UWB bandpass filter with notched band using DSRR

A topology of a compact planar microstrip filter with a notched band is introduced, which employs a split-ring resonator defected ground structure (DSRR). Folded short-circuited stubs are used to realise the bandpass filter with good selectivity and out-of-band characteristics. By employing a split-ring resonator defected ground structure, a narrow notched band was introduced to reject the undesired wireless local-area network (WLAN) radio signals. The measured insertion loss is less than 1.6 dB, the return loss is more than 13 dB, and the variation of group delay is less than 0.5 ns throughout most of the two passbands. The width of the narrow notched band is about 1 GHz and the attenuation is more than 25 dB at the centre frequency of 5.4 GHz.