UHF-band bandpass filters with fully-reconfigurable transfer function

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Abstract

This paper presents a lumped-element bandpass filter (BPF) with multiple levels of transfer-function tunability including bandwidth (BW), center frequency, and intrinsic RF switching. The reported filter is based on a cascaded-resonator structure that exhibits three poles and two transmission zeros (TZs). Transfer-function reconfigurability is achieved by only tuning the filter's resonators via variable capacitors which results in less in-band insertion-loss (IL) variation and better linearity than in conventional filter schemes in which coupling controllability is required. For practical-validation purposes, a lumped-element BPF prototype was designed, built, and measured in the UHF band. It exhibits center-frequency tunability of 1.63:1, BW tunability of 7.3:1 and minimum in-band IL in the range 1.26-3.96 dB.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2018 International Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society Symposium in Denver, ACES-Denver 2018
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9780996007870
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 23 May 2018
Externally publishedYes
Event2018 International Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society Symposium in Denver, ACES-Denver 2018 - Denver, United States
Duration: 25 Mar 201829 Mar 2018

Publication series

Name2018 International Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society Symposium in Denver, ACES-Denver 2018

Conference

Conference2018 International Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society Symposium in Denver, ACES-Denver 2018
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityDenver
Period25/03/1829/03/18

Keywords

  • Bandpass filter (EPF)
  • lumped-element filter
  • reconfigurable filter
  • tunable filter

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