Compact wide stopband lowpass filter using spiral loaded tapered compact microstrip resonator cell

A new spiral loaded tapered compact microstrip resonator cell (SPLT-CMRC) is presented. The addition of spiral stubs to the CMRC creates transmission zeroes in the stopband which extended the stopband of the ?lter. The proposed resonator is used to design a compact lowpass ?lter (LPF) with wide and high rejection in stopband. The fabricated ?lter has a 3 dB cutoff frequency at 8 GHz. The insertion loss in the passband is less than 0.2 dB from DC to 7.2 GHz. The proposed ?lter has wide stopband from 9.47 to 40 GHz with attenuation level of ?20 dB. The demonstrated filter is designed and fabricated. There is a good agreement between the measured and simulated S-parameters.     

Compact microstrip lowpass filter using meandered unequal T-shaped resonator with ultra-wide rejection band

In this paper, a compact lowpass filter (LPF) with ultra-wide rejection band has been presented. In fact, a novel meandered semi-hairpin resonator has been used and the stopband characteristics have been improved by using a combinatorial suppressing unit. The suppressing unit contains a combination between T-shaped and semi-circular patches, which are loaded symmetrically to the designed resonator. For the proposed LPF, the-3 dB cut-off frequency has been adjusted to 2.2 GHz. After simulations, the proposed LPF has been fabricated and tested. The experimental results validated that the rejection bandwidth is expanded from 2.471 GHz to 28.62 GHz with corresponding attenuation level of −20 dB. The transition band is only 0.271 GHz from 2.2 GHz to 2.471 GHz with corresponding attenuation levels of −3 dB to −20 dB, respectively. In addition, the measured maximum insertion loss and return loss in the passband, from DC to 2.04 GHz (93% of the passband region) are 0.2 dB and 17 dB, respectively.     

Compact microstrip lowpass filter with very sharp roll-off using meandered line resonators

In this paper, a new compact size microstrip lowpass filter (LPF) with a very sharp roll-off is presented to apply in the modern wireless networks. The proposed LPF is designed using the series main resonators with meandered lines based on inductor-capacitor (LC) equivalent circuit analysis. The main goal is to achieve maximum-sharp roll-off by maintaining a wide stopband bandwidth and high return loss (RL). The main resonator of the proposed filter is consisted of two meandered line hairpin resonators (MLHR), and a meandered line T-shaped resonator (MLTR). The designed suppressor is composed of two coupled radial stubs to create a wide stopband. Low return loss in the passband, which has been created by the main resonator, is resolved by the suppressor structure with high return loss. The measured results show a ??3 dB cut-off frequency of 1.93 GHz. The very sharp transition band starts at 1.93 to 1.97 GHz (from ??3 to ??20 dB). The stopband is from 1.97 to 19.9 GHz (with the suppression level of ??20 dB). Also, the total size of the proposed LPF is only 13.3?×?10.1 mm².

     

Wide-stopband microstrip low-pass filter using modified semi-circle patch resonator

In this article, a compact microstrip low-pass filter with elliptic-function response is proposed. To achieve wide stopband, modified semi-circle patch resonator in series with semi-circle stepped impedance resonator is used. The proposed structure achieves a wide stopband and a high selectivity within a small circuit area. The proposed filter has 3-dB cutoff frequency at 1.71?GHz and 20?dB rejection at 2.1?GHz. The stopband with the attenuation level better than ?18.7?dB is from 2.08 up to 16?GHz, and consequently we have reached the high and wide rejection in stopband as well as compact size. The structure is simulated, fabricated and measured. The measured results are in good agreement with the simulated results.     

Microstrip Lowpass Filter with Very Sharp Transition Band and Wide Stopband

A novel lowpass filter with a very sharp transition band and wide stopband is proposed. The proposed filter is based on T‐shaped patches which are etched in symmetrical structures and folded open stub. To obtain a wide stopband, we have used stub loaded semi‐circle stepped‐impedance structures. By designing the resonator with high inductance and capacitance, a very sharp transition band is achieved. The proposed filter has a 3‐dB cutoff frequency at 2.37 GHz and a 40‐dB rejection at 2.44 GHz. The stopband with an attenuation level better than –13.2 dB is up from 2.4 GHz to 16 GHz, and consequently we have reached the high and wide rejection in stopband with compact size. Good agreements between the simulated and the measured results are presented.     

A novel microstrip lowpass filter with sharp roll-off and ultra-wide stopband using SICMRC

This paper presents a novel microstrip lowpass filter with sharp roll-off and ultra-wide stopband using stepped-impedance resonator and bended transmission line structure. The filter includes stepped-impedance prototype filter and stepped-impedance compact microstrip resonator cells that are combined in one structure. The proposed filter has good specifications such as sharp roll-off, ultra-wide stopband and low insertion loss. The transition band is approximately 0.25 GHz from 1.75 to 2 GHz with corresponding attenuation levels of ?3 and ?40 dB. The attenuation level in the stopband is better than ?20 dB that is achieved from 1.94 to 23 GHz, and the insertion loss in the passband is less than 0.4 dB. The proposed filter is fabricated and measured, and the simulation and measurement results are found to be in good agreement with each other.     

Compact microstrip lowpass filter with wide stopband and sharp roll-off using tapered resonator

In this article, a novel microstrip lowpass filter (LPF) with specifications such as sharp cut-off, wide stopband, low insertion loss and high return loss using tapered resonator is presented. The LPF has cut-off frequency of 1.11 GHz, where unwanted harmonics are suppressed by novel tapered cells. The bandwidth is enhanced, and the size is reduced as compared to the conventional tapered filter. The transition band is approximately 0.29 GHz from 1.11 to 1.4 GHz with corresponding attenuation levels of –3 and –20 dB, respectively. The stopband with greater than –20 dB rejection is from 1.4 to 8.9 GHz, insertion loss in the passband is less than 0.1 dB, return loss is less than –18 dB and the overall size of the filter is 0.12 × 0.073 λ_g. The proposed filter is fabricated and measured. The simulation and measurement results are in good agreement. This LPF is designed for microwave communication applications, especially wireless video transmitters.     

Dual‐Transmission‐Line Microstrip Equiripple Lowpass Filter with Sharp Roll‐Off

A novel application of a dual‐transmission line is proposed to design a lowpass filter (LPF). The proposed structure uses only transmission line elements to produce an equiripple LPF response with sharp roll‐off. Design equations are derived using a lossless transmission line model. Controlling the electrical lengths, three transmission‐zeros are realized in the stopband to obtain a sharp roll‐off rate and wide stopband bandwidth. A single unit microstrip LPF with a 3‐dB cut‐off frequency at 1.0 GHz having a roll‐off of 135 dB/GHz along with a stopband bandwidth of 69.5% is designed for validation.     

Compact Ultra-Wideband Bandpass Filter Using Dual-Line Coupling Structure

This letter presents a novel compact ultra-wideband (UWB) microstrip bandpass filter with spurious response suppression. A dual-mode ring resonator is constituted to allocate its first two resonant frequencies in the UWB band, and the dual-line parallel-coupled structure is used in this compact UWB filter, which is expected to achieve much tighter coupling degree. Simulated and measured results are found in good agreement with each other, showing a wide passband from 4.9 to 10.9 GHz, 15 dB return loss bandwidth of about 5 GHz, minimum insertion loss of 0.49 dB at 7.3 GHz, and wide upper stopband with more than 20 dB attenuation up to 20 GHz.     

一种新颖的开口环地面缺陷结构低通滤波器

提出了一种新颖的具有陡峭边带和宽阻带的小型化低通滤波器.通过把开口谐振环地面缺陷结构(Split-Ring Resonator Defected Ground Structure,SRR DGS)与阶梯阻抗梳状谐振器结合,提高了滤波器的选择特性,同时获得了宽阻带.对所提出的结构作了加工并进行了实物测量,测试结果表明:滤波器选择特性大于160 dB/GHz,在2.98 GHz到8.2 GHz范围内抑制度大于20 dB,而占用面积仅为20×25 mm~2.     

Design of low-pass filter with 3-interations Koch fractal Pi-shaped DGS

A novel asymmetrical Pi-shaped defected ground structure (DGS) with 3-interations Koch fractal curves is proposed to design a microstrip low-pass filter (LPF) with ultra-wide stop-band (SB). The proposed LPFs with a single resonator and two cascaded resonators are both designed, simulated, manufactured and measured. Simulation and experiment results demonstrate that the designed LPF has a very sharp transition band (TB) and an ultra-wide SB performance compared with the existed similar symmetrical and asymmetrical DGS. The proposed LPF with two cascaded resonators is with a compact size of 36.8 mm×24.0 mm, a very low insertion loss of less than 0.7 dB under 1.9 GHz, and a wide SB from 2.2 GHz to 8 GHz with rejection of larger than 30 dB.     

一种新型超宽带带通滤波器的设计

针对超宽带(UWB)系统易受无线网络信号干扰及传统的超宽带带通滤波器阻带较窄,不能有效抑制谐波的问题,提出了一种新型的UWB带通滤波器,该滤波器由两级交指梳状耦合谐振器级联组成,通过增加耦合指的个数来实现陷波特性,然后在两个交指谐振器的中间添加一个槽线锥形谐振器,使该滤波器具有抑制高次谐波特性,达到拓宽高阻带的效果,同时由于槽线谐振器的加入,陷波频段的抑制电平进一步提高.实验结果证明,所设计的滤波器既能保证3.1～10.6 GHz频段内的插入损耗小于3 dB,陷波频段为5.7～5.8 GHz,陷波频段的抑制电平高达-43 dB,同时又能拓宽高频阻带.     

Compact Elliptic-Function Low-Pass Filter Using Defected Ground Structure

A novel elliptic-function low-pass filter (LPF) is presented, which consists of a dumb-bell-shaped defected ground structure (DB-DGS), a spiral-shaped defected ground structure (SP-DGS) and a broadened microstrip line. The DB-DGS provides the required wideband attenuation in stopband, while the SP-DGS provides steep transition from passband to stopband. A 2.4 GHz five-pole LPF is developed and experimental results show that it has a sharp cutoff frequency response. The measured passband insertion-loss is below 0.3 dB, and the rejection band over 20 dB is from 2.95 to 8.25 GHz.      

Ultra-wideband bandpass filter using hybrid quasi-lumped elements and defected ground structure

A compact planar microstrip ultra-wideband (UWB) bandpass filter is presented. The proposed UWB filter is realised by cascading a highpass filter (HPF) and a lowpass filter (LPF). Additional U-slot defected ground structure is adopted to improve the attenuation performance in the stop band. The HPF consists of inter-digital capacitors and a short-circuited stub. The LPF achieved by a hybrid microstrip and four backside slots on the ground plane is equivalent to a typical 9-pole stepped-impedance LPF. Combining these two structures, a new UWB bandpass filter is fabricated and measured. Measured results show that the proposed bandpass filter has a wide bandwidth from 3.1 to 11 GHz, and insertion loss is less than 1.2 dB over the most central passband. It also achieves a wide stop band with 20 dB attenuation up to 20 GHz.     

小型化宽频带宽阻带微带滤波器的设计

目前研究宽频带微带滤波器的文献很多,但普遍不能同时具有宽频带和宽阻带的性能,且带内回波损耗大,带外抑制差。为此,提出了一种新型的宽频带微带滤波器。该滤波器采用在E型阶跃阻抗谐振器( SIR)中引入U型结构的方法,实现其宽频带宽阻带的性能。对滤波器进行仿真、加工与实测,仿真结果与实测结果吻合良好。加工得到的滤波器3 dB带宽为7.1 GHz,低于-20 dB的高频阻带为9.3 GHz,带内回波损耗低于-23.2 dB,实物尺寸为15 mm伊8.5 mm,具有小型化的特点。实测数据表明,提出的滤波器具有良好的性能,在工程领域具有实际的应用价值。     

基于开路T型结构的小型化超宽阻带滤波器设计

传统滤波器由于寄生通带的存在,其高频阻带性能较差。随着超宽带雷达系统和超宽带通信系统的发展,小型化宽阻带的滤波器已成为一项紧迫的技术课题。该文论述了一种普适性的基于开路T型结构的小型化超宽阻带滤波器结构,这种滤波器和传统滤波器相比,结构极为紧凑,5倍基频范围内的寄生通带均被抑制,而通带性能保持良好。基于此结构实际制作了一个截止频率为2.9 GHz的低通滤波器,测量得到的通带内平均插入损耗仅0.67 dB,带内平均驻波比为1.33,过渡带陡峭,40 dB矩形系数仅1.096,而所测得的阻带从3.23 GHz到10.30 GHz之内谐波抑制大于36 dB,从10.30 GHz到15 GHz之内谐波抑制大于27 dB;该滤波器的长度仅为传统的同类型滤波器的长度的37.1%,面积大大减小。仿真和测量结果表明该类型滤波器同时满足了小型化和宽阻带的性能需求。     

Design of compact, broad-stopband lowpass filter using modified stepped impedance hairpin resonators

A compact elliptic function lowpass filter using a stepped impedance hairpin resonator is proposed. The filter has the advantages of compact size, low insertion loss, easy fabrication, a wide stopband, and sharp cutoff frequency response. In order to cause a sharp cutoff frequency response and the wide stopband suppression, a coupled stepped impedance resonator is taken into consideration for the newly proposed lowpass filter. A demonstration filter has been designed, fabricated and tested, and the results agree well with the theory. The size of the filter is less than 0.037 lambdag times 0.093 lambdag, where lambdag is the waveguide length at the cutoff frequency 1.5 GHz, and the 10 dB rejection stopband can be extended to more than 15 GHz. The filter is useful for many microwave system applications.     

A New Approach to the Realization of a Dual-Band Microstrip Filter With Very Wide Upper Stopband

This paper presents the design of a new dual-band filter with very wide upper stopband. The proposed circuit offers a simple and compact structure with low insertion loss. Spurious suppression is achieved by using specially designed coupling and resonator sections. Moreover, a systematic analysis is applied to the proposed topology with closed-form design equations derived. For verification purposes, the measured performance of a microstrip filter operating at 1 and 2 GHz is shown with stopband attenuation of greater than 20 dB over the frequency range from 2.5 to 8.0 GHz.     

一种超宽阻带微带低通滤波器的设计

基于传统阶跃阻抗滤波器,提出了一种易于实现的超宽阻带微带低通滤波器改进设计方案。低阻抗线部分采用扇形微带结构,在同等阶数下,该结构的滤波器与传统阶跃阻抗滤波器相比,具有更紧凑的电路结构以及更好的阻带特性。在滤波器末端并联开路短截线,使得阻带增加额外传输陷波点来抑制寄生通带。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,通带3 dB 截止频率为2 GHz,通带内0-1.8 GHz 回波损耗大于20 dB,3-20 GHz 频率范围内的阻带抑制能达到25 dB 以上。     

基于阶梯阻抗的发夹结构低通滤波器设计

提出一种基于阶梯阻抗发夹谐振器的小型化微波低通滤波嚣,该滤波嚣仅由包含四节微带的阶梯阻抗发夹谐振器构成.设计结果表明,滤波器3dB通带从直流到2.8G,带内反射小于-20dB,带外抑制达到40dB.这种滤波器尺寸小,易制造,且具有陡峭的截止频率响应特性,可用于许多微波系统中.