual-band filter is implemented with three transmission zeros. To further improve the selectivity, a filter with four transmission zeros on either side of both passbands is designed by introducing spur-line. The measured results validate the proposed design.     

A compact size coupling controllable filter with separate electric and magnetic coupling paths

This paper presents the characteristics of a miniaturized microstrip filter, which has two separate coupling paths: electric coupling path and magnetic coupling path between two resonators. Either magnetic coupling or electric coupling in two paths can be dominant in the total coupling coefficient of the inter-stage resonators with the similar configuration, but different positions of transmission zero points (ZPs). Based on the proposed filter topology, second- and fourth-order filters have been designed and fabricated for the first time. Advantages of using this type of filter are not only its low insertion loss and much more compact size, but also its controllable transmission ZPs.     

An Ultra-Compact Planar Bandpass Filter With Open-Ground Spiral for Wireless Application

A common via filter is investigated and designed by using a proposed scalable lumped circuit model. The model-based result of the filter agrees well with that of the measurement. An ultra-compact open-ground spiral filter is proposed based on the common via filter. The open-ground spiral resonators are used to design second-order and fourth-order bandpass filters. The filter layouts, which affect filter performance in both passband and stopband, are investigated. The advantages of the open-ground spiral filter include not only its ultra-compact size (only ) but also its additional transmission zero points and controllable stopband.     

基于LTCC技术的椭圆函数低通滤波器设计

随着无线通信领域的快速发展,人们对微波滤波器性能的要求也越来越高。文章根据滤波器的分类和特点,研究了集总元件滤波器引入传输零点的规律和方法,分析并对比了三种不同类型低通滤波器的衰减特性。根据设计指标要求,基于LTCC技术设计了一款高性能小型化的椭圆函数七阶低通滤波器。滤波器的等效电路包括串联支路中的4个电感和并联支路中的3个LC谐振腔,共10个元件。通过对滤波器模型物理结构的优化,减小了滤波器内部元件间的寄生耦合效应,并在阻带中成功引入了传输零点,改善了滤波器的性能。     

过模基片集成波导腔体滤波器设计

提出了一种过模基片集成波导(SIW)腔体滤波器。介绍了只由单个过模SIW 腔体构成的一阶滤波 器的原理。利用过模SIW 腔体中的基模实现模式交叉耦合,滤波器能产生一个位于通带任一边的传输零点(TZ)。 设计了一个由两个过模SIW 腔体级联成的二阶滤波器,该滤波器能产生两个传输零点。为了改善滤波器的阻带性 能,使用了非相似谐振器技术来实现寄生抑制。此外,阻带性能也可以通过增加基模谐振器的数量来改善。设计并 制造了含有两个过模SIW 腔体的二阶和三阶滤波器,仿真与测试结果吻合。     

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.     

Pseudo-elliptic microstrip line filters with zero-shifting properties

The paper presents a new design of pseudo-elliptic microstrip line filters. These filters employ a coupling scheme which allows shifting of transmission zeros from one side of the passband to the other by only changing the resonant frequencies of the resonators. To demonstrate the performance of these filters, a fourth-order bandpass filter with one transmission zero in the upper stopband is first designed. A second filter with a transmission zero in the lower stopband is then designed by simply adjusting the lengths of the resonators followed by minor optimization to account for the fact that the resonant frequencies can not be changed without slightly affecting the coupling coefficients in the used layout. Measured and simulated results are presented.     

小型化多层带线谐振腔缺陷地结构LTCC宽带带通滤波器

利用多层宽边耦合带状线谐振结构实现小型化LTCC(LowTemperature Co-fired Ceramic)宽带滤波器。采用了两层、三层耦合带线谐振结构,利用这两种谐振结构可以有效减小滤波器的尺寸。利用四个谐振腔结构,实现较宽的频带和较强的选择特性;输出、输入引入电感反馈产生两个传输零点,利用DGS(Defected Ground Struc-ture)可使滤波器在阻带和镜像频率处产生较大的衰减。设计出侧面印刷互连和侧面通孔互连两种工艺结构的滤波器,利用LTCC工艺加工出侧面印刷互连的滤波器性能良好,测试性能和仿真结果基本吻合。     

Parallel-coupled line filters with enhanced stopband performances

A new class of parallel-coupled line filters with broad stopband response is introduced. The design is based on the synthesis of bandpass prototypes with pre-defined upper stopband characteristics. The new filters have uniform- and stepped-impedance resonators, some of which are loaded by open-circuited stubs at their open-circuited ends. A seventh-order filter implementation is presented with a fundamental passband centered at 1 GHz. The measured wide-band transmission characteristic of the filter demonstrated a broad upper stopband and was in agreement with simulations. The performance of the new filter is also compared with the characteristic of a conventionally designed filter to highlight the advantages of the proposed design method.     

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.     

Compact microstrip coupled-line bandpass filter with four transmission zeros

A compact coupled-line bandpass filter with multiple capacitive cross-couplings to create four transmission zeros is proposed. The locations of transmission zeros can be adjusted by varying the values of cross-coupled capacitances so as to improve the filter selectivity. The proposed filter is based on one-eighth-wavelength (/spl lambda//8) coupled-line sections and quarter-wavelength (/spl lambda//4) resonators, thus it occupies only half of the circuit area comparing with the conventional coupled-line bandpass filters. Specifically, a fourth-order microstrip coupled-line bandpass filter centered at 2.46GHz with a 3-dB bandwidth of 10.2% and four transmission zeros is implemented and examined.     

Compact size and low insertion loss Chebyshev-function bandpassfilters using dual-mode patch resonators

A compact Chebyshev-function bandpass filter using dual-mode patch resonators is proposed. The filter presents 75% size reduction compared with the conventional Chebyshev bandpass filter using two square patch resonators. Because of inset feeding and only one coupling gap being required, the new filters can achieve a low insertion loss of 1.1 dB and reduce the fabrication uncertainties     

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.      

Novel Centrally Loaded Resonators and Their Applications to Bandpass Filters

This paper presents several novel centrally loaded resonators and their applications to various types of bandpass filters. Based on the theoretical analysis, it is found that the even- mode resonance of the proposed resonators can be conveniently controlled without affecting the responses at the odd-mode resonant frequencies. Benefiting from this feature, the resonator can be utilized to design not only harmonic-suppressed bandpass filters and dual-band bandpass filters but also tunable bandpass filters. The tunable filter offers a fixed passband and a tunable one. The center frequency of the upper passband can be electrically tuned, whereas the performance of the lower one is maintained constant. To demonstrate these applications, four filters using the proposed resonators are implemented. The experiments verify the theoretical predictions and simulations.     

Design of Artificial Lumped-Element Coplanar Waveguide Filters With Controllable Dual-Passband Responses

This study develops an analytical design methodology for synthesizing dual-passband filters with controllable frequency responses. The novel dual-passband filters are constructed from the artificial lumped-element coplanar waveguide stub whose behavior is equivalent to that of a parallel connection of series LC and shunt LC resonators. To improve the frequency response within two passbands, the impedance matching and the phase and impedance compensations are employed in filter design by attaching additional inductors and capacitors to dual-passband resonators. Two types of filters with significantly different bandwidth and separation of two passbands are implemented and the measured results are very consistent with the theoretical predictions, sufficiently validating the proposed design methodology and filter configuration. The proposed filters realized by artificial lumped-element resonators provide the advantages over conventional dual-passband filters in terms of compact size, spurious dc passband elimination, and deep suppression between two passbands.      

基于椭圆柱形谐振腔的太赫兹窄带带通滤波器的设计

本文设计了具有类椭圆函数非对称响应的太赫兹窄带带通滤波器。滤波器由两个椭圆柱形谐振腔组成,并采用 侧壁激励的方式,中心频率分别在0.88THz 和1.041THz。鉴于传统机械加工工艺已经无法满足该频段滤波器的加工要求, 硅基微机械加工工艺被用来完成两个滤波器的加工工作。使用商用全波电磁仿真软件Ansoft HFSS 仿真,结果显示滤波 器相对带宽分别为0.77%和0.75%。本文设计的滤波器具有结构简单,紧凑,易于加工等优势。文中还对微机械工艺可能 对滤波器性能带来的影响进行了分析。     

基于CQ拓扑的三通带滤波器的设计

提出和设计了一个三通带带通滤波器,采用CQ拓扑和缺陷地结构,产生了8个传输零点,获得了高频率选择和带间隔离。半波长阶梯阻抗谐振器(SIR)设计为同时谐振在第1、2和3通带的公共谐振器,公共谐振器和分别谐振在第1、3通带的1/4波长谐振器(QWR)组合构成CQ拓扑结构。同时,阴刻在地表面的缺陷地结构提高了调节耦合系数的自由度,便于调节耦合系数来满足特定要求。设计、加工和测量了工作在2.4GHz、3.4GHz和5.5GHz的三通带滤波器,测试结果和仿真结果的一致性证明了提出的设计方法的可靠性。