Center Frequency Tuning for a Narrowband Superconducting Filter in the Time Domain

This paper presents a mechanical tuning method for tuning the center frequency of a narrowband high-temperature superconducting filter. The filter is designed with 0.5-MHz bandwidth at 166.9 MHz and is fabricated. Tuning is carried out based on the time-domain response of filter return loss. The filter can be precisely tuned to a desired center frequency while maintaining a high-frequency performance. The center frequency is tuned from 167.2 to 166.5 MHz. The tuning range is 0.7 MHz and is sufficient to compensate the frequency offset caused by 0.72% variation in the substrate effective dielectric constant or 4% that of the substrate thickness.      

A dual-mode complex filter for GNSS receivers with frequency tuning

A fifth/seventh order dual-mode OTA-C complex filter for global navigation satellite system receivers is implemented in a 0.18 fxm CMOS process. This filter can be configured as the narrow mode of a 4.4 MHz bandwidth center at 4.1 MHz or the wide mode of a 22 MHz bandwidth center at 15.42 MHz. A fully differential OTA with source degeneration is used to provide sufficient linearity. Furthermore, a ring CCO based frequency tuning scheme is proposed to reduce frequency variation. The measured results show that in narrow-band mode the image rejection ratio (IMRR) is 35 dB, the filter dissipates 0.8 mA from the 1.8 V power supply, and the out-of-band rejection is 50 dB at 6 MHz offset. In wide-band mode, IMRR is 28 dB and the filter dissipates 3.2 mA. The frequency tuning error is less than ±2%.     

An ultra high frequency wideband filter

An ultra high frequency wideband filter was developed and fabricated. High-temperature superconductive film, sputtered in a sapphire substrate, was used as a resonator material. Loss in the filter pass band is 0.7 dB, the filter pass band is 165 MHz, its central frequency is 1877 MHz. The filter topology and amplitude-frequency responses are given.     

Design of Monolithic Tunable CMOS Band-Pass Filter Using Current Feedback Operational Amplifiers

We propose in this paper a tunable second order band-pass filter based on two CMOS current feedback operational amplifiers (CFOAs). The CFOA includes a novel offset compensation technique. A digital building block is implemented in the proposed band-pass filter to tune its central frequency. An important feature of the adopted tuning procedure is the ability to tune the filter without affecting other characteristics such as gain, phase and quality factor. The band-pass filter topology is validated with a configuration where the central frequency is tuned from 60 MHz to 95 MHz with frequency steps of 5 MHz. Measurements of the offset-compensated CFOA are promising, and simulation results of the CFOA-based band-pass filter using the 0.18 μ m CMOS process confirm our theoretical analysis.     

三阶级联复数有源RC带通滤波器

采用0.18μmCMOS工艺设计了一款应用在无线传网中的三阶级联有源RC复数带通滤波器,同时设计了自动频率调谐电路(AFT)。该滤波器采用的是切比雪夫逼近函数予以实现。在5比特数字控制码开关电容阵列的控制下,AFT电路即可完成对主体滤波器电路频率变化的校正。仿真结果显示,滤波器的中心频率稳定在2MHz,通带带宽为2MHz,镜像抑制比大于34dB,相邻信道阻带衰减大于34dB,通带纹波小于1dB,消耗电流为2.3mA,工作电源电压为1.8V。     

低功耗的巴特沃思复数滤波器设计

总结了复数域内的信号处理原理,并介绍了应用于GPS射频前端的低功耗巴特沃思复数滤波器设计实现.该滤波器工作电压为1.5 V,功耗小于1 mW.性能指标为:中心频率4 MHz,3 dB带宽为3 MHz,偏离中心频率1 MHz以内的通带纹波小于0.5 dB,镜像频率处的抑制比为70 dB以上.最后在0.18 μm工艺下实现版图面积为0.5×0.48 mm2.     

基于OTA的有源Gm-C复数带通滤波器的设计

设计了一种基于OTA的有源Gm-C复数带通滤波器,用以实现射频前端芯片中的中频滤波和镜像抑制功能,该滤波器采用Gyrator结构,将低通原型滤波器中的集总电感用有源电感进行替换,并依据复数变换理论,对浮地电容和接地电容进行复数变换,实现带通滤波器.滤波器中心频率为4.1 MHz,1 dB带宽2 MHz,带内增益13.27 dB,1.5倍带宽处抑制在40 dB以上,镜像抑制度40 dB.Gm-C滤波器集成度高,功耗低,适合于高频应用,是当前集成中频滤波器的热点.     

一种低功耗自动频率修正的复数滤波器设计

采用当前主流的0.18μm RFCMOS工艺,设计实现了一款低功耗五阶OTA-C复数滤波器电路,该电路应用于低中频结构的GPS射频前端芯片中。滤波器的频率修正电路没有采用基于锁相环的常规结构,而是设计了一种带有频率修正功能的自偏置电流基准,来补偿工艺、温度变化的影响。滤波器的带宽为3MHz,中心频率为4.092MHz,镜像抑制大于30dB,10MHz频率处的阻带抑制大于40dB。滤波器的通带增益为10dB,消耗的总电流为0.8mA,工作电压为1.8V。理论仿真结果和测试结果能够很好地符合。     

Design of a tapered coaxial resonator filter for mobilecommunications

The authors describe the design, a simple fabrication technique, and performance of a coaxial resonator filter with tapered inner conductors to be used in mobile radios. The effects of coupling, window area, and temperature on the performance of the filter have also been considered. The passband of the filter is 30 MHz with a center frequency of 925 MHz, 1.15-dB insertion loss, 0.8-dB ripple, and 14.7-dB return loss at the center frequency. The resonant frequency and coupling coefficient stabilities with temperature have been measured at 28.38 ppm/°C and 3.5×10^-4/°C, respectively. The 3-dB bandwidth is measured as 32 MHz and a sharp cutoff is observed at -16.5 dB with a bandwidth of 37 MHz for narrow scale and -65 dB with a bandwidth of 84 MHz for wide scale. The fabrication technique developed using a zinc-cast inner conductor and extruded aluminum outer conductor has better reproducibility than the conventional machining technique and is highly cost effective     

Multilayer Low Pass Filter Using LTCC Technology

The implementation and characteristics of a compact lumpedelement threeorder low pass filter are presented in this paper. The filter with 120 MHz cut off frequency, as well as more than 20 dB of the attenuation above 360 MHz frequency band is successfully manufactured in an LTCC substrate with 40 pm layer thickness.The overall size of the filter is 2.0 mm×l.2 mm×0.9 mm. A good coincidence between the measured results and the fullwave electromagnetic designed responses is observed.     

高频宽带晶体滤波器的研制

在目前获得高频钽酸锂晶体谐振器较难的情况下,该文以石英晶体为材料,通过化学腐蚀法,将谐振器的基波频率从45 MHz提高到63 MHz,并采用在传统差接桥型电路中插入LC调谐回路的电路展宽方式,将石英晶体滤波器的相对带宽从0.3%拓展到1%。基于该法研制出相对带宽约1%的63 MHz晶体滤波器,其带宽大于600 kHz,损耗为4 dB。     

片上自动调谐的可编程有源RC滤波器

研制了一款可编程6阶巴特沃斯有源RC滤波器.为提高滤波器中运算放大器的增益带宽积,设计了一种新型的前馈补偿运算放大器.为消除工艺偏差和环境变化对截止频率的影响,设计了一种片上数字控制频率调谐电路,并采用TSMC 0.18 μm CMOS工艺进行了流片.滤波器采用低通滤波结构,测试结果表明,3 dB截止频率为1～32 MHz,步进1 MHz,带内增益0 dB,带内纹波0.8 dB,2倍带宽处带外抑制不小于24 dBc,5倍带宽处带外抑制不小于68 dBc,滤波器等效输入噪声为340 nV/√Hz@1MHz,调谐误差为±3％.滤波器裸芯片面积0.87 mm×1.05 mm.采用1.8V电源电压,滤波器整体功耗小于20 mW.     

甚高频高性能SAW滤波器

对甚高频（ＵＨＦ）高性能ＳＡＷ滤波器干扰模式采用了一种新的处理方法,即采用梯形ＳＡＷ单元网络与微带组合电路构成ＳＡＷ滤波器,用微带电路对干扰模式进行抑制。设计过程简洁,可采用成熟的ＳＡＷ单元电极和叉指参数进行计算机模拟,且当所设计的滤波器通带频率和带宽变化时,参数调整方便。并成功地用于９１４ＭＨｚ,带宽１７ＭＨｚ滤波器的设计。     

Design and Performance of an Ultra-Narrowband Superconducting Filter at UHF Band

A stepped impedance spiral resonator suitable for high-temperature superconducting (HTS) filter with bandwidth narrower than 0.5% is presented. An eight-pole demonstration HTS filter is developed with a central frequency of 650 MHz and a bandwidth of 0.3%. The measurements show that the insertion loss is less than 0.3 dB, and the return loss is better than 16 dB. The filter has out-of-band rejections of 65 dB at 2 MHz below the passband and 80 dB at 2 MHz above the passband, respectively.     

A 4th-order reconfigurable analog baseband filter for software-defined radio applications

This paper presents a 4th-order reconfigurable analog baseband filter for software-defined radios.The design exploits an active-RC low pass filter（LPF） structure with digital assistant,which is flexible for tunability of filter characteristics,such as cut-off frequency,selectivity,type,noise,gain and power.A novel reconfigurable operational amplifier is proposed to realize the optimization of noise and scalability of power dissipation.The chip was fabricated in an SMIC 0.13μm CMOS process.The main filter and frequency calibration circuit occupy 1.8×0.8 mm² and 0.48×0.25 mm² areas,respectively.The measurement results indicate that the filter provides Butterworth and Chebyshev responses with a wide frequency tuning range from 280 kHz to 15 MHz and a gain range from 0 to 18 dB.An IIP3 of 29 dBm is achieved under a 1.2 V power supply.The input inferred noise density varies from 41 to 133 nV/（Hz）^1/2 according to a given standard,and the power consumptions are 5.46 mW for low band（from 280 kHz to 3 MHz） and 8.74 mW for high band（from 3 to 15 MHz） mode.     

数控可选通微带滤波器组的设计与仿真

设计了宽频带数控可选通微带滤波器组,采用微波开关实现滤波器组的单个选通。分析了电容加载谐振器的谐波特性,每个带通滤波器被设计成梳状线结构,并用先进的设计系统（ADS）优化其结构参数。数控滤波器组由两片带译码器的微波开关芯片和4个微带滤波器构成。仿真结果表明,三位二进制编码控制每个滤波器的通断,可实现500~2 000 MHz频段滤波器的选通。     

Variable Bandpass Filters Using Varactor Diodes

A rectangular waveguide type variable bandpass filter for the 4-GHz bandpass has been proposed and tested. The bandpass width varies from 260 MHz to 1.02 GHz for a filter using varactor diodes. Two microstrip variable bandpass filters for the 6-GHz and 4-GHz bands are also proposed and tested. The passband width varies from 310 MHz to1.24 GHz for a varactor-diode coupled filter, and it varies from 380 MHz to 2.18 GHz for a filter which is composed of low-pass and high pass filters connected in cascade. The center frequency of the three filters can be changed arbitrarily.     

一种用于无线接收机的噪声整形可重构复数带通/低通滤波器的设计

A reconfigurable complex band-pass （CBP）/low-pass （LP） active-RC filter with a noise-shaping technique for wireless receivers is presented. Its bandwidth is reconfigurable among 500 kHz, 1 MHz and 4 MHz in LP mode and 1 MHz, 2 MHz and 8 MHz in CBP mode with 3 MHz center frequency. The Op-Amps used in the filter are realized in cell arrays in order to obtain scalable power consumption among the different operation modes. Furthermore, the filter can be configured into the 1st order, 2nd order or 3rd order mode, thus achieving a flexible filtering property. The noise-shaping technique is introduced to suppress the flicker noise contribution. The filter has been implemented in 180 nm CMOS and consumes less than 3 mA in the 3rd 8 MHz-bandwidth CBP mode. The spot noise at 100 Hz can be reduced by 14.4 dB at most with the introduced noise-shaping technique.     

750 MHz microstrip bandpass filter on barium tetratitanate substrate

A bandpass filter with a centre frequency of 750 MHz and a bandwidth of 52 MHz is described. The filter consists of 5 parallel-coupled microstrip sections realised on a barium tetratitanate substrate (?r = 37). A flat passband and high-attenuation stopbands are obtained. The measured response agrees with theoretical predictions.     

Rayleigh-wave frequency discriminator

A frequency discriminator using two Rayleigh-wave filters and two rectifying networks is described. For each filter, one of the transducers has a finger length varying according to a (sin x/x)2 law, so that the frequency response is almost triangular. The central frequencies of the two filters are different. The direct voltages, obtained after rectifying diodes are connected at the output of each filter, are subtracted. The frequency-discriminator response is almost linear over a 1.4 MHz frequency interval and is zero at 29.75 MHz.