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.

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.

Controls of pass-bands in asymmetric acoustic transmission

The controls of the pass-bands in an asymmetric acoustic transmission system are investigated numerically and ex- perimentally, and the system consists of a periodical rectangular grating and two uniform brass plates in water. We reveal that the pass-band of the asymmetric acoustic transmission is closely related to the grating period, but is affected slightly by the brass plate thickness. Moreover, the transmittance can be improved by adjusting the grating period and other structural parameters simultaneously. The control method of the system has the advantages of wider frequency range and simple operation, which has great potential applications in ultrasonic devices.

A tunable dual-narrowband band-pass filter using plasma quantum well structure

A tunable dual-narrowband pass-band filter is designed. A one-dimensional photonic crystal （1D PC） is comprised of alternate dielectric layer and vacuum layer. Two quantum wells （QWs） as defects can be constructed by sandwiching two plasma slabs symmetrically in the 1D PC, and a dual-narrowband pass-band filter is formed. The conventional finite- difference time-domain （FDTD） method and piecewise linear current density recursive convolution （PLCDRC）-FDTD method are applied to the dielectric and plasma, respectively. The simulation results illustrate that the dual-narrowband frequencies can be tuned by changing the plasma frequency. The pass band interval and the half-power bandwidths （-3-dB band widths） are related to the space interval between two QWs.

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.

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.

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.

CFOA Based Band Pass and Band Stop Ladder Filter—A New Configuration

A new technique for the conversion of ladder based filter into CFOA based filter has been proposed. The technique uses signal flow graph and converts the existing LC ladder based filter into band pass & band stop configurations. The design of band pass and band stop filter has been realized using the proposed technique. The proposed configuration is implemented using CFOA as an active device and all the capacitors are grounded. CFOA based circuits have greater linearity, high dynamic rate, high slew rate and high signal bandwidth. Simulation has been carried out using simulation software P Spice (v10.1). The simulation results have been demonstrated and discussed.

Characterization of Simulator and Relative Spectral Responsivity Measurements of Photovoltaic Modules with Band Pass Filter Technique

One of the most important parameter used for the evaluation of the energy rating of PV modules is, their spectral responsivities which are the measure of electrical performance parameters per incident solar radiation. In this work, spectral responsivity measurements of a mono-crystalline, a poly-crystalline, a CIGS thin film and a bifacial module were measured using xenon-based flash type solar simulator system and a set of band pass filters. For the comprehensive characterization of parameters that may influence the spectral responsivity measurements, initially the simulator system was characterized both optically and thermally according to the IEC60904-9 and IEC60891 standard requirements. The optical characterizations in terms of spectral match, spatial non-uniformity and temporal instability indicate that the measured results (~3.0%, ~0.30% and ~0.20%) according to the IEC 60904-9 standard’s classification requirements correspond to A+A+A+ classes. Moreover, thermal characterizations in terms of the temperature uniformity show that over the 2 × 2 m area temperature uniformity of simulator system’s light distribution (1ºC) is almost two times better than the IEC 60891 standard requirements (±2ºC). Next, PV modules were electrically stabilized according to the IEC 61215-2 standard requirement’s (stability test) to reduce the fluctuations in their electrical performance parameters. Then, using the band pass filters, temperature controlled xenon-based solar simulator system and a reference PV module of the spectral responsivity of PV modules were measured from 400 nm to 1100 nm with 50 nm steps with relative uncertainty of 10-3 level.

Universal Band Pass Sampling Algorithm for Integration of Multiple Wireless Technologies Using Software Defined Radio Platform

Software Defined Radio (SDR) architecture allows us to integrate different mobile technologies using common hardware but with different software modules. To achieve this, we need to keep the signal in digital form for as much portion of the circuitry as possible, so that the implementation could be carried out by programmable digital processors. For this purpose, the incoming radio frequency (RF) signal is down converted to baseband spectrum using band pass sampling method. Research works carried out so far in this field have developed a few algorithms for band pass sampling. But, these algorithms are not much useful for most of the mobile communication systems and they use complex methodology for computing the sampling frequency values. In order to use the SDR platform to integrate all current wireless technologies, an efficient, cost effective and less complex algorithm that can be labelled as universal band pass sampling algorithm is developed in this paper for multiple mobile systems. This algorithm is based on a novel idea of inserting guard bands between the signals which reduces the design complexities of perfect ADC and sharp cut off filters. Using this algorithm, valid sampling frequency ranges and corresponding IF values are calculated for down converting RF signals. The algorithm is tested for six RF signals of different wireless technologies which are integrated and simultaneously down converted using SDR based front end receiver and thus the system multiplies the base station capacity by a factor of six. The simulation results are obtained and shown in this paper which proves that the algorithm developed works well for most of the wireless technologies.

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.

无线传感节点中频域传输信号解调与控制方法

为提高无线传感网络节点中的频域传输信号抗噪能力,优化前端镜像与噪声信号处理能力,以无线传感节点中的频域传输信号为研究对象,提出一种新的信号控制与解调方法。将无线传感信号输入设计的滤波器中,通过电容器、电阻、运算放大器相互协作完成信号滤波。引入前馈补偿通路组建两级节点信号解调线路,当输出传感信号功率超过标准,便可根据超出值,以前馈补偿的方式调节增益带宽积实现解调。在传感节点中外接一个校正电路,以校正电容调节码的方式,控制传感信号频域传输特性满足正常运行标准。仿真结果表明:在1 V的电源电压下,此滤波器中心频率为2 MHz,邻近信号抑制为55 dB,镜像信号抑制为33 dB,带内纹波为0.1 dB,通带电压增益为18 dB,工作电流为382μA。验证了所提方法具有较高的频域传输信号深度处理能力,且有助于实现无线传感网络高质量通信。

一种提高变流器弱电网适应能力的虚拟阻抗控制策略

弱电网下较大的电网等值电感可能引起并网变流器失稳,为此,首先,建立了并网变流器的阻抗模型,根据阻抗比判据分析了电网等值电感对并网变流器稳定性的影响;其次,针对并网变流器对感性电网阻抗适应能力较低的问题,提出了一种基于带通滤波的虚拟阻抗控制策略,并研究了虚拟电阻值对变流器弱电网适应能力的影响,给出了虚拟电阻的选取原则;最后,搭建了系统仿真模型,仿真结果验证了文中理论分析的正确性和控制策略的有效性。

小型化宽阻带5G半集总混合滤波器设计

面向5G无线通信应用设计了一款微带半集总混合宽阻带带通滤波器。该滤波器阻带可扩展至5G毫米波频段,具有优良的带外抑制、结构紧凑及尺寸小巧的特点。搭建了集总元件的高频电路模型并完成了集总元件的路-场联合仿真,最终实现了由十字加载谐振器混合集总LC并联谐振电路而成的宽阻带滤波器。滤波器的中心频率位于4.08 GHz,通频带覆盖3.96~4.2 GHz,位于目前用于5G室内覆盖的N77频段。滤波器具有极广的阻带抑制特性,且优于20 dB抑制水平的上阻带范围可达22 GHz。滤波器有效电路尺寸仅为5.125mm×7.625 mm,插入损耗水平较低(0.54 dB),具有良好的选择性,适用于高性能5G通信系统应用。

全国产化微弱信号调理电路

为更好地处理微弱信号,提出一种新型的多通道信号前端调理模块。该模块不仅具有可编程增益功能,而且还整合了带通滤波器。在保证高输入阻抗和低噪声等关键性能的同时,提出一种全面而创新的调理模块设计方案。该方案的核心是采用可编程增益放大电路,显著提高了模块在放大各类微弱信号时的适应性。此外,利用HC595系列芯片,实现了对增益的精确调控。该放大电路具备26 dB的固定增益和0~84 dB的可调增益范围,工作带宽设定在380~420 kHz。经过系统性能测试,结果表明该调理电路成功满足了设计目标的各项要求。

基于文桥振荡器的高Q带通滤波器的设计

从单电阻调谐的文桥振荡器出发,首先导出该振荡器的振荡条件和振荡频率,然后给出了二阶带通滤波器的两种设计方案.第一种设计方案的优点是可以实现极点频率的单电阻调节,第二种方案的优点是极点频率和品质因数可正交调节.两种方案均可实现两个带通输出,均可调节电阻使电路振荡,而且振荡条件和振荡频率均可分别调节.通过计算机仿真证实了所设计的电路正确有效.

一种用于射频前端的谐波整形低功耗N通道滤波器

针对传统射频前端N通道滤波器功耗高,不能根据应用要求选择通过或抑制信号的高次谐波等问题,设计了一款谐波整形低功耗N通道滤波器。该滤波器通过添加具有适当权重的额外路径,可实现谐波抑制和整形的功能。同时,将本振Local Oscillator(LO)信号的n次谐波信号作为时钟信号,降低LO信号频率,时钟信号发生器的动态功耗降低到原来的1/n。SMIC 180 nm CMOS工艺的后仿真结果表明,10通道带通滤波器的中心频率在0.1~6.0 GHz可调,增益为0~5 dB,噪声系数小于4.6 dB,功耗为3.5~6.0 mW,输入三阶交调点(Input 3rd-order Intermodulation Point,IIP3)大于10 dBm,3次和5次谐波抑制分别大于65、90 dB,表明该滤波器具有谐波抑制和谐波整形的功能,且具有较低的功耗。

自适应差分阈值的心电信号R峰检测算法

针对传统差分阈值算法的不足,设计了一种自适应差分阈值算法实现对R峰的准确检测。该算法能够依据R峰高幅值、高斜率的特征自适应更新信号检测阈值,并且根据R-R峰之间的心率间隔特征,设计回溯判定机制提升算法的灵敏度和适用范围。文中选用MIT-BIH心率失常数据库中的心电数据作为信号样本,采用带通滤波和小波变换相结合的方法完成对心电信号的去噪,依据自适应阈值检测实现对心电信号的R峰特征提取。从实验结果来看,自适应后的差分阈值法将心电信号的检测准确率提高到了99.59%,灵敏度达到了99.64%,减少了R峰检测过程中漏检、误检情况的出现,提高了检测的准确性。