• Journal of electromagnetic engineering and science
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.83-90
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• 2011

In this paper, we present the design method for a low-pass type inverter, which can effectively suppress the spurious response associated with band-pass filters. The inverter has a length of ${\lambda}/4$ and employs not only a stepped-impedance configuration but also asymmetrical and bending structures in order to improve frequency selectivity and compactness. The inverter is applied as an impedance/admittance inverter to the ultra-wideband (UWB) band-pass filter. The UWB band-pass filter configuration is based on a stub band-pass filter consisting of quarter-wavelength impedance inverters and shunt short-circuited stubs ${\lambda}/4$ in length. The asymmetrical stepped-impedance low-pass type inverter improves not only the spurious responses, but also the return loss characteristics associated with a UWB band-pass filter, while a compact size is maintained. The UWB band-pass filter using the proposed inverters is fabricated and tested. The measured results show excellent attenuation characteristics at out-band frequencies, which exceed 18 dB up to 39 GHz. The insertion loss within the pass-band (from 3.1 to 10.6 GHz) is below 1.7 dB, the return loss is below 10 dB, and the group delay is below 1 ns.

• 한국인터넷방송통신학회논문지
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2011

본 논문에서는 중심주파수 30 GHz에서 3 dB 대역폭(fractional bandwidth)이 50 % 이상인 마이크로스트립 대역통과필터(BPF)를 구현하였다. 구현된 BPF는 10 Gb/s 무선전송 THz 송수신기를 위한 IF 대역에서의 ASK(Amplitude Shift Keying) 방식 송수신용 필터로서 이용하고자 한다. 초광대역 특성을 갖는 마이크로스트립 BPF는 스텝 임피던스 저역통과필터(LPF)와 합성된 ${\lambda}_g/4$ 단락 스터브로 구성되며, LPF는 BPF의 상위 저지대역을 감쇠시키기 위해 사용되었고, ${\lambda}_g/4$ 단락 스터브는 하위 저지대역을 감쇠시키기 위해 사용되었다. 합성 BPF의 측정 결과, 중심주파수 30 GHz에서 삽입손실은 0.65 dB, 10 GHz와 50 GHz에서 저지 특성은 각각 -10 dB와 -16 dB이며, 20~40 GHz 통과대역에서 평탄도는 ${\pm}0.5$ dB로 측정되었다.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제46권4호
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• pp.716-726
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• 2024

An ultrawide stopband lowpass filter is reported using three stepped impedance resonators with high selectivity. The filter extends the stopband frequency range and attenuation, and two quarter-wave open stubs and three circular ground slots are introduced. The lumped and distributed equivalent models are derived and analyzed. The corresponding results are validated experimentally in a fabricated prototype. The prototype lowpass filter has a 3 dB cutoff frequency (f_c) of 2.9 GHz, and the stopband is extended up to 35 GHz (12.07f_c), with an attenuation level better than 20 dB throughout. The passband-to-stopband transition (3 dB-20 dB) bandwidth is 0.18 GHz, and the roll-off factor is 135 dB/GHz at 30 dB. The insertion loss is 0.3 dB at 1.6 GHz. The normalized circuit size of the proposed filter with respect to the guided wavelength is 0.04.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제43권6호
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• pp.957-965
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• 2021

A miniaturized wideband band-pass filter with a 3-dB fractional bandwidth of 109.3% (1.53 GHz to 5.22 GHz), high out-of-band attenuation greater than 25 dB, and wide upper stopband up to 14 GHz is proposed. The design consists of a dual-composite right/left handed resonator, embedded open-circuited stub, and a pair of quarter-wavelength short-circuited stubs. These elements are coupled in the near distance to form a miniature filter with a compact occupied area of 0.21 λ_g×0.19 λ_g (≈ 0.013 cm²). The optimized filter has multitransmission poles in the passband, substantially improving the return loss and insertion loss characteristics. The behavior of the passband and stopband is verified against the results of a lumped element model and matrix analysis with a full-wave moment-based analysis and actual measurements. The results of this verification and a comparison with the performance of filters in other references indicate that the proposed filter is very efficient and applicable to compact microwave systems.