Development of Compact Ultra-Wideband (UWB) Microstrip Bandpass Filter

Miniaturized Ultra-Wideband (UWB) microstrip bandpass filter with wide passband is presented. The filter is developed based on modified multiple mode resonator, which is formed by transversely attaching three pairs of non-uniform and folded stubs with lowpass and highpass sections. Both sides of high-impedance section are linked with two feed lines via direct coupled lines, resulting UWB bandpass filter. The designed filter provides 7 GHz passband between 2.5 and 9.5 GHz with approximately, –0.5 dB insertion loss, –35 dB minimum return loss at 6.85 GHz, linear phase over the passband and 110% of fractional bandwidth at –3 dB. The computed group delay variation in the passband for the filter is 0.02 ns. The overall dimension of the filter is 10.7 mm (length) × 3 mm (width) × 1.6 mm (thickness).

Compact wide stopband superconducting bandpass filter using modified spiral resonators with interdigital structure

In this study, we propose a novel resonator that is composed of a modified spiral with an embedded interdigital capacitor. A large ratio of the first spurious frequency to the fundamental resonant frequency is obtained, which is suitable for the design of filters with wide stopbands, and the circuit size is considerably reduced by embedding the interdigital structure in the spiral. For demonstration, a compact four-pole high temperature superconducting（HTS） filter with a center frequency of 568 MHz is designed and fabricated on double-sided YBCO film with a size of 11.4 mm×8.0 mm. The filter measurement shows excellent performance with an out-of-band rejection level better than 60.9 dB up to 3863 MHz.

A BALUN-BANDPASS FILTER WITH GOOD IN-BAND PERFORMANCE AND WIDE STOPBAND

A high performance Balun BandPass Filter (BPF) with capacitively loaded multiple coupled lines with very simple structure is proposed in this paper, this structure realizes simultaneous size reduction and superior harmonic response suppression performance in bandpass filtering meanwhile good differential performance of the Balun. The theory of this structure for unbalanced input into balanced output has been studied in this paper and a proper Balun and BPF characteristic by the symmetric feeding and skew symmetric feeding have been obtained to prove the theory. The enter frequency of the fabricated Balun-BPF is operated at 2.45 GHz with 6.93% Fractional Band Width (FBW), and this frequency is used for Bluetooth and some other communication systems. The differences between the two outputs are 180°± 1.92° in phase and within 0.33 dB in magnitude. At f0, the amplitude imbalance and phase difference are within 0.25 dB and 180.86°, respectively. The measured frequency responses agree well with the simulated ones. With the theoretical analyses and practical results, it is shown that the proposed one has the advantages of simple structure, convenient analysis and good performance of both BPF and Balun.

COMPACT BANDPASS FILTER WITH HIGH SELECTIVITY AND WIDE STOPBAND USING SLOTTED STEPPED-IMPEDANCE RESONATOR

In this paper,a Slotted Stepped-Impedance Resonator (SSIR) is proposed.Due to the slots in the low-impedance section of the conventional SIR,the new resonator has a lower fundamental resonance f0 and can provide a potential finite transmission zero fz close to f0.Based on the proposed SSIR,a fourth-order Chebychev BandPass Filter (BPF) is designed at f0=1 GHz.The measured results show that a better than-65 dB rejection is achieved on both the lower and the upper stopband.Moreover,the new filter has a wide-30 dB rejection upper stopband from 1.13f0 to 6.52f0.The fabricated filter exhibits a size of The new filter has a planar topology and is easily integrated with modern portable communication systems.

A Novel Compact Microstrip Elliptical Patch Resonator Filter with Tunable Bandwidth

A novel elliptical patch resonator for a compact bandpass filter with tunable bandwidth is presented. This bandpass filter has the advantage of great flexibility in which the center frequency can be changed easily. The bandwidth of this filter can be modified by simply changing one variable, and this makes the proposed design unique. The order of the elliptical patch resonator can be increased, and three types of different orders of the same design are compared. The proposed filter can be used for future compact advanced wireless communication systems.

Development of Hexagonal MMR Based UWB Bandpass Filter with 5 GHz Notch Band

This paper presents an experimental verification of ultra-wideband bandpass filter (BPF) for UWB applications and notch filter in order to suppress 5 GHz narrowband service when it coexists with UWB radio system. The BPF consists of a hexagonal shaped multiple mode resonator (MMR) with interdigital coupling at both sides. Notch filter is derived from BPF by introducing four embedded open stubs near by the MMR. The developed BPF has insertion loss of –2 dB and the minimum return loss about –35 dB, while for the notch filter they are –3 dB and –40 dB respectively. The group delay obtained for bandpass filter is below 0.2 ns and for notch filter, it is about 0.3 ns. With the above structural features the overall dimensions of the filter is 38 mm (length) × 3.2 mm (breadth) × 1.6 mm (height) and the percentage fractional bandwidth (FBW) of the proposed filter is about 120.48%.

小型化低剖面全向滤波天线设计

设计了一个小型化全向微带滤波天线。天线由带通滤波器和微带天线组成,二者共用一个地平面以减小尺寸且采用缝隙耦合方式连接,带通滤波器蚀刻在微带贴片天线的馈线位置处,引入选频滤波功能,在输入馈线前端添加一个横向矩形贴片使整个系统达到良好的阻抗匹配。与传统的微带天线相比,所设计的滤波天线在不改变尺寸大小的基础上引入了选频滤波功能,在通带边缘体现出较高的选择性。仿真与测试结果表明,该滤波天线的阻抗带宽为2.31 GHz~2.56 GHz,且通带内增益平缓,平均增益约为2.1 dBi,在工作频段内呈全向辐射特性。

一种近似芯片级尺寸的小型化微带点频滤波器

射频滤波器作为具备信号筛选功能的射频器件,对现代通信系统而言具有举足轻重的地位。随着通信技术的不断更新迭代,要求射频滤波器具有小型化以及低成本的特点。目前,利用半导体工艺可制作尺寸极小且性能佳的芯片级滤波器,但研发成本普遍过高。文中使用薄膜工艺,通过对滤波器的结构、材料、性能指标进行综合考量,设计了一款适用于点频源、跳频源模块中使用的微带点频滤波器。通过仿真软件HFSS进行建模仿真并对加工工艺进行误差分析,成功得到了一款通带在12 GHz±15 MHz的微带点频滤波器,其尺寸为2.5 mm×3.5 mm×0.127 mm。测试结果表明,性能曲线达到设计指标,成功验证了设计的可行性。

基于悬置微带结构的无反射滤波器

通过悬置微带传输线结构进行了无反射滤波器的研究和设计。首先利用耦合线结构设计了中心频率为3.92 GHz,插入损耗为0.32 dB,在0.1~10 GHz内回波损耗超过11.6 dB,中心频率处超过38 dB的双端口无反射带通滤波器;又利用λ/4开路谐振器和λ/4短路谐振器作为滤波单元,设计了中心频率为4.25 GHz,回波损耗在1.5~6 GHz内超过11 dB,在中心频率处超过40 dB的双端口无反射带阻滤波器。所提出的这两款无反射滤波器具有无反射频带范围宽、工作频带内S_(11)衰减大、多层自封装等突出优点。

一种新型宽带小型化低损耗LTCC滤波器

根据滤波器技术要求,从原理层面将滤波器电路与数学公式相结合。通过广义切比雪夫函数确定了传输零点的频率再通过输入导纳公式确定了产生传输零点的元件取值,进而得到滤波电路。同时,证明了传输零点的添加不会改变通带特性。基于低温共烧多层陶瓷三维封装的工艺特性,对电路进行建模与分析,优化了滤波器电磁特性,最终得到封装尺寸为1206(3.2 mm×1.6 mm)的两款带通滤波器。滤波器30 dB矩形度(BW30dB/BW1dB)在1.75以内。低损耗的滤波器插入损耗在1.2 dB以内。高抑制的滤波器在1.68f0~2.5f0频率范围内,带外抑制在40 dB以上。该滤波器满足了无线通信系统对滤波器小型化、低损耗的要求。

多器件联合L波段强电磁脉冲防护模块仿真设计

目的设计针对L波段射频前端敏感器件的强电磁脉冲防护模块,利用瞬态电压抑制二极管、气体放电管和发夹型微带带通滤波器进行联合仿真设计。方法瞬态电压抑制二极管具有快速响应时间,气体放电管具有高功率容量,而微带带通滤波器可分离噪声信号,并保留有效信号。通过结合这些器件进行防护设计,可以充分发挥各自优势,提高系统稳定性和强电磁脉冲防护能力。结果该模块设计工作频段为1.3~1.7GHz,带内插入损耗小于1.5dB,在70dBm功率注入的情况下,防护效果可以达到42.5dB,具有良好的防护效果。结论通过分析研究不同器件的特性和优化设计,实现了对L波段频谱的防护,具有重要的实用价值和广阔的应用前景。

短路枝节加载微带传输线滤波器设计方法研究

对于微带线滤波器为代表的传输线滤波器设计,给定技术指标,如何快速准确地确定其拓扑结构和结构参数是其中的关键。由于分布参数效应,导致传输线滤波器设计比较困难。针对一种短路枝节加载微带传输线滤波器,深入研究了其物理机制,给出了解析设计方法。首先导出了滤波器的传输矩阵,接着通过cot变换关系对传输矩阵进行变换,最后将其与根据技术指标综合得到的理想传输矩阵进行比对,从而能够快速地确定滤波器的结构参数初始值。为了验证所述设计方法,设计了一个中心频率为3.0 GHz,绝对带宽为2.0 GHz,回波损耗小于-20 dB的三阶带通滤波器实例,并进行了加工测试。测试结果表明,理论、仿真和测试结果相吻合,验证了设计方法的有效性。

基于多段SIR的微带交指滤波器小型化设计

微带交指滤波器作为一种常见的二维滤波器,在工程上有着广泛应用,但由于其尺寸较大,从而限制了应用场景的扩展。基于阶跃阻抗谐振器(stepped impedance resona-tor,SIR)理论,设计了一款新型微带交指滤波器,完成了对传统微带交指滤波器的尺寸优化。该滤波器使用三段式SIR结构,与传统结构滤波器的谐振器相比,长度缩减了23.2%。利用CST仿真了相同设计指标下SIR滤波器和传统滤波器的性能,结果表明二者都能够满足设计指标要求,且SIR滤波器在通带内性能更佳,说明使用该方法实现小型化具有较强实用意义。为验证滤波器的可用性,进行了实物加工和测试,谐振结构尺寸为10.9 mm×13.6 mm,为便于测试,电路板尺寸为24 mm×18 mm×0.508 mm,实测结果与仿真结果在通带内最大差异小于1.5 dB。该滤波器的最终指标为中心频率2.5 GHz,带宽150 MHz,带内损耗≤4 dB,阻带抑制≥23 dB(频率≤2.2 GHz或≥2.72 GHz)。

High-temperature superconducting filter using self-embedding asymmetric stepped impedance resonator with wide stopband performance and miniaturized size

In this study, a novel self-embedding asymmetric stepped impedance resonator （SE-ASIR） topology is proposed. By embedding asymmetric stepped impedance resonators in themselves, circuit sizes of ASIRs can be reduced effectively, while the ability to control spurious modes of ASIRs remains. Therefore, SE-ASIRs are suitable for being used to design filters with wide stopbands and miniaturized sizes. Furthermore, the construction process of the SE-ASIR is described in detail, and an equivalent model of the SE-ASIR is proposed. For demonstration, a high-temperature superconducting bandpass filter centered at 1112 MHz is designed and fabricated. The measured result agrees well with the simulation result and shows that the out-of-band rejection is better than 60 dB up to 4088 MHz, which is about 3.7 times the center frequency. The filter circuit size is 31 mm × 13 mm or 0.28λg × 0.12λg, where g is the guided wavelength at 1112 MHz.

Compact ultra-narrowband superconducting filter using N-spiral resonator with open-loop secondary coupling structure

A novel N-spiral resonator with open-loop secondary coupling structure(OLSCS) is proposed to realize a compact ultra-narrowband high temperature superconducting(HTS) filter. The coupling strength and polarity between the resonators can be significantly reduced and changed by introducing OLSCS, thus the required weak coupling can be achieved in a very compact size. A six-pole superconducting filter at 1701 MHz with a fractional bandwidth of 0.19% is designed to validate this method. The filter is fabricated on Mg O substrate with a compact size of 15 mm × 10 mm. The measured insertion loss is 0.79 d B, and the return loss is better than 17.4 d B. The experimental results show a good agreement with the simulations.

COMPACT INTERLOCKED-COUPLED FILTER USING FOLDED STEPPED-IMPEDANCE RESONATORS

A microstrip interlocked-coupled bandpass filter is proposed with a markedly compact structure. The low-impedance open-end line of the quarter-wavelength Stepped-Impedance Resonator (SIR) is replaced by two open-end high-impedance lines, which not only facilitate the coupling mechanism but also provide the strong electric coupling between resonators. With the proper utilization of folded SIRs, the occupied area of coupled-resonator pair can be reduced. By applying the proposed coupled-resonator pair, the passband filter with the compact size can be realized. Good agreement between measured and simulated results is observed. The proposed filter is desirable for compact and high-performance microwave circuit applications.

基于戟形人工表面等离激元的紧凑型宽带外抑制带通滤波器

提出了一种基于戟形人工表面等离激元(spoof surface plasmon polaritons,SSPPs)的具有宽频带外抑制特性的紧凑型宽带带通滤波器.设计的滤波结构是通过在基板底层蚀刻周期性的戟形槽和在顶层加载带有月牙形贴片的微带到槽线过渡结构实现的.与传统的I形SSPPs相比,戟形SSPPs具有更好的慢波特性,基于戟形SSPPs设计的带通滤波器可以实现更紧凑的结构.设计的滤波器通带的上下截止频率可以分别通过调整SSPPs结构和微带到槽线过渡结构来调节.仿真结果表明,宽带带通滤波器中心频率为2.85 GHz,相对带宽为130%,通带内的回波损耗优于–10 dB,在5.6-20.0 GHz之间具有极强的–40 dB带外抑制.设计的宽带带通滤波器结构尺寸紧凑,仅为1.08λ_(g)×0.39λ_(g),其中λ_(g)是中心频率处的波长.为了验证宽带带通滤波器的有效性,采用传统的印刷电路板技术加工了宽带带通滤波器.测量结果与仿真结果吻合较好,验证了设计的可行性.本文所提出的宽带带通滤波器显示了在微波频率下开发SSPPs功能器件和电路的良好前景.

基于发夹式微带带通滤波器的小型化功率放大器的设计

基于发夹式微带带通滤波器提出了一种3.5 GHz频率的小型化功率放大器。采用将级联耦合微带线进行“U”型化处理来缩小输出匹配电路尺寸,可直接匹配至50Ω负载,无需设计基波匹配网络。该滤波器是基于三阶Chebyshev低通原型滤波器参量,奇偶模阻抗分析用于计算滤波器参数,且具有高选择性带内响应和强带外抑制能力。实测结果显示,在3.2~3.7 GHz频段内,饱和输出功率高达41.2 dBm,饱和漏极效率在50.2%~61%,增益大于10 dB。

一种新型基于交指电容和微带电感的单层低成本宽带带通滤波器

随着无线通信系统的快速发展,尤其是5G时代的来临,带通滤波器作为射频前端的选频器件被广泛应用于各种系统.近年来,人们对通信的需求日益提升,因此滤波器的小型化、低成本以及高性能等方面的要求成为业内研究的重点.现代工艺技术的发展为带通滤波器的设计提供了多种方法,如使用阶跃阻抗谐振器设计微带带通滤波器、利用互补开环谐振器作为基本谐振单元构造宽带带通滤波器和基于E型双模谐振器设计微带带通滤波器等.然而,这些微带滤波器的尺寸较大,令实现小型化的目标难以实现.由于集总元件具有体积小、成本低、带宽宽、元件间相互作用小等优点,在射频器件设计中发挥着重要作用.相较于基于集成无源器件(Integrated Passive Device,IPD)工艺和低温共烧陶瓷(Low-Temperature Co-fired Ceramic,LTCC)工艺的带通滤波器,这种单层宽带带通滤波器具有更低的生产成本、更少的损耗限制,以及避免了基于表面贴装器件的成本和制造公差等问题.由于其采用交指电容和微带电感的简单实现方式,该方法所设计的滤波器还具有工艺简单和体积小的优点.基于单层印刷电路板(Printed Circuit Board,PCB)工艺,本文提出了一种新型高选择性宽带带通滤波器.该电路结构对称,由多组对称的串联谐振器构建滤波器通带和带外多零点特性.其中,为了增强阻带的抑制能力和滤波器的频率选择性,添加多对接地的串联谐振器在通带左右两侧各增加一个传输零点,两个传输零点独立控制,互不影响.使用奇偶模分析方法对电路进行分析,以求解传输零点,并给出零点解析式.随后,对带通滤波器的传输零点频率、中心频率、3 dB相对带宽以及品质因数等参数变化进行分析.为了实现小型化和低成本的要求,该电路中的所有集总元件均由交指电容和微带电感实现.交指电容是一种多指周期性结构,具有多个几何变量,如指长、指宽、指间间隙、指端间隙和指数等.这些变量使得交指电容的结构具有较大的自由度,同时也增加了结构优化的难度.同理,微带电感的电感值可通过改变其长度和宽度进行调节.为了验证带通滤波器设计方法的有效性,基于单层PCB工艺,对工作在4.52 GHz的滤波器进行仿真、制造和测量,使用HFSS软件对滤波器整体结构进行优化.所用介质基板为Rogers RO4350B,其相对介电常数为3.66,损耗正切角为0.0037,板厚为1.524 mm.测试结果表明,3 dB相对带宽为38.9%,在中心频率4.52 GHz处插入损耗最小(为1.68 dB),回波损耗优于21.45 dB,谐波抑制水平为7.7~9.4 GHz大于19.6 dB,通带内测试的群时延在0.56~1.2 ns变化.本文展示了一种单层低成本宽带带通滤波器,基于奇偶模电路和解析方程,详细阐述了滤波器的设计原理.该滤波器采用交指电容和微带电感作为集总元件,实现了小型化和低成本.实物测试进一步验证了滤波器的可行性,证明了其性能良好,具有体积小、损耗低、宽频带和选择性好等优点,适用于单层PCB工艺,易于与无线通信系统集成.

一种小型化交叉耦合微带带通滤波器的设计

在现代通信技术的不断发展下,要求射频滤波器尺寸更小、性能更佳。而使用交叉耦合构造可控传输零点,则可在更少的谐振器下达成相同的性能指标。基于此,构造了14波长谐振的谐振器进行小型化,引入交叉耦合构造带外传输零点,并对滤波器版图合理优化布局,设计了一款小型化交叉耦合微带带通滤波器。通过HFSS建模仿真并测试了带宽在10.2~11 GHz的六阶小型化交叉耦合微带带通滤波器,测试结果表明,性能曲线与仿真曲线相吻合,成功验证了所设计结构的可行性。