Title :
Miniature Harmonic-Suppressed Microstrip Bandpass Filter Using a Triple-Mode Stub-Loaded Resonator and Spur Lines
Author :
Torabi, Amir ; Forooraghi, Keyvan
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Tarbiat Modares Univ., Tehran, Iran
fDate :
5/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A miniature harmonic-suppressed microstrip band pass filter (BPF) with a new triple-mode stub-loaded resonator is presented in this letter. Four distinct mechanisms are utilized to create five transmission zeros (TZs), leading to sharp skirts and wide stopband. Both simulation and measurement results are presented. The simulated/measured minimum passband insertion loss is 0.66 dB/0.78 dB and the 20 dB rejection bandwidth is extended up to 4/0. The size of the filter is about 0.23 λg × 0.17 λg, where λg is the guided wavelength at the center frequency.
Keywords :
band-pass filters; harmonics suppression; microstrip filters; resonator filters; center frequency; loss 0.66 dB; loss 0.78 dB; microstrip BPF; miniature harmonic-suppressed microstrip bandpass filter; minimum passband insertion loss; spur lines; transmission zeros; triple-mode stub-loaded resonator; Band pass filters; Couplings; Filtering theory; Microstrip filters; Microstrip resonators; Resonant frequency; Bandpass filter (BPF); spur line; stub-loaded resonator (SLR); transmission zero (TZ); triple-mode resonator;
Journal_Title :
Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LMWC.2011.2122304