Novel coplanar-waveguide bandpass filters using loaded air-bridge enhanced capacitors and broadside-coupled transition structures for wideband spurious suppression

Novel inline coplanar-waveguide (CPW) bandpass filters composed of quarter-wavelength stepped-impedance resonators are proposed, using loaded air-bridge enhanced capacitors and broadside-coupled microstrip-to-CPW transition structures for both wideband spurious suppression and size miniaturization. First, by suitably designing the loaded capacitor implemented by enhancing the air bridges printed over the CPW structure and the resonator parameters, the lower order spurious passbands of the proposed filter may effectively be suppressed. Next, by adopting the broadside-coupled microstrip-to-CPW transitions as the fed structures to provide required input and output coupling capacitances and high attenuation level in the upper stopband, the filter with suppressed higher order spurious responses may be achieved. In this study, two second- and fourth-order inline bandpass filters with wide rejection band are implemented and thoughtfully examined. Specifically, the proposed second-order filter has its stopband extended up to 13.3f/sub 0/, where f/sub 0/ stands for the passband center frequency, and the fourth-order filter even possesses better stopband up to 19.04f/sub 0/ with a satisfactory rejection greater than 30 dB.     

Broadband bandpass filters using slotted resonators fed by interdigital coupled lines for improved upper stopband performances

This paper proposes new broadband microstrip bandpass filters based on slotted linear tapered-line resonator (SLTR) and slotted step impedance resonator (SSIR) structures for size reduction and improved stopband performances. A comprehensive treatment of slotted resonators and both ends of the resonator with interdigital coupled lines is described. The design concept is demonstrated by two filter examples including one with an SLTR and another one with an SSIR. These filters have not only compact size but also a wider upper stopband resulting from resonator bandstop characteristics. The simulated and experimental results of stopband performances are better than 15 dB for a frequency range up to 25 GHz.     

Analytical design of a microstrip UWB BPF with sharp rejection

This paper presents a new Ultra-WideBand (UWB) BandPass Filter (BPF) using half-wavelength (??/2) Stepped-Impedance Stub-Loaded Resonator (SISLR). Analytical equations derived by the even-odd mode analysis show the new filter has two tunable transmission zeros at both sides of the passband to provide a sharp rejection and seven transmission poles inside the passband to achieve U.S. UWB performance. For verification, a UWB BPF is designed, fabricated and measured. The measured results show that the fabricated filter has a -3 dB fractional bandwidth from 3.0 GHz to 10.9 GHz and its insertion loss less than 0.9 dB over the whole passband. Furthermore, the new filter exhibits a simple topology, sharp rejection, and deep stopband suppression.     

一种IPD吸收式低通滤波器的设计

为解决反射信号损害系统性能的问题,提出了一种具有高带外抑制和高带外吸收的小型化吸收式低通滤波器。该滤波器通过高通通路和低通通路实现了吸收式低通滤波器;通过抑制增益支路实现了高带外抑制。利用ADS和HFSS仿真软件对滤波器结构进行优化设计,并进行了实物的加工和测试。实测结果表明:该滤波器的3 dB截止频率为4 GHz,其带内最小插入损耗0.88 dB,通带内DC到3.5 GHz的回波损耗大于20 dB,阻带回波损耗大于10 dB,10.5 GHz处的阻带抑制大于45dB,从8 GHz到30 GHz的带外抑制大于33 dB,实测结果与仿真结果有较好的吻合。该滤波器尺寸仅为1220μm×650μm×87.71μm,相比传统PCB、LTCC工艺的滤波器,体积大大缩小,符合现代射频与微波系统小型化的发展趋势。     

一种高选择性的宽带滤波功分器

为了实现无线通信系统的小型化,设计了一种同时具有滤波和功分功能的器件.将传统Wilkinson功分器中的两个四分之一波长传输线替换为两个具有带通响应的滤波器.同时,为了实现两个端口之间良好的隔离,将一个电阻安放在两个输出端口之间.利用奇偶模的分析方法,推导出了该滤波功分器的设计公式.实验结果表明,该器件的3 dB带宽达到了62%,在低频段和高频段的抑制度分别达到了38.4 dB和31.4 dB（2.67f₀）,该器件非常适用于小型化无线通信系统.     

Design and analysis of a super compact wide-band bandpass filter based on metamaterial resonators

In this paper, a novel compact wide-band bandpass filter (BPF) with a wide frequency range is presented. This filter consisting of a multi-mode resonator (MMR) and four metamaterial unit-cells benefits from a very compact size. Unit-cells based on a complementary spiral resonator (CSR) including a metallic via, improve both upper and lower stopband rejection and compensate the insertion loss (I.L) within the passband altogether. This wide-band filter presents a 3-dB bandwidth of 7.7 GHz, ranging from 3 GHz to 10.7 GHz and the Insertion loss is less than 0.7 dB over the passband. The measured results are in good agreement with both the full-wave electromagnetic simulation and the proposed circuit model results. The dimension of the fabricated filter is 0.128 λ × 0.1 λ (i.e., 5.6 × 4.4 mm²). This filter is considerably compact compared to the other wide-band bandpass filters with the same substrate.     

A Wideband Bandpass Filter With Wide Upper Stopband Using Stepped-Impedance Cascadable 180 ° Hybrid Rings

This letter proposes a wideband bandpass filter by cascading two 3-dB stepped-impedance cascadable 180deg hybrid rings with a pair of stepped-impedance lines. Thanks to the stepped-impedance lines, a broad upper stopband is achieved. The stepped-impedance vertically installed planar (VIP) coupler is used to implement the ideal 180deg phase inverter and crossovers. The experimental results show that this 2-GHz center frequency, fourth order filter has a 10-dB return loss bandwidth of 92.5% and upper stopband rejection levels of better than -20 dB up to 6.8 GHz. This proposed filter achieves wide passband and broad stopband performance simultaneously.     

一种紧缩结构的新型毫米波基片集成波导滤波器

提出了一种紧缩结构的新型毫米波基片集成波导(SIW)滤波器,在结构紧缩的同时性能得到了显著改善.在设计的一组SIW毫米波滤波器中,长度从传统滤波器的23.1mm压缩到新型滤波器的12mm.测试结果显示新型滤波器阻带衰减大于54dB,相对于性能相近的传统SIW滤波器改善12dB以上.具有超过50dB衰减的阻带宽度超过9GHz.上边带过渡特性更陡,同时仍保持了传统SIW滤波器所具有的陡峭下边带特性和低损耗特性.     

基于H型缺陷地结构的超宽带带通滤波器设计

微波频段的宽带滤波器一般具有通带插入损耗大,带外抑制性差等问题,为了解决这个问题,采用具有慢波效应的缺陷地结构(DGS)和缺陷微带结构(DMS),设计了一种新型微波频段的超宽带滤波器。分别利用电磁仿真软件HFSS和平面印制板技术对其进行建模仿真和实物加工。实测与仿真结果良好吻合,带内插入损耗优于1.64dB,回波损耗优于13.93dB,通带范围在2.75~8.3GHz,实现相对带宽100.45%,高低阻带均抑制在-10dB以下,且该滤波器结构紧凑,体积小。     

E-Plane Integrated Parallel-Strip Screen Waveguide Filters (Short Papers)

A rigorous field theory design of a class of rectangular waveguide screen fiIters is presented which achieves improved attenuation in the upper stopband. The method of field expansion into suitable eigenmodes used considers the effects of the finite rectangular E-plane grid thickness and the mutual higher order mode interaction of the single screens. Calculated results up to 55 GHz show that the peak attenuation in the upper stopband for a Ka-band (26-40-GHz) two-resonators filter example with a midband frequency of f/sub 0/= 37 GHz is about 70 dB, whereas its planar circuit single-metal-insert counterpart reaches only about 34 dB. A Ku-band (12- 18-GHz) filter prototype with three metal-etched screens yields a measured passband insertion loss of 0.8 dB at about f/sub 0/= 17 GHz and a measured attenuation in upper stopband of about 50 dB up to 25 GHz.