A novel coupling structure suitable for cross-coupled filters with folded quarter-wave resonators

Author

Chang, Chi-Yang ; Chen, Cheng-Chung

Author_Institution

Inst. of Electr. Commun. Eng., Nat. Chiao Tung Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan

Volume

13

Issue

12

fYear

2003

Firstpage

517

Lastpage

519

Abstract

A new class of coupling structure for cross-coupled filters with folded quarter-wave resonators is presented. The cross coupling mechanism is realized by magnetic coupling from the short ends of the resonator. The proposed magnetic coupling solves the problem of response limitation of folded quarter-wave resonator cross-coupled filters that were introduced previously using electrical cross coupling. Several quadruplet and trisection filters are proposed and fabricated. The measured results matched well with the theoretical prediction.

Keywords

electromagnetic coupling; microstrip filters; microstrip resonators; resonator filters; comb-type coupling; coupling structure; cross-coupled filters; folded quarter-wave resonators; full-wave EM simulator; magnetic coupling; quadruplet filters; response limitation; short ends; trisection filters; Circuit simulation; Circuit synthesis; Councils; Coupling circuits; Delay; Filtering theory; Magnetic separation; Microstrip; Microwave filters; Resonator filters;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1531-1309

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LMWC.2003.819957

Filename

1261769