A Metamaterialized Design for 7th order Type-I Chebyshev LPF

Abstract

This paper presents a high quality design of a 7th order Type-I Chebyshev low-pass filter (LPF) based on a stepped-impedance (SI) metamaterialized microstrip. The respective methodology involves embedding split ring resonators (SRRs) in addition to complementary split ring resonators (CSRRs) in filter design. The introduced metamaterialized filter manifestd better characteristics than in the conventional filter design and in some other availablefilter designs achieving lower insertion loss and appreciable size reduction. In this metamaterialized filter, miniaturization has been attained through implanting rectangular SRRs on top of the microstrip line besides etching squared CSRRs in its ground plane forming a defected ground structure (DGS). The design shows voltage standing wave ratios (VSWRs) of less than 1.05 in the pass-band interval yielding flattest pass-band with clear impedance matching. The shown group delay (GD) pattern is almost constant of around 0.5ns. Roger substrate material (RO3210) has been utilized with dielectric constant 10.2, substrate thickness 1.27mm, and thickness of microstrip conductor 0.035mm. Simulation outcomes have been obtained using the Ansoft High Frequency Structure Simulator (HFSS) package that is based on finite element method (FEM). The filter is applicable in most microwave (MW) and RF systems.