Design of Bessel low-pass filter using DGS for RF/microwave applications

A synthesis method to design a defected ground structures (DGS)-based Bessel low-pass filter (LPF) using a triangular and an open-square (OS)-type DGS is reported. For the five-pole Bessel LPF at f_c = 2.5 GHz, we get 10.6 dB/GHz selectivity using the triangular DGS; while the OS-type DGS provides 39 dB/GHz selectivity. For these two filters, the 10 dB impedance matching BW is 76% and 84%, respectively. It is a much wider BW that is obtained for a lumped element Bessel LPF. The maximum group delay (GD) variation within the pass band is 25pS and 28pS, respectively. The 20 dB rejection BW can be increased from 5.8 GHz to 18.8 GHz with increase in the order of filter from 5 to 11. We have also presented the design of a compact five-pole DGS-based elliptic filter with selectivity 38.2 dB/GHz and 17.8 dB return loss. Results on the DGS-based elliptic filter, Butterworth and Chebyshev filters are also presented. The experimental results are compared against the recently reported LPFs. Our reported filters perform better with respect to selectivity and group delay variation. The flatter GD and high selectivity, along with a wide 10 dB impedance matching BW, make the DGS Bessel filter a candidate for high-speed data communication, front end of a wideband communication system and efficiency improvement of a power amplifier.     

A 65 mW, 0.4–2.3 GHz Bandpass Filter for Satellite Receivers

A monolithic tunable bandpass filter for satellite receiver front-ends is presented. The center frequency of the bandpass filter can be tuned from 0.4 GHz to 2.3 GHz. The filter is constructed using four transconductor-C poly-phase filter sections and has a 50 dB variable gain range. At 20 dB attenuation and at 30 dB gain the measured 1 dB compression point is –21 dBm and –56 dBm, respectively. Measured input IP3 is –12 dBm. The noise figure is 15 dB at maximum gain. An on-chip I/Q oscillator tracks the center frequency and enables automatic tuning. The bandpass filter dissipates 65 mW with 5 Volt supply voltage and occupies 0.16 mm² chip area. The filter is realized in a standard 11 GHz f _t bipolar technology.     

140GHz空腔滤波器设计及加工工艺研究

设计并实现了一种采用进口电火花技术加工的D波段电感膜片耦合的矩形波导空腔滤波器。采用等效电路法设计了一个140GHz矩形空腔带通滤波器。采用有限元仿真软件HFSS分析了腔体个数对滤波器主要性能的影响,最终成功设计了一个性能优良的四阶空腔滤波器,中心频率（140±3）GHz,带内插入损耗S21在-3dB以内,回波损耗S11在-20dB以下。采用电火花微加工技术成功加工出了四阶滤波器的主体部分,相应完成了结构键合等关键工艺,首次制作了基于电火花技术的D波段矩形波导空腔滤波器。测试结果为中心频率（138.5±3）GHz,带内插入损耗最好达到了-4.4dB。结果表明滤波器在140GHz具有带通特性和滤波功能,尽管与理论上的-3dB有差异,但考虑到加工误差、夹具损耗等情况下,样品主要技术指标与设计值较为一致。     

170 GHz和340 GHz CSMRs滤波器选频网络研究

为了实现倍频器多谐波输出,满足系统多频率需求,同时减少成本,增加系统集成度,引入了改进紧凑型悬置微带谐振单元（Compact Suspended Microstrip Resonators（CSMRs））滤波器,主要研究并实现了170 GHz和340 GHz双频段分别输出。仿真中分别设计170 GHz和340 GHz探针,引入CSMRs低通滤波器增加170 GHz对高频段的隔离,减小波导高度,提高WR.2.8波导截止频率,增加对300 GHz以下频段抑制,为了测试其输出特性和网络损耗,设计170~340 GHz背靠背模块。仿真结果为低通CSMRs滤波器满足在20~180 GHz通带内反射系数小于-18 dB,在266~520 GHz阻带内抑制度大于20 dB,背靠背结构仿真170 GHz与340 GHz频段反射系数均小于-15 dB,端口隔离大于30 dB,表现出良好的选频特性。测试结果表明:在170 GHz端口通带为150~185 GHz,反射系数小于-10 dB,损耗大于1.2 dB;在340 GHz端口,通带为306~355 GHz,反射系数小于-10 dB,损耗2 dB,两端口隔离度大于10 dB,最好60 dB。     

An I/Q mixer with an integrated differential quadrature all-pass filter for on-chip quadrature LO signal generation

A down-conversion in-phase/quadrature (I/Q) mixer employing a folded-type topology, integrated with a passive differential quadrature all-pass filter (D-QAF), in order to realize the final down-conversion stage of a 60 GHz receiver architecture is presented in this work. Instead of employing conventional quadrature generation techniques such as a polyphase filter or a frequency divider for the local oscillator (LO) of the mixer, a passive D-QAF structure is employed. Fabricated in a 65 nm CMOS process, the mixer exhibits a voltage gain of 7-8 dB in an intermediate frequency (IF) band ranging from 10 MHz-1.75 GHz. A fixed LO frequency of 12 GHz is used to down-convert a radio frequency (RF) band of 10.25-13.75 GHz. The mixer displays a third order input referred intercept point (IIP₃) ranging from -8.75 to -7.37 dBm for a fixed IF frequency of 10 MHz and a minimum single-sideband noise figure (SSB-NF) of 11.3 dB. The mixer draws a current of 6 mA from a 1.2 V supply voltage dissipating a power of 7.2 mW.     

High Performance Microstrip Low Pass Filter for Wireless Communications

A microstrip low-pass filter using T-shaped resonators is designed to achieve an ultra-sharp transition band and high suppression level. The performance of the resonators is investigated based on an LC equivalent circuit and a transfer function to compute the equations of the transmission zeros. This filter has an acceptable stopband with high insertion loss (28 dB) by adopting a rectangular suppressor. Also, the width of the transition band is 0.09 GHz (with – 3 and ? 40 dB attenuation levels), that exhibits a very high sharpness (ξ = 411 dB/GHz). The proposed filter with a 3 dB cut-off frequency (f_c) of 1.32 GHz presents a high return loss in the passband (17 dB) and high figure of merit of 57,073. The designed filter is fabricated and measured, demonstrating sufficient agreement between the simulation and experimental results.

     

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.     

新型差分三通带滤波器设计

基于T型支节加载均匀阻抗谐振器,设计了一款新型小型化差分三通带滤波器,并对该滤波器进行了改进设计。所设计滤波器的三个通带中心频率分别为2,6.4,9.2 GHz。-3 dB相对带宽分别为20%(1.85~2.25 GHz)、7%(6.21~6.71 GHz)、5%(8.98~9.44 GHz),通带内插入损耗小于1.5 dB。为了实现良好的共模抑制,在该滤波器中心对称处增加了开路支节,高频处的共模抑制得到显著提高。该滤波器结构简单,能够实现良好的性能,仿真结果与理论分析一致。     

一种基于SIR结构的三通带带通滤波器

应用双指耦合结构和枝节加载谐振器（Stub-loaded Resonator,SLR）实现了一款基于阶梯阻抗谐振器（Stepped Impedance Resonator,SIR）的滤波器。该滤波器具有3个通带,带外抑制较好,工作频段提高。通过调整阻抗比可调节第二、三通带的谐振频率;SLR结构能够增加通带数量;SLR结构和双指耦合结构均能改善滤波器的S参数。HFSS软件仿真表明,3个通带的中心频率分别为3.5 GHz、6.6 GHz、9.2 GHz,对应的分数带宽分别为5.7%、3%、2%,S11分别为-18 dB、-22 dB、-24 dB,通带内的S21分别为-1.8 dB、-1 dB、-1 dB。电路的测量结果与仿真结果较为吻合。该滤波器在5G通信的低频段具有应用前景。     

Improved and compact 0.7 GHz tune-all bandpass filter

A compact tune-all bandpass filter is presented. This electronically tuned filter is based on series-coupled slow-wave resonators. It allows wide simultaneous and continuous tunings of centre frequency (+/-15% around 0.7 GHz) and bandwidth (from 50 to 100 MHz) with insertion loss IL<5.4 dB and return loss RL>11 dB. This two-pole bandpass filter exhibits also a very small surface of only 7.3times10^-3 lambda₀ ² and a -20 dB stop-band that extends up to 10 GHz     

Conductor-loss limited stripline resonator and filters

We report on stripline resonators on thin dielectric membranes that show dispersion-free, conductor-loss limited performance at 13.5 GHz, 27.3 GHz, and 39.6 GHz. The unloaded-Q (Q_u) of the resonators increases as √f with frequency and is measured to be 386 at 27 GHz. The measured results agree well with a new conformal mapping analysis. The stripline resonators are used in a micromachined state-of-the-art planar interdigitated bandpass filter at K-band frequencies. Excellent agreement has been achieved between the microwave model at 850 MHz and the 20 GHz filter. The micromachined filter exhibits a passband return loss better than -15 dB and a conductor-loss limited 1.7 dB port-to-port insertion loss (including input/output CPW line loss) at 20.3 GHz     

Dual mode wideband band-pass filter with notched band for communication system

This paper presents a planar microstrip wideband dual mode Band-Pass Filter (BPF) from 2 GHz to 3.4 GHz with a notched band at 2.62 GHz. The dual mode band-pass filter consists of a ring resonator with two quarter-wavelength open-circuited stubs at ?? =90° and ?? =0°, respectively. A square perturbation stub has been put at the corner of the ring resonator to increase the narrow stopbands and improve the performance of selectivity. By using a parallel-coupled feed line, a narrow notched band is introduced at the required frequency and its Fractional BandWidth (FBW) is about 5%. The proposed filter has a narrow notched band and a wide pass-band with a sharp cutoff frequency characteristic, the attenuation rate for the sharp cutoff frequency responses is 297.17 dB/GHz (calculated from 1.959 GHz with ?34.43 dB to 2.065 GHz with ?2.93 dB) and 228.10 dB/GHz (calculated from 3.395 GHz with ?2.873 dB to 3.507 GHz with ?28.42 dB). This filter has the advantages of good insertion loss in both operating bands and two rejections of greater than 16 dB in the range of 1.59 GHz to 1.99 GHz and 3.49 GHz to 3.98 GHz. Having been presented in this article, the measurement results agree well with the simulation results, which validates our idea.     

一种高滚降宽阻带低通微带滤波器

普通的阶梯阻抗低通滤波器滚降系数一般低于80 dB/GHz,阻带抑制小于20 dB,使其应用受到较大限制;文中首先从理论上分析并设计了具有宽阻带优势的阶梯阻抗滤波器,然后引入扇形短截线结构提高滚降系数,设计了一款通带为0~6 GHz 的高滚降宽阻带的微带低通滤波器。利用ADS 和HFSS分别对滤波器进行了建模、仿真和优化;最后采用RO4003 板材加工并对实物进行了测试。测试结果显示,所设计的滤波器3 dB 截止频率为6.02 GHz,滚降系数为123 dB/ GHz,阻带6.24~20 GHz,阻带抑制大于30 dB。     

多口三环CSRR微带低通滤波器的研究与设计

提出一种新型的多口三环CSRR结构,利用CSRR谐振器的单极点低通特性和环与微带线之间的耦合,构成低通滤波器.分析该结构的等效电路模式,指出谐振频率的计算公式.使用HFSS适当优化参数,可以得到性能良好的低通滤波器.其-3 dB截止频率8.76 GHz,通带内插入损耗小于0.3306 dB,通带内回波损耗小于-13.810 2 dB,衰减15 dB以上阻带带宽达到10.31 GHz.为了改善通带内的回波损耗,在微带线两侧加载并联开路枝节.其-3 dB截止频率8.385 GHz,通带内插入损耗小于0.174 7 dB,通带内回波损耗小于-19.707 7 dB,衰减15 dB以上阻带带宽达到10.7 GHz.     

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。     

（英）CMOS毫米波低功耗超宽带共栅低噪声放大器

本文陈述了一个基于单端共栅与共源共栅级联结构的超宽带低噪声放大器(LNA)。该LNA用标准90-nm RF CMOS工艺实现并具有如下特征：在28.5到39 GHz频段内测得的平坦增益大于10 dB;-3 dB带宽从27到42 GHz达到了15 GHz,这几乎覆盖了整个Ka带;最小噪声系数(NF)为4.2 dB,平均NF在27-42 GHz频段内为5.1 dB;S₁₁在整个测试频段内小于-11 dB。40 GHz处输入三阶交调点(IIP3)的测试值为 2 dBm。整个电路的直流功耗为5.3 mW。包括焊盘在内的芯片面积为0.58*0.48 mm2_。     

一种毫米波微带带通滤波器的设计

摘要：基于小反射理论,引入Klopfenstein阻抗渐变线对传统发夹型谐振器结构进行改进,设计了一种相对带宽为8%的结构紧凑型毫米波带通滤波器。采用S参数的多项式综合方法得到耦合矩阵电路模型,利用三维电磁场全波仿真软件HFSS拟合出耦合系数与谐振器间距、外部品质因数与抽头位置的关系曲线,进而提取出耦合矩阵对应滤波器的物理尺寸。实测结果表明：在28.8GHz-31.2GHz频带内,该滤波器的插损小于3.0dB,回波优于-17dB,带外抑制大于40dB@33GHz,测试结果与计算结果吻合较好。     

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.     

A Monolithic Low-Distortion Low-Loss Silicon-on-Glass Varactor-Tuned Filter With Optimized Biasing

A low-distortion varactor-tuned bandpass filter is demonstrated on a high-Q silicon-on-glass technology. The dc bias network is optimized to achieve high linearity, the center frequency of the filter tunes from 2.4 to 3.5 GHz, and the measured loss of the filter is 2-3 dB at 2 GHz, with a stopband rejection of 25 dB. The measured IIP3 of the filter was +46 dBm     

基于SIW技术的毫米波滤波器研究与设计

基于基片集成波导（substrate integrated waveguide,SIW）结构设计了两款四阶的耦合带通滤波器,使用三维全波电磁场仿真软件HFSS对设计的两款滤波器进行了仿真设计和优化.由仿真结果分析得出,两款滤波器的工作频率均位于毫米波频段.第一款SIW滤波器实现了切比雪夫型响应,中心频率为20 GHz,带宽为2 GHz,通带内的插入损耗低于1.5 dB,回波损耗低于-20 dB,在阻带中对信号的衰减程度可以达到50 dB.第二款SIW滤波器实现了准椭圆函数型的响应,中心频率为29.1 GHz,带宽为300 MHz,通带内的插入损耗低于1 dB,回波损耗低于-20 dB,在通带到阻带的过渡中实现了两个陷波点.仿真结果表明,在毫米波滤波器设计中引入SIW结构,有利于优化滤波器尺寸,得到较好的滤波器性能指标,是毫米波滤波器发展的一个重要方向.