Frequency-transformation-based co-designed lowpass-single/multi-passband-highpass RF filters

The theoretical design and practical development of RF analog filtering devices with co-integrated lowpass, single/multi-band bandpass, and highpass transfer functions is reported. For this purpose, two different classes of generalized frequency transformation that convert the equivalent normalized...

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Autores: Gómez García, Roberto|||0000-0001-9132-6927, Yang, Li|||0000-0002-1264-4810, Malki, Mohamed, Muñoz Ferreras, José María|||0000-0003-1929-3934
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Alcalá (UAH)
Repositorio:e_Buah Biblioteca Digital Universidad de Alcalá
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ebuah.uah.es:10017/65202
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10017/65202
https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TCSI.2024.3382094
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Analog filter
Absorptive filter
Bandpass filter
Co-designed circuit
Filtering power divider
Frequency transformation
Highpass filter
Lowpass filter
Lumped-element filter
Microstrip filter
Microwave filter
Multi-functional circuit
Planar filter
Reflectionless filter
RF filter
transmission zero (TZ)
Telecomunicaciones
Telecommunication
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Sumario:The theoretical design and practical development of RF analog filtering devices with co-integrated lowpass, single/multi-band bandpass, and highpass transfer functions is reported. For this purpose, two different classes of generalized frequency transformation that convert the equivalent normalized lowpass filter prototype into the desired RF filter with several co-designed filtering actions are proposed. They realize a frequency mapping of the reactance of a normalized unitary capacitor into that of a one-port single/multi-resonance cell with added lowpass and highpass filtering capabilities. For these devised frequency transformations, the theoretical foundations and various illustrative filter examples designed at the ideal-circuit-model level are presented. In addition, higher-selectivity filter architectures based on the generation of additional out-of-band transmission zeros (TZs) by means of cross-coupling techniques are shown. Afterwards, the extension of this design methodology to RF multi-functional filtering components, such as input-reflectionless /absorptive filters based on complementary-diplexer circuit networks and two-way filtering power-distribution circuits, is also demonstrated. Furthermore, two design examples of distributed-element and inverterless lumped-element RF filters are provided. Besides, for the distributed-element circuit, a proof-of-concept microstrip prototype is manufactured and measured as experimental validation.