Electrically triggered dual-band tunable terahertz metamaterial band-pass filter based on Si_3N_4–VO_2–Si_3N_4 sandwich

We experimentally demonstrate an electrically triggered terahertz(THz) dual-band tunable band-pass filter based on Si_3 N_4–VO_2–Si_3 N_4 sandwich-structured hybrid metamaterials. The insulator–metal phase transition of VO_2 film is induced by the Joule thermal effect of the top metal layer. The finite-integration-time-domain(FITD) method and finite element method(FEM) are used for numerical simulations. The sample is fabricated using a surface micromachining process,and characterized by a THz time-domain-spectrometer(TDS). When the bias current is 0.225 A, the intensity modulation depths at two central frequencies of 0.56 THz and 0.91 THz are about 81.7% and 81.3%, respectively. This novel design can achieve dynamically electric–thermo–optic modulation in the THz region, and has potential applications in the fields of THz communications, imaging, sensing, and astronomy exploration.

Solar-blind ultraviolet band-pass filter based on metal–dielectric multilayer structures

Solar-blind ultraviolet （UV） band-pass filter has significant value in many scientific, commercial, and military appli- cations, in which the detection of weak UV signal against a strong background of solar radiation is required. In this work, a solar-blind filter is designed based on the concept of ＂transparent metal＂. The filter consisting of Al/SiO2 multilayers could exhibit a high transmission in the solar-blind wavelength region and a wide stopband extending from near-ultraviolet to infrared wavelength range. The central wavelength, bandwidth, Q factor, and rejection ratio of the passband are numerically studied as a function of individual layer thickness and multilayer period.

PHASE CORRECTION AND BAND-PASS FILTERS IN CT IMAGING

This paper reports the use of the fast Fourier transform (FFT) in the direct Fourier transform method (DFM) in Computerized Tomography (CT) reconstruction. Phase corrections are needed in the CT reconstruction. In order to eliminate the image distortion from the basic DFM, Padding and band-pass filters are used in the improved DFM. Finally, some reconstructions from simulated projections and several experimental results are given.

Tunable graphene-based mid-infrared band-pass planar filter and its application

We have designed and proposed the edge modes supported by graphene ribbons and the planar band-pass filter consist- ing of graphene ribbons coupled to a graphene ring resonator by using the finite-difference time-domain numerical method. Simulation results show that the edge modes improve the electromagnetic coupling between devices. This structure works as a novel, tunable mid-infrared band-pass filter. Our studies will benefit the fabrication of planar, ultra-compact nano-scale devices in the mid-infrared region. A power splitter consisting of two output ribbons that is useful in photonic integrated devices and circuits is also designed and simulated. These devices are useful for designing ultra-compact planar devices in photonic integrated circuits.

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 =90o and =0o,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(cal-culated 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.

Electromagnetic Band Gap Loaded Square Waveguide Band-Pass Filter for Dual-Polarized Application

An Electromagnetic Band Gap (EBG) loaded square waveguide Band-Pass Filter (BPF) is proposed in this paper. It’s simply composed by symmetrically loading periodical metal diaphragms on each wall of a square waveguide. The influences of insert sizes and loading periods on the overall BPF performances are analyzed. Experimental results agree well with those predicted. 6 GHz pass-band with insert loss less than 1 dB, 2.5 GHz stop-band and larger than 25 dB polarization isolation can be obtained. The BPF can be applied in dual-polarized waveguide-based antenna-feed systems.

有源电力滤波器LCR型输出滤波器参数优化设计

为了滤除高频开关产生的谐波电流,提出用二阶LCR型滤波器滤除纹波电流。建立了二阶LCR型滤波器的数学优化模型。通过MATLAB仿真,分析了参数变化时的滤波性能及适用范围的特点,并用混合遗传算法对其优化设计,研究了逆变侧电感变化时有源电力滤波器输出电流和逆变侧电压的bode图,并确定出逆变侧的电感值。针对80 kV.A有源电力滤波器样机进行了实验研究,MATLAB仿真和实验结果表明,所提优化算法具有较快的收敛速度,优化结果更靠近全局最优;优化后LCR型输出滤波器在开关谐波高频段的滤波性能显著增加,有效地抑制了开关谐波。

时域数据转换为频域数据的LCR方法

实际的工业系统中,时域数据较容易得到,但获取系统的频率特性往往比较麻烦。将阶跃输入信号及其输出响应经LCR带通滤波器后,利用LCR滤波器产生的对应数据获取了模型的频域特性,并与理论结果对比,误差较小,从而证明了此方法的有效性。在此基础上,检验了其抗干扰能力,效果较佳。此外,将LCR方法应用到火电厂热工过程的模型辨识中,辨识模型与实际采样数据拟合效果较好,从而间接证明了该方法的可行性。因此,该方法可作为频域分析、辨识等的有效方法。

0.22 THz Waveguide Bandpass Filter with High Stop-Band Suppression

A terahertz（THz） waveguide band-pass filter using an iris inductive window coupled structure was designed and fabricated.The filter was designed at0.22 THz with a pass band of 20 GHz.The measured results show that the center frequency is 0.218 THz with a pass band of 0.205 THz to 0.231 THz,the minimum insertion loss is 1.26 d B at 0.224 THz,and the return loss is less than 13.1 d B.The stop-band suppression is65.6 d B at 0.193 THz and 51.8 d B at 0.243 THz,respectively,which means a good performance of high stop-band suppression.A good agreement exists between the measured S-parameters and the simulated ones,especially in the upper band.The proposed THz waveguide filter has potential applications in THz communications.

A Compact Size 5G Hairpin Bandpass Filter with Multilayer Coupled Line

The multilayer structure is a promising technique used to minimize the size of planar microstrip filters.In the flexible design and incorporation of other microwave components,multilayer band-pass filter results in better and enhanced dimensions.This paper introduces a microstrip fifth-generation(5G)low-frequency band of 2.52–2.65 GHz using a parallel-coupled line(PCL)Bandpass filter and multilayer(ML)hairpin Bandpass filter.The targeted four-pole resonator has a center frequency of 2.585 GHz with a bandwidth of 130 MHz.The filters are designed with a 0.1 dB passband ripple with a Chebyshev response.The hairpin-line offers compact filter design structures.Theoretically,they can be obtained by bending half-wavelength resonator resonators with parallel couplings into a“U”shape.The proposed configuration of the parllel-coupled line resonator is used to design the ML band-pass filter.The FR4 substrate with a dielectric constant(Er)of 4.3 and 1.6 mm thickness was used.A comparative analysis between the simulated insertion loss and the reflection cofficient of substrates RO3003 and FR4 was performed to validate the eficiency of the proposed filter design.Simulation of PCL filter is accom-plished using computer simulation technology(CST)and an advanced design system(ADS)software.The PCL Bandpass filter was experimentally validated and a total tally between simulation results and measured results were achieved demonstrating a well-measured reflection coefficient.The simulated results obtained by the hairpin ML bandpass filter show that the circuit performs well in terms of Scattering(S)parameters and the filter size is significantly reduced.

混合有源滤波系统中输出滤波器电感变化对系统性能的影响分析

从电压传递函数增益的频率响应的角度 ,分析了 LC输出滤波器对混合有源滤波系统 H APF的影响 ,说明 LC输出滤波器串联电感减小使得电网电流低频谐波减小是由于增大了抵消负载特征谐波的低频注入电流 ,而电网电流中高频谐波分量的增加是由于个别频率附近的谐波被输出滤波器过度放大而造成的。并且提出采用 LCR输出滤波器来减小电压传递函数增益的峰值 ,从而在串联电感较小时能够同时减小电网电流中高频毛刺的含量。通过实验结果的比较 ,说明 L CR输出滤波器比

一种阶跃函数在矩形时间窗口频域特性的分析方法

傅里叶变换算法受时间窗口因素的影响,容易引起频谱泄漏问题,使非周期信号的频域分析结果出现误差。运用一种算法较为简单的LCR点频滤波器方法分析了影响非周期信号频域分析特性的矩形时间窗口因素,得出了阶跃信号在矩形时间窗口截断时仅对较窄的低频信号分析结果产生影响的结论。且随时间窗口的长度的增加,受影响的信号越少。利用所提分析方法对某惯性环节的幅频特性进行了仿真分析,与理论幅频特性的分析结果非常接近。所提方法还成功辨识出了某锅炉二级过热汽温控制对象的频域特性。

高磁场磁共振超导磁体电源的拓扑设计与分析

针对高磁场磁共振大孔径人体成像系统中超导磁体电源在励磁时向磁体充能、退磁时把能量"逆变"回电网的设计要求,比较了两种能量回馈型的拓扑结构。通过Matlab仿真分析,验证了拟采用的拓扑结构的合理性。

Cutaneous sensory nerve as a substitute for auditory nerve in solving deaf-mutes' hearing problem: an innovation in multi-channel-array skin-hearing technology

The current use of hearing aids and artificial cochleas for deaf-mute individuals depends on their auditory nerve. Skin-hearing technology, a patented system developed by our group, uses a cutaneous sensory nerve to substitute for the auditory nerve to help deaf-mutes to hear sound. This paper introduces a new solution, multi-channel-array skin-hearing technology, to solve the problem of speech discrimination. Based on the filtering principle of hair cells, external voice sig- nals at different frequencies are converted to current signals at corresponding frequencies using electronic multi-channel bandpass filtering technology. Different positions on the skin can be stimulated by the electrode array, allowing the perception and discrimination of external speech signals to be determined by the skin response to the current signals. Through voice frequen- cy analysis, the frequency range of the band-pass filter can also be determined. These findings demonstrate that the sensory nerves in the skin can help to transfer the voice signal and to dis- tinguish the speech signal, suggesting that the skin sensory nerves are good candidates for the replacement of the auditory nerve in addressing deaf-mutes＇ hearing problems. Scientific hearing experiments can be more safely performed on the skin. Compared with the artificial cochlea, multi-channel-array skin-hearing aids have lower operation risk in use, are cheaper and are more easily popularized.

FAST IMPLEMENTATION OF ORTHOGONAL EMPIRICAL MODE DECOMPOSITION AND ITS APPLIGA-TION INTO HARMONIC DETECTION

Since the empirical mode decomposition （EMD） lacks strict orthogonality, the method of orthogonal empirical mode decomposition （OEMD） is innovationally proposed. The primary thought of this method is to obtain the intrinsic mode function （IMF） and the residual function by auto-adaptive band-pass filtering. OEMD is proved to preserve strict orthogonality and completeness theoretically, and the orthogonal basis function of OEMD is generated, then an algorithm to implement OEMD fast, IMF binary searching algorithm is built based on the point that the analytical band-pass filtering preserves perfect band-pass feature in the frequency domain. The application into harmonic detection shows that OEMD successfully conquers mode aliasing, avoids the occurrence of false mode, and is featured by fast computing speed. Furthermore, it can achieve harmonic detection accurately combined with the least square method.

Detection of the spatiotemporal field of a single-shot terahertz pulse based on spectral holography

According to electro-optical sampling theory, we propose a new method to detect the spatiotemporal field of a single- shot terahertz pulse by spectral holography for the first time. The single-shot terahertz pulse is coupled into a broadened chirped femtosecond pulse according to electro-optical sampling theory in the detecting system. Then the reference wave and the signal wave are split by Dammann grating and spread into the interference band-pass filter. The filtered sub-waves are at different central-frequencies because of the different incident angles. These sub-waves at different central-frequencies interfere to form sub-holograms, which are recorded in a single frame of a charge coupled device （CCD）. The sub-holograms are numerically processed, and the spatiotemporal field distribution of the original terahertz pulse is reconstructed. The computer simulations verify the feasibility of the proposed method.

Improved Rotor Flux Observer for Sensorless Control of PMSM with Adaptive Harmonic Elimination and Phase Compensation

In this paper,a sensorless control strategy of a permanent magnet synchronous machine(PMSM)based on an improved rotor flux observer(IFO)is proposed.Due to the unknown integral initial value and the high harmonics caused by current sampling and inverter nonlinearities,the flux linkage estimated by traditional rotor flux observer may be inaccurate.In order to address these issues,a self-adaptive band-pass filter(SABPF)is designed to eliminate the DC component and high-frequency harmonics of the estimated equivalent rotor flux linkage.Furthermore,in order to avoid that the design of PI parameter is influenced by the amplitude of equivalent rotor flux linkage,an improved phase-locked loop(IPLL)is employed to obtain the rotor speed and to normalize the estimated equivalent rotor flux linkage.In addition,angle shift caused by an SABPF is compensated to improve the accuracy of the estimated flux linkage angle.Besides,the parameter robustness of this method is analyzed in detail.Finally,simulation and experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness and parameter robustness of the proposed method.

A tunable passive mixer for SAW-less front-end with reconfigurable voltage conversion gain and intermediate frequency bandwidth

An adjustable mixer for surface acoustic wave( SAW)-less radio frequency( RF) front-end is presented in this paper. Through changing the bias voltage,the presented mixer with reconfigurable voltage conversion gain( VCG) is suitable for multi-mode multi-standard( MMMS) applications. An equivalent local oscillator( LO) frequency-tunable high-Q band-pass filter( BPF) at low noise amplifier( LNA) output is used to reject the out-of-band interference signals. Base-band( BB) capacitor of the mixer is variable to obtain 15 kinds of intermediate frequency( IF) bandwidth( BW). The proposed passive mixer with LNA is implemented in TSMC 0. 18μm RF CMOS process and operates from 0. 5 to 2. 5 GHz with measured maximum out-of-band rejection larger than 40 d B. The measured VCG of the front-end can be changed from 5 to 17 d B; the maximum input intercept point( IIP3) is0 d Bm and the minimum noise figure( NF) is 3. 7 d B. The chip occupies an area of 0. 44 mm^2 including pads.

Passive optimization of pump noise transfer function by narrow band-pass filtering in femtosecond fiber lasers

Fluctuation of pump power is one of the major sources of temporal and intensity noise in femtosecond fiber lasers.In this work,the transfer functions between the relative intensity noise(RIN)of the pump laser diode(LD)and the output RIN,between the RIN of the pump LD and timing jitter of femtosecond fiber lasers are systematically studied.It is demonstrated,for the first time to our knowledge,that the amplitude of the pump RIN transfer function can be effectively decreased by an intra-cavity narrow band-pass filter.In particular,for normal-dispersion lasers,the 3-d B bandwidth of the transfer function can also be narrowed by two-thirds,with a steeper falling edge.Furthermore,with the narrow band-pass filtering,the transfer function is almost independent of the net intra-cavity dispersion due to amplifier similariton formation.The proposed scheme can effectively isolate the pump-induced noise without the need of complex active pump LD control and intra-cavity dispersion management,thus providing an easy way for practical high-power,high-stability femtosecond fiber laser design and related high-precision applications outside the laboratory.

A Microwave Ceramic Band-Pass Filter for Mobile Communications with New Coupling Structure

A surface mounted device （SMD） microwave ceramic band-pass filter for mobile communication with a new coupling structure is reported in this paper. In this filter, the external and internal coupling structures are fabricated on an alumina substrate and both resonators and coupling structures are placed into a metal house to cut off its radiation. The relationship between the coupling structures and the performance of the filter is analyzed by high frequency structure software （HFSS） and the filter with a center frequency of 836.5 MHz, bandwidth of 40.0 MHz, pass-band ripple of 0.1 dB and insertion loss of 1.5 dB has been successfully designed and fabricated. The measured results show a good agreement with the simulation results.