Balanced Symmetrical Quasi-Reflectionless Single-and Dual-Band Bandpass Planar Filters

• Published in: IEEE microwave and wireless components letters Vol. 28; no. 9; pp. 798 - 800
• Main Authors: Gomez-Garcia, Roberto, Munoz-Ferreras, Jose-Maria, Feng, Wenjie, Psychogiou, Dimitra
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01-09-2018
• Subjects: Absorptive filter; balanced filter; Band-pass filters; bandpass filter (BPF); bandstop filter (BSF); differential-mode filter; Dual band; dual-band filter; Microstrip; Microwave circuits; Microwave filters; multiband filter; Prototypes; reflectionless filter; stub-loaded filter
• ISSN: 1531-1309; 1558-1764
• DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2018.2856400

Microwave planar balanced single-/dual-band bandpass filters (BPFs) with symmetrical quasi-reflectionless differential-mode behavior are presented in this letter. They are made up of a direct single-/dual-band BPF branch with virtually short-ended stubs in differential-mode operation, whose input and output accesses are loaded with stub-loaded-type single-/dual-band bandstop filter (BSF) branches that are terminated with a resistor. These BSF branches exhibit a quasi-complementary transfer function with regard to the one of the BPF branch and absorb the differential-mode input-signal energy not transmitted by the filter to achieve quasi-reflectionless capabilities. The theoretical foundations of the proposed balanced quasi-absorptive single-/dual-band BPFs and synthesis examples are given. Furthermore, for experimental-demonstration purposes, microstrip prototypes of 3-GHz second-order single-band and 2.85/3.15-GHz first-order dual-band BPFs are manufactured and characterized.