Dual-wideband Filter Research Articles

Dual-Narrowband/Wideband Filters Using Modified Coaxial Cavities With Large Frequency Ratios

This article presents two types of dual-narrowband/ wideband filters using modified coaxial cavities with large frequency ratios. The dual-narrowband/ wideband filters mean two dual-band bandpass filters, one of which is a dual-band wideband filter, and the other is a dual-band narrowband filter. The proposed coaxial resonator in the dual-narrowband filter consists of a pair of disk-loaded coaxial stepped impedance resonator (DLCSIR), which provides a large frequency ratio. The frequency ratio of the first two resonant modes of the DLCSIR can be precisely controlled by adjusting the impedance ratios and dimensions of the loading disk. By contrast, the proposed coaxial resonator in the dual-wideband filter is a rectangular coaxial stepped impedance resonator (RCSIR), which has the merits of miniaturized size, large frequency ratio, and convenience for strong coupling. Finally, two second-order dual-narrowband/ wideband filters with large frequency ratios were designed, fabricated, and measured. The exhibited dual-passband performance of the two filters verifies the proposed concept.

Miniature dual‐wideband filter based on a quadruple‐mode metal cavity

A quadruple-mode dual-wideband filter is proposed in this paper. The proposed cavity resonator consists of two symmetrical conductive posts and a pair of downward pointing L-shaped coupling probes in a cylindrical metal cavity, while four resonant modes of the resonator are classified as TM11 mode, TM01 mode and a pair of degenerate TE modes (TE+ mode and TE− mode). Successful excitation of the four modes is attributed to the two L-shaped coupling probes. The first wide-passband is realized by TM11 mode and TM01 mode, while the second wide-passband is achieved by TE+ mode and TE− mode. Finally, a quadruple-mode dual-wideband filter is designed, fabricated and measured. The measurements are in good agreement with the simulations, which validates the design.

Application of a Stub-Loaded Square Ring Resonator for Wideband Bandpass Filter Design

In this paper, a stub-loaded square ring resonator (SLSRR) is analyzed and applied to design a very simple and compact wideband bandpass filter structure. Resonant modes dependent on the structure parameters of the SLSRR are analyzed first, and then the first two modes are used to achieve a required passband. The input and output terminals are supplied with high impedance and strong coupling to provide sufficient coupling energy. Two wideband filter examples are designed, manufactured, and measured using the SLSRRs. The first filter is a wideband filter with a wide upper stopband, and the second filter is a dual wideband filter with a notched stopband between two passbands. The two filter examples are designed, fabricated, and measured to verify the design concept and present the advantages of easy design and a simple and compact structure.

Dual‐wideband filter with wide high‐rejection band using composite resonators

A new type of dual-wideband bandpass filter using composite series and shunt resonators is proposed in conjunction with its direct synthesis and design theory. By making use of the transmission pole (TP) and the transmission zero of the composite resonators flexibly, a dual-wideband filter with a wide range of frequency and bandwidth ratios as well as a wide stopband can be realised. With a shunt capacitor introduced at each I/O port, extra TPs either in the low passband or in the high passband can be created, leading to more filter design options. To give a direct design procedure, a lumped-element prototype is first synthesised based on a target filtering function and a dedicated circuit extraction process. The filter layout can be realised using semi-distributed circuits and chip capacitors. Two practical schemes are introduced to suppress spurious resonances for a wide high-rejection stopband. Two filter examples are designed with a small and a large frequency ratio and a wide band suppressed spurious resonances. The unique filter response and good agreement between the designed and measured results demonstrate the superior performance of the proposed filter structure and the effectiveness of the synthesis and design theory.

A dual-wideband bandpass filter using open/shorted coupled lines

AbstractA compact dual-wideband (DWB) bandpass filter utilizing open-shorted coupled lines (OSCL) is proposed in this paper. The introduction of the folded structure not only reduces the overall size but also contribute to the split of the transmission zero (TZ), which improves the selectivity effectively. Six transmission poles and five TZs are realized utilizing the shorted-circuit stub and OSCL. The characteristic of the flexible adjustment method of TZs guarantees an independently wide adjustable range of the bandwidth. For demonstration, a DWB filter (3 dB bandwidth 120 and 28%, respectively) is designed and fabricated. The filter is compact and has the characteristics of extraordinary wide bandwidth, low insertion loss, as well as high selectivity.

Compact Dual-Wideband Bandpass Filter with Multimode Resonator

A microstrip dual-wideband bandpass filter using a multimode resonator (MMR) is proposed in this letter. The proposed MMR loaded with a T-shaped open-ended stub and a short-ended stub exhibits triple mode characteristics, and a synthesis method is developed to illustrate the wide passband with independently controllable center frequencies and bandwidths. To verify this design methodology, a dual-wideband filter with fractional bandwidths of 19.1% and 27.9% is designed and fabricated. The measured results agree with the simulations.

A Dual Wideband Filter Design Using Frequency Mapping and Stepped-Impedance Resonators

A dual-wideband filter design implemented by stepped-impedance resonators, which involves the frequency mapping approach, is presented in this paper. The dual-band filter can be divided into two parts: the wideband virtual passband filter and the narrowband virtual stopband filter. Both filters are designed by conventional synthesis methods, under the assumption that the common connecting lines serve as J- and K-inverters simultaneously. The basic building resonators formed by paralleling open- and shorting-stubs are implemented by unbalanced stepped-impedance resonators, exhibiting the desired resonating frequencies and susceptance slope parameters at these two bands. Two filters are tested to validate this design.