双模方形谐振腔增益均衡器的设计与实现

针对均衡器小型化、高Q值的应用需求,提出并设计了一个工作在Ku波段的双模方形基片集成波导谐振腔均衡器.设计了两个正交的耦合缝隙,在谐振腔中激励起简并模TE₂₀₁和TE₁₀₂;使用金属柱微扰其中一个模式,实现独立调节该模式的谐振频率,并且频率调节自由度高;研究了薄膜电阻的加载位置,实现独立调节两个模式的衰减量和Q值;分析了双模谐振腔级联后谐振频率偏移量及可调性,给出了双模谐振腔均衡器的分析和设计方法.相比于传统单模谐振腔均衡器,该结构均衡器保持了原有的工作性能,并减少了一半数量的谐振腔,使得结构更加紧凑.测试结果与仿真结果吻合,最大误差0.4dB.     

基于CSRR-QMSIW谐振器的双通带滤波器的设计

为满足滤波器在双频带通信系统中发展的要求,提出了一种基于1/4模基片集成波导(QMSIW)加载互补开口谐振环(CSRR)的新型双通带滤波器。根据CSRR谐振器的传输特性,实现以其谐振频点为中心的第一个通带;设计QMSIW谐振腔的边长,实现以该腔体谐振频点为中心的第二通带;设计QMSIW腔体间的耦合方式,在两通带之间和高阻带处各引入一个传输零点,加强两通带隔离度和带外抑制。设计了一款两通带的中心频率分别为8.1 GHz和11.5 GHz,且有效尺寸仅为15 mm×8 mm,插入损耗低于0.4 dB,高阻带衰减达64 dB,两通带隔离度达46 dB。     

Performance improvement and size reduction of microstrip dual-mode bandpass filter

A novel miniaturised dual-mode bandpass filter with multi-arc resonators is proposed. The size of the dual-mode filter can be reduced significantly by using the microstrip dual-mode resonator consisting of multi-arcs; meanwhile insertion loss and spurious response suppression are improved A prototype filter is designed and implemented at 3.6 GHz with 2.8% fractional bandwidth, which shows a low passband insertion loss of 1.02 dB and a wide stopband with rejection better than 20 dB up to about 8.5 GHz.     

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.     

E-Plane Integrated Circuit Filters with Improved Stopband Attenuation (Short Papers)

Improved stopband attenuation is achieved by thick strips, by reduced waveguide sidewall dimensions, and by double planar integrated circuits. In contrast to thick strips which may cause high passband insertion losses and filters with reduced waveguide dimensions which require additional tapers, double planar E-plane integrated circuit filters combine the advantages of low costs, high stopband, and low passband insertion losses. Computer-aided design of a four-resonator Ka -band double metal insert filter achieves a calculated stopband attenuation between 40 and 60 GHz of more than 50 dB, the calculated minimum passband insertion loss is 0.43 dB (measured 1.8 dB). Higher order mode excitation and finite thicknesses of the inserts are included in the calculations.     

A silicon micromachined four-pole linear phase filter

A 27-GHz four-pole linear phase filter constructed of micromachined cavities in silicon is presented. The structure of the filter consists of four side-by-side horizontally oriented cavities, which are coupled in turn by evanescent waveguide sections with three direct-couplings and one cross-coupling between the first and fourth cavity resonators. The cavities are reduced-height waveguide resonators and are fed by microstrip lines through slot apertures. A time-domain tuning technique is employed to improve the efficiency of the design synthesis. The measured results are presented and compared to those predicted by a finite-element-method model. The simulated filter response has a bandwidth of 2.2% centered at 27.480 GHz with an insertion loss of 1.4 dB at that frequency. The measured performance indicates a 1.9% bandwidth centered at 27.604 GHz with a deembedded insertion loss of 1.6 dB at that frequency and a measured unloaded Q of 1465.     

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.     

Varactor-tunable uniplanar ring resonators

Slotline and CPW ring resonators are introduced and integrated with varactor diodes to create electronically tunable uniplanar ring resonators. Varactors electronically tune the second resonant mode of the slotline ring over a 23% bandwidth from 3.03 to 3.83 GHz with a 4.5±1.5 dB variation in insertion loss. Similarly, a CPW ring resonator was tuned over a 22% bandwidth from 2.88 to 3.59 GHz. Both resonators offer the ground plane and center conductor on the same side of the substrate to allow easy series or shunt insertion of solid-state devices. DC biasing is naturally integrated in the slotline structure and straightforward in CPW. Monolithic implementation of these resonators would not require via holes to ground solid-state devices which should reduce processing complexity and increase production yields     

Analysis and design of a new type NRD-guide E-plane Y-junction circulator

A new type of E-plane Y-junction circulator has been developed based on the nonradiative dielectric waveguide (NRD-guide) in Ka- band. First, the circulation principle has been analysed by the theory of polarization wave. The field components in the nonreciprocal Y-junction zone and the conclusion of 60° phase difference between clockwise and counterclockwise rotating polarization modes has been obtained. And then, the resonant frequency of the non-dc biased triangle ferrite sample has also been calculated. This kind of structure is benefit to enlarge the bandwidth of the Y-junction circulator. As an example, we had designed and fabricated a circulator in Ka-band. Its operating frequency is 35. 1GHz, the 1.5dB insertion loss and 20dB isolation bandwidth is about 1. 0GHz.     

一种新型基片集成波导双模带通滤波器

综合基片集成波导和双模滤波器两种前沿技术,设计了一种新型微波带通滤波器结构,该滤波器结构简单,无载品质因数高达10 000。同时,通过使用凹型过渡方式,解决了基片集成波导与微带线的过渡问题,从而方便了滤波器和有源微波电路的集成。文章设计的滤波器中心频率在5.63 GHz,通过TE102和TE201两种模式耦合,产生一个传输零点,极大的改善了阻带效果。实验表明,通带内反射损耗S11优于25 dB,3 dB带宽达60 MHz。     

Uniplanar one-dimensional photonic-bandgap structures andresonators

This paper presents uniplanar one-dimensional (1-D) periodical structures, so-called photonic-bandgap (PBG) structures, and defect high-Q resonators for coplanar waveguide, coplanar strip line, and slot line. Proposed uniplanar PBG structures consist of 1-D periodically etched slots along a transmission line or alternating characteristic impedance series with wide band-stop filter characteristics. A stop bandwidth obtained is 2.8 GHz with a stopband rejection of 36.5 dB. This PBG performance can be easily improved if the number of cells or the filling factor is modified in a parametric analysis. Using uniplanar 1-D PBG structures, we demonstrate new high-Q defect resonators with full-wave simulation and measured results. These structures based on defect cavity or Fabry-Perot resonators consist of a center resonant line with two sides of PBG reflectors. They achieve a loaded Q of 247.3 and unloaded Q of 299.1. The proposed circuits should have many applications in monolithic and hybrid microwave integrated circuits     

Multilayer Dual-Band Filter Using a Reflector Cavity and Dual-Mode Resonators

A dual-band filter has been designed using a multilayer approach. The structure includes a reflector cavity and dual-mode resonators. The walls of the reflector cavity have been designed using metalized vias enabling the integration characteristics of standard planar microwave circuits. The principle includes the passband division of a fourth-order fully canonical form into two narrowband second-order passbands. The designed topology exhibits a dual-band response with center frequencies of 5.2 and 5.7GHz and in-between isolation of 30 dB created by two in-band transmission zeros. The enclosing cavity reduces radiation loss and increases the unloaded of the resonant modes. The hybrid design provides insertion losses better than 1.7 dB and narrow fractional bandwidths of 2.5%.     

基于双模谐振器的W波段波导带通滤波器

带通滤波器为现代毫米波系统中进行频率选择的重要器件,而波导滤波器因其低损耗、大功率容量、易加工等优点成为首选。为满足系统的小型化要求,设计了一种基于双模谐振器且具有准椭圆函数响应的W波段波导带通滤波器。该波导带通滤波器结构简单紧凑,由两个双模方形脊谐振腔组成,可获得2 个传输零点及四阶准椭圆函数响应。滤波器样品选取紫铜材质,采用CNC 技术加工制作。经矢量网络分析仪测试,该滤波器通带内插损低,达0.5 dB,3 dB 波束带宽为4.35 %(92.2 ~96.3 GHz),回波损耗优于20 dB,通带外存在两个非对称零点。在全W波段的测试结果与仿真数据高度吻合。     

基于SIW技术的毫米波滤波器研究与设计

为满足无线通信系统中对紧凑型滤波器的需求,提出一种小型化带通滤波器. 该滤波器通过半模基片集成波导与四分之一波长谐振单元的电磁耦合,在高频阻带产生传输零点;通过强磁区域上层金属面开槽线微扰降低了基模谐振频率,在低频阻带产生传输零点. 所设计的滤波器在8.8~12 GHz频段实现了带通效应,相对带宽为30.7%,带内插损小于0.5 dB,回波损耗大于15 dB,同等带宽条件下相较无开槽线结构尺寸减少了10%;利用额外谐振单元在高频阻带增加了传输零点,使大于20 dB的高频阻带带宽达到了4 GHz,实测结果与仿真结果实现了良好的匹配. 该滤波器具有加工简单、小体积、低损耗、易集成等特点,为滤波器件小型化提供了新颖的设计思路.     

Novel Broadband Bandpass Filters Using Y-Shaped Dual-Mode Microstrip Resonators

A Y-shaped dual-mode microstrip bandpass filter (BPF) with input-output cross-coupling is presented. The characteristic of the Y-shaped dual-mode resonator has been investigated. The resonance frequencies of the degenerate modes can be adjusted easily to satisfy the bandwidth of the BPF. A parallel-coupling feed structure with a cross coupling has been used to generate two transmission zeros at the lower and upper stopband, which can improve the out-of-band performance. A broadband dual-mode microstrip BPF has been designed, fabricated, and measured. The simulated and measured results are in agreement generally. Within the 3.1 to 5.4 GHz bandwidth, the measured insertion loss, return loss and group delay variation are below 0.5 dB, above 15 dB, and below 0.2 ns, respectively.      

A Fully Embedded 60-GHz Novel BPF for LTCC System-in-Package Applications

In this paper, a novel LTCC stripline (SL) 60-GHz band-pass filter (BPF) composed of transitions to coplanar waveguide (CPW) pads for monolithic microwave integrated circuit integration is presented. For low-loss interconnection with active devices, a CPW-to-SL vertical via transition integrating air cavities and a CPW-to-CPW planar transition using internal ground planes are proposed and implemented. The fabricated transition shows an insertion loss of 1.6 dB and a reflection loss below -20 dB at the passband of the filter. The implemented SL BPF using dual-mode patch resonators shows a center frequency of 60.4 GHz, 3.5 % bandwidth, and reflection losses below -15 dB at the passband. Excluding the insertion loss of the transitions, the filter insertion loss reveals 4.0 dB     

Stripline dual-mode ring resonators and their application tomicrowave devices

This paper describes the fundamental properties of two orthogonal resonant modes within stripline ring resonators and their application to microwave devices. There are two principal methods for application of ring resonators, the first is by using two-port devices and the second four-port devices, in the case of two-port configurations, dual-mode filters using coupling between two degenerate modes have been studied as typical applications. In this paper, new methods for the coupling of two modes and their applications to practical devices, are proposed, and then experimental results for proof of the new structures are presented. Four-port configurations, which make use of two resonant modes as being independent or having no coupling between them, have a wider range of application to microwave devices. Microwave circuits such as tuned amplifiers and oscillators with novel structures are proposed, and their excellent characteristics are demonstrated. The experimental results obtained in this study on two and four-port devices make it clear that dual-mode ring resonators have great potential for application to various microwave devices     

Design of a wideband miniature dielectric-filled waveguide antennafor collision-avoidance radar

This article presents a theoretical and experimental study of the design of a miniaturized wideband dielectric-filled waveguide (DFW) antenna. The operational frequency is X band, i.e., 9.0⩽f⩽10.5 GHz. The desired bandwidth is 1.5 GHz. The antenna uses an air-gap matching network to reduce its high aperture reflection. In order to ease the integration with antenna circuits and to increase the bandwidth, two E-plane steps are used. The antenna is designed to have -3 dB beamwidths of 60° and 100° for the E- and H-plane patterns, respectively. An input reflection of less than -10 dB for the desired bandwidth is observed. The gain of the antenna is 7 dBi. A cross-polar level of less than -25 dB is achieved. This article discusses the mathematical model for input reflection, the design scenarios, and the experimental results     

Optimisation of SIW bandpass filter with wide and sharp stopband using space mapping

This work presents a substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) bandpass filter with wide and precipitous stopband, which is different from filters with a direct input/output coupling structure. Higher modes in the SIW cavities are used to generate the finite transmission zeros for improved stopband performance. The design of SIW filters requires full wave electromagnetic simulation and extensive optimisation. If a full wave solver is used for optimisation, the design process is very time consuming. The space mapping (SM) approach has been called upon to alleviate this problem. In this case, the coarse model is optimised using an equivalent circuit model-based representation of the structure for fast computations. On the other hand, the verification of the design is completed with an accurate fine model full wave simulation. A fourth-order filter with a passband of 12.0–12.5 GHz is fabricated on a single layer Rogers RT/Duroid 5880 substrate. The return loss is better than 17.4 dB in the passband and the rejection is more than 40 dB in the stopband. The stopband is from 2 to 11 GHz and 13.5 to 17.3 GHz, demonstrating a wide bandwidth performance.     

基于双负材料的宽频带微带天线设计

采用空腔模型法设计了以双负材料(ε、μ为负值)为介质衬底的新型微带天线。实物测试表明:新型天线比普通材料微带天线明显展宽带宽。在未对天线贴片作优化处理的情况下,新型天线–10 dB反射系数带宽达1.50 GHz,比普通材料的天线展宽约70%,相对带宽达16.3%,E面辐射方向图较前者偏转了约40°,而H面方向图则与普通材料天线相似。