Compact UWB Bandpass Filter With Improved Upper-Stopband Performance
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- 22 December 2008
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters
- Vol. 19 (1) , 27-29
Abstract
In this letter, a novel ultra-wideband (UWB) bandpass filter with compact size and improved upper-stopband performance has been studied and implemented using multiple-mode resonator (MMR). The MMR is formed by attaching three pairs of circular impedance-stepped stubs in shunt to a high impedance microstrip line. By simply adjusting the radius of the circles of the stubs, the resonant modes of the MMR can be roughly allocated within the 3.1-10.6 GHz UWB band while suppressing the spurious harmonics in the upper-stopband. In order to enhance the coupling degree, two interdigital coupled-lines are used in the input and output sides. Thus, a predicted UWB passband is realized. Meanwhile, the insertion loss is higher than 30.0 dB in the upper-stopband from 12.1 to 27.8 GHz. Finally, the filter is successfully designed and fabricated. The EM-simulated and the measured results are presented in this work where excellent agreement between them is obtained.Keywords
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