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.     

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.     

Wide stopband lowpass filter with a novel U-shaped ground aperture

In this article, a novel U-shaped ground aperture (UGA) is proposed to have both wide bandgap characteristic and good slow wave factor. Based on this, we report on the design, simulation, and fabrication of a compact wide stopband lowpass filter (LPF) using two novel UGAs. The LPF's effective size is 1.3?cm² and its relative stopband reaches above 143% (?20?dB). No open stubs, high impedance lines, or tee-/cross-junction are required, which makes the proposed LPF size small, and suitable for high power application. An excellent agreement is achieved to verify the designed circuit.     

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 sharp roll-off and wide stop-band

A microstrip lowpass filter with enhanced performance is developed. The studied filter is based on a novel patch resonator that features strong slow-wave effects, and can also implement either an improved roll-off or an enhanced stop-band. A demonstrator filter with 3 dB cutoff frequency fc ? 2.4 GHz is optimally designed, fabricated and measured. Results indicate that a roll-off of 92.5 dB/GHz together with a relative stop-band bandwidth of 135.5% (referred to a 30 dB suppression) is obtained while achieving a highest figure-of-merit of 10106. Both simulations and measurements are presented and compared.     

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.

     

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。     

Compact and wide stopband lowpass filter with novel comb CMRC

A novel comb compact microstrip resonant cell, entitled CCMRC, is firstly proposed. The compact configuration presents ultra wide stopband and attractive slow-wave characteristics. A lowpass filter, consisting of three CCMRCs connected in series, is designed and fabricated. The filter has the merits of low insertion loss in the passband, sharp, deep and wide rejection in the stopband and compact size. Good agreement between experimental and simulated results is achieved.     

A novel compact dual-wideband BPF with multiple transmission zeros and super wide upper stopband

In this article, a novel miniaturised dual-wideband bandpass filter (DWB-BPF) based on two different resonators including a quasi-spiral loaded multiple-mode resonator (QSL-MMR) and L-shaped transmission line (LS-TL) is presented. At the first step, in order to design a single wideband BPF filter with controllable transmission zeros near the centre frequency, the open circuit impedance parameter of quasi-spiral loaded resonator Z₂₁ is determined in terms of ABCD matrix. Then an equivalent circuit model of the proposed structure is derived and the impedance characteristic and electrical length of LS-TLs to achieve a DWB-BPF with excellent selectivity are calculated through even- and odd-mode analysis. The proposed filter possesses both compact and simple structure as well as two wide passbands with fractional bandwidth (FBW) of 70% and 22.8% for its first and second passbands, respectively. The proposed technique creates two transmission zeros at the lower and upper stopbands of each passband resulting in a very sharp roll-off accompanied by a wide stopband. Notably, the circuit size is reduced and the bandwidth is enhanced in comparison with its conventional counterparts. The theoretical performance of the filter is verified by the experimental one where a good agreement is reported between them.     

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.     

一种具有传输零点的Hairpin带通滤波器设计

本文通过在微带（hairpin）滤波器的谐振器上并联微带开路线，构成了一种新的hairpin带通滤波器。该滤波器在通带附近有一对传输零点，具有良好的频率响应以及频率选择特性。由于这种类型的微带滤波器实现传输零点不需要通过滤波器非相邻谐振器间的交叉耦合来获得，因此，设计过程非常简单。     

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.     

低温共烧陶瓷(LTCC)四级低通滤波器设计

提出了一个结构紧凑,具有两个传输零点和优良频响特性的四级LTCC低通滤波器,并用场路结合的方法完成其设计。在经典切比雪夫四级低通滤波器的并联电容支路中增加一个电感,并进一步在1、3级串连电感支路之间引入交叉耦合,成功地在滤波器的通带附近产生了两个传输零点,形成了陡峭的衰减曲线。传输零点的位置可以通过改变谐振支路的L、C值或控制1、3级串连电感的间距来灵活移动,实现了通常需要五级椭圆函数低通滤波器才能达到的频响特性。提出的电路结构减少了电路元件的个数和复杂性,降低了滤波器的插入损耗。在分析集总参数等效电路的基础上,最后用电磁场仿真软件完成了整个电路的设计和频响分析。     

Calibration of optimized minimum inductor bandpass filter with controllable bandwidth and stopband rejection

A calibration methodology for the optimized minimum inductor (OMI) bandpass filter (BPF) to compensate passive components' inherent loss, such as resistances and reactances, is presented. OMI BPF prevails conventional elliptic and Chebyshev BPFs by introducing fewer inductors for the same stopband rejection requirement. Given design specifications (bandwidth, stopband rejection) at a specific center frequency, the calibration flow optimizes the approach to offset the inaccuracy of center frequency, bandwidth, and stopband rejection due to the discrepancy between the actual and ideal prototype passive components. Two OMI BPF designs before and after calibration are presented for demonstration and comparison. They are 1) a 3rd order centered at 2.388 GHz, 35.54% fractional bandwidth (FBW), 29.97 dB stopband rejection, and 2) a 7th order centered at 2.333 GHz, 17.40% FBW, 62.29 dB stopband rejection.     

Compact and selective lowpass filter with very wide stopband using tapered compact microstrip resonant cells

A novel microstrip lowpass filter is proposed. It consists of a simple tapered structure using periodical compact microstrip resonant cells. Owing to the introduction of the tapered structure, the proposed lowpass filter has successfully addressed simultaneously the problems of compactness, matching, selectivity, insertion loss and the suppression of spurious frequency bands. A demonstration filter has been designed, fabricated and tested to show the validity of the proposed structure.     

A microstrip folded compact wideband band-pass filter with wide upper stopband

A miniaturized wideband band-pass filter with a 3-dB fractional bandwidth of 109.3% (1.53 GHz to 5.22 GHz), high out-of-band attenuation greater than 25 dB, and wide upper stopband up to 14 GHz is proposed. The design consists of a dual-composite right/left handed resonator, embedded open-circuited stub, and a pair of quarter-wavelength short-circuited stubs. These elements are coupled in the near distance to form a miniature filter with a compact occupied area of 0.21 λ _g × 0.19 λ _g (≈ 0.013 cm²). The optimized filter has multi-transmission poles in the passband, substantially improving the return loss and insertion loss characteristics. The behavior of the passband and stopband is verified against the results of a lumped element model and matrix analysis with a full-wave moment-based analysis and actual measurements. The results of this verification and a comparison with the performance of filters in other references indicate that the proposed filter is very efficient and applicable to compact microwave systems.     

Compact microstrip low pass filter with flat group-delay using triangle-shaped resonators

In this paper, a compact microstrip lowpass filter (LPF) using triangle-shaped resonators is presented. The designed LPF includes three symmetric triangle-shaped resonators to provide a suitable passband and sharp response. A suppressing unit composed of several suppressing cells is designed to obtain a wide rejection band and low insertion loss in the passband. The fabricated LPF has been measured and indicts that it has −3 dB cut off frequency at 5.15 GHz. The rejection band has been expended from 5.51 GHz to 43.2 GHz with maximally flat return loss in this region nearby to 0 dB. Also, simulation and experimental results show that the proposed filter has a very flat group delay in the passband, which is the minimum value in comparison with the published works since 2017.     

基于平衡技术的微带低通滤波器版图优化设计

微带线结构的不连续性,使反射损耗和插入损耗较大,影响滤波器性能。利用平衡法提升滤波器并联分支中较低的特性阻抗,达到降低微带线宽度的目的,从而均衡整个滤波器的宽度,使版图仿真优化。以一个5阶切比雪夫微带低通滤波器设计为例,仿真结果表明,滤波器通带内反射损耗从-9.566dB降低到-15.837dB,插入损耗从0.679dB降低到0.322dB,与直接采用Richards变换和Kuroda规则设计微带低通滤波器相比,该方法能缩短滤波器设计周期,获得满意的滤波器性能。