Microstrip Lowpass Filter with Very SharpTransition Band Using T‐Shaped,Patch, and Stepped Impedance Resonators

A compact microstrip lowpass filter (LPF) with an elliptic function response is proposed. A high equivalent capacitance and inductance between the structures of the resonator result in the sharp transition band of 0.04 GHz from 4 GHz to 4.04 GHz with an attenuation level of ?3 dB and ?20 dB, respectively. To improve the LPF rejection band, multiple open stubs are connected to the proposed resonator. A filter with a 3‐dB cut‐off frequency at 4 GHz is designed, fabricated, and measured, and agreement between the measured and simulated results is achieved. The results show that a stopband bandwidth of 131% with a suppression level better than ?20 dB is obtained while achieving a compact size with a wide stopband.     

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.     

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。     

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.

     

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。     

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.     

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。     

Small Ultra-Wideband (UWB) Bandpass Filter With Notched Band

A compact ultra-wideband (UWB) bandpass filter (BPF) with notched band has been proposed and implemented in this letter. H-shaped slot is studied and adopted to tighten the coupling of inter-digital capacitor in order to improve the BPF's performance. Three pairs of tapered defected ground structures (DGS) are formed to assign their transmission zeros towards the out of band signal, thereby suppressing the spurious passband. Combining these two structures we obtain a small sized UWB BPF. Meander line slot is developed to reject the undesired wireless local-area network (WLAN) radio signals. An experimental UWB filter with notched band was fabricated with 35% less length as compared to an embedded open-circuited stub. The measured BPF insertion loss is less than 1.0 dB throughout the pass band of 2.8 to 10.8 GHz, the variation of group delay less than 0.20 ns in this band except for the notched band, and a wide stopband bandwidth with 20 dB attenuation up to at least 20.0 GHz.     

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.     

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 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.     

一种S波段小型宽带微带带通滤波器优化设计

基于并联短截线谐振器与联接线变换器构成的传统微带带通滤波结构,提出了一种工作在S波段的改进型宽带带通滤波器。以三阶结构为例,通过将两侧并联短截线进行弯折,形成耦合线结构;将中间并联短截线进行拆分,变为并联的短路线和开路线,实现了在通带性能基本不变的前提下,获得阻带可调控的传输零点,进而提高过渡带陡峭度。为了进一步抑制阻带,在滤波器两侧级联扇形微带低通滤波结构,改善阻带性能。利用ADS和HFSS仿真软件对滤波器结构进行仿真优化设计,并最终进行了实物加工和测试。实测结果表明,通带内2~4 GHz插入损耗小于0.7 dB,回波损耗大于17 dB,通带外4.6~6.5 GHz 阻带抑制达到20 dB 以上。     

The LPF with improved stopband response designed for wideband microwave detectors

To achieve an improved stopband response including expanded stopband width, increased rejection level, and a smooth S₁₁ phase response, a lowpass filter (LPF) is proposed based on the suspended microstrip line with naturally high characteristic impedance and the radial stub with intrinsic transmission zero. The usually unmentioned phase response, are critical to obtaining a wide and flat operating band for the microwave detector, since a smooth phase response exerts small load effects to the diode. As a demonstration, a detector employing the LPF is fabricated and measured. The measured results show that a wide operating band from 1.8 to 13.5 GHz with flat detection outputs of ripple less than 1 dB is obtained for the detector, which coincides with the smooth-phase range of the LPF.     

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.      

A microstrip wideband bandpass filter based on λ/2 stub with spurious passband suppression scheme

In the design of bandpass filters, the use of λ/2 stubs of shunt configuration had been mostly unacceptable due to their effect of narrow stopband bandwidths in the ensuing filters. The design of bandpass filter presented in this article introduces 360° series transmission line segments to increase the stopband bandwidths to an acceptable level without affecting the wide passband. This designed filter has low insertion loss of less than –1.98 dB and a fractional bandwidth of 50% at 6 GHz mid-band frequency. A sharp rejection in the stopband is observed. To further widen the bandwidth of stopbands, a series capacitor and a shunt stub are used. The transmission line model of the filter is in good agreement with measured results. The filter is planar and is fabricated on FR-4 substrate which makes it cost-effective and easy to fabricate.     

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。     

A novel cross-shape DGS applied to design ultra-wide stopband low-pass filters

This letter presents a novel low-pass filter with an ultra-wide stopband. The proposed filter is comprised of a new cross-shape defected ground structure (CSDGS). By using this structure, the filter not only supports conventional DGS performances with a sharp rejection, but also exhibits an ultra-wide stopband. For the deigned low-pass filter, an insertion loss of less than 2dB from dc to 3.5GHz and the rejection is better than 20dB from 4.3 to 15.8GHz. Predicted performances show widened and deepened stopband beyond the low passband. Furthermore, it is confirmed by measurement.     

A Wideband and High Rejection Multimode Bandpass Filter Using Stub Perturbation

A novel multimode bandpass filter with high and wide rejection band is proposed by using an open stub. The open-stub has two functions in the filter: (1) perturbation for the multimode operation and (2) zero point generation at the stopband for the stopband control. With proper input/output coupling, additional two poles, i.e., four poles, can be generated for the proposed filter structure. The design is then verified by experiment. The single structure four-mode filter has low insertion loss, good stopband performance, and compact size and linear phase.     

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.     

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.