Title :
Compact Stopband-Extended Microstrip Bandpass Filters with Folded Quarter-Wavelength Resonators
Author :
Kuo, Tsung-Nan ; Deng, Pu-Hua ; Lin, Yo-Shen ; Wang, Chi-Hsueh ; Chen, Chun Hsiung
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., National Taiwan Univ., Taipei
Abstract :
Compact stopband-extended microstrip bandpass filters based on folded quarter-wavelength resonators are proposed. By introducing the source-load cross coupling, two transmission zeros may be created to improve the filter selectivity without degrading the passband insertion loss. In order to extend the rejection bandwidth, suitable open stubs or meander stepped-impedance resonators are adopted in the filter design. In this study, two compact microstrip filters are implemented, the first one uses open stubs to suppress the spurious response around 3f0 and the second one employs the meander quarter-wavelength stepped-impedance resonators to push the first spurious response up to 3.6 f0, where f0 is the passband center frequency. Good agreement between simulated and measured responses of these filters is demonstrated
Keywords :
band-pass filters; band-stop filters; microstrip filters; poles and zeros; resonator filters; compact stopband-extended filters; folded quarter-wavelength resonators; meander quarter-wavelength resonators; microstrip bandpass filters; rejection bandwidth; source-load cross coupling; spurious response; stepped-impedance resonators; transmission zeros; Band pass filters; Couplings; Degradation; Filtering theory; Insertion loss; Microstrip filters; Microstrip resonators; Passband; Propagation losses; Resonator filters; Microstrip; bandpass filter; quarter-wavelength resonator; stepped-impedance resonator (SIR);
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference, 2006. 36th European
Conference_Location :
Manchester
Print_ISBN :
2-9600551-6-0
DOI :
10.1109/EUMC.2006.281433