High-Order Quasi-Elliptic-Type Single-Ended and Balanced Wideband Bandpass Filters Using Microstrip-to-Microstrip Vertical Transitions

High-order single-ended and balanced wideband bandpass filters (BPFs) with quasi-elliptic-type (QET) responses are reported. Firstly, a fifth-order wideband BPF based on a two-layer microstrip-to-microstrip vertical transition with two shunt open-circuit-ended two-section microstrip stubs at the inp...

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Autores: Yang, Li|||0000-0002-1264-4810, Gómez García, Roberto|||0000-0001-9132-6927
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Alcalá (UAH)
Repositorio:e_Buah Biblioteca Digital Universidad de Alcalá
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ebuah.uah.es:10017/67130
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10017/67130
https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TCSII.2022.3223949
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Balanced filter
Bandpass filter (BPF)
Differential-mode filter
High-order filter
High selectivity
Microstrip filter
Multilayer circuit
Quasi-elliptic-type (QET) filter
Transmission zero (TZ)
Vertical transition
Wideband filter.
Electrónica
Electronics
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Sumario:High-order single-ended and balanced wideband bandpass filters (BPFs) with quasi-elliptic-type (QET) responses are reported. Firstly, a fifth-order wideband BPF based on a two-layer microstrip-to-microstrip vertical transition with two shunt open-circuit-ended two-section microstrip stubs at the input and output ports, respectively, is designed. Compared to a typical third-order vertical transition, two more transmission poles (TPs) along with a pair of close-to-passband transmission zeros (TZs) are attained. Next, an application to design a ninth-order QET balanced wideband BPF using a vertical transition is carried out. Owing to the used slotline resonator, an intrinsic common-mode (CM) suppression capability is obtained for it. The RF operational and design principles of these BPF devices are detailed by means of their relevant transmission-line-(TL)-based equivalent circuits. For experimental-validation purposes, two microstrip prototypes corresponding to a 3-GHz fifth-order wideband BPF and a 2-GHz ninth-order balanced wideband BPF are developed and tested. The measured single-ended and balanced BPF circuits feature sharp-rejection QET responses with two close-to-passband TZs and stopband-power-attenuation levels above 27.3 dB and 43.66 dB, respectively. The measured CM suppression levels for the balanced BPF device are higher than 34.59 dB from DC to 5 GHz.