Compact coaxial filters for BTS applications

A new class of coaxial cavity filters with low-profile suitable for base transceiver station applications is proposed. The benefits of the technology are volume reduction, high performance, and superior spurious-free response. An equivalent lumped element circuit allows for a fast and efficient initial design of the resonators. Full-wave optimization is required to produce the final configuration of the filters. Experimental results demonstrate the high performance of the proposed filters. The electrical length of the experimental resonators is as low as λ₀/16. The measured insertion loss of the five-pole filter is 0.92 dB at 722 MHz. Experimental results show a spurious-free response of the order of 7.6 times.