Microwave Filter Design Optimized for Ceramic Multilayer Technique

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 (CICMT) ◽  
pp. 000199-000202
Author(s):  
Peter Uhlig ◽  
Juergen Kassner ◽  
Carsten Guenner ◽  
Elke Noack
Keyword(s):  
Filter Design ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Microwave Filters ◽  
Band Pass Filter ◽  
Pass Filter ◽  
Millimetre Wave ◽  
Filter Performance ◽  
Filter Synthesis ◽  
Microwave Engineering ◽  
Manufacturing Tolerances

Abstract Low Temperature Co-fired Ceramic (LTCC) is a proven packaging technology for microwave and millimetre-wave applications. Advanced low-loss material systems and improved manufacturing technology facilitate economic and highly reliable packaging solutions for automotive, telecom, medical and security applications. One of the virtues of LTCC is the option to integrate all kinds of components into the multilayer. Embedded passives include resistors, capacitors and inductors. Moving matching networks and filters into inner layers is further increasing density of integration. Microwave filters in LTCC can be used as an integral part of a larger package but also as single components mounted as drop-in or SMT. Ceramic multilayer technology allows for new filter concepts with three-dimensional routing and integration. Tolerances in material properties and manufacturing are challenges to be met with the design and production of microwave filters. Tape thickness, permittivity, shrinkage, registration of conductor pattern to via position, conductor width and thickness are some of the parameters that influence filter performance and reproducibility. This paper shall compare two different concepts for a 20 GHz band pass filter regarding their sensitivity to manufacturing tolerances. An optimized filter design shows improved robustness against manufacturing tolerances. This concept particularly reduces the sensitivity to registration tolerances of conductors and ground vias. A filter synthesis and simulation which takes into account systematic and random manufacturing effects takes out some of the guesswork of filter design and fabrication. It will also reduce the trial and error loops traditionally involved with this part of microwave engineering.

scholarly journals Genetic algorithm applied to discrete optimization of band-pass microwave filter

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-24
Author(s):  
Darko Ninković ◽  
Dragan Olćan
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Algorithm ◽  
Discrete Optimization ◽  
Filter Design ◽  
Microwave Filters ◽  
Design Approach ◽  
Band Pass Filter ◽  
Pass Filter ◽  
Electromagnetic Simulations ◽  
Band Pass ◽  
Discrete Values

We propose a design approach for band-pass microwave filters based on optimization of discrete-valued parameters of filters using an implementation of (1 + (l, l)) genetic algorithm. If the filter is made of SMD components then only discrete values are allowed. The proposed design approach yields a solution with feasible components values in the end, without further need for tuning and adjustments of component values that is needed in the case when real numbers are used during optimization. The optimization setup is run for 20 times and obtained (suboptimal) solutions are presented. One of the best optimized solutions of a band-pass filter is chosen for further analysis. The found filter design is verified using a circuit solver including the yield analysis, 3D electromagnetic simulations and by measurements of the manufactured prototype. The presented results as well as the optimization run-time show that the proposed approach based on discrete optimization can be used to design microwave filters.

Compact and novel coupled line microstrip bandpass filter based on stepped impedance resonators for millimetre-wave communications

Frequenz ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 75 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 147-152
Author(s):  
Zahid A. Bhat ◽  
Javaid A. Sheikh ◽  
Sharief D. Khan ◽  
Raqeebur Rehman ◽  
Shazia Ashraf
Keyword(s):  
Filter Design ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Future Generation ◽  
Band Pass Filter ◽  
Coupled Line ◽  
Pass Filter ◽  
Millimetre Wave ◽  
Band Pass ◽  
Sharp Rejection ◽  
Good Agreement

Abstract This paper presents a compact and the low-cost coupled line band-pass filter with application to future generation millimetre-waves and 5G communications. The proposed approach of the filter design is based on the coupled-line and centre tapped upper and lower stepped impedance resonators. These resonators generate the sharp rejection, wide bandwidth, and abet to realize the compact filter. A detailed theoretical as well as the numerical analysis of the filter has also been investigated. As a demonstration, the proposed band-pass filter configuration has been designed and fabricated at the 33.5 GHz frequency using a low-cost PCB technique. It has observed that the proposed filter, results in a better return loss and the low insertion loss. The experimental results has been presented and compared with the simulated results and has found quite satisfactory. Moreover the results obtained validate a good agreement with each other.

scholarly journals Design of Microwave Multibandpass Filters with Quasilumped Resonators

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dejan Miljanović ◽  
Milka Potrebić ◽  
Dejan V. Tošić
Keyword(s):  
Filter Design ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Design Procedure ◽  
Electric Circuit ◽  
Microwave Filters ◽  
Coupled Resonators ◽  
Circuit Element ◽  
Filter Structure ◽  
3D Em ◽  
Physical Dimensions

Design of RF and microwave filters has always been the challenging engineering field. Modern filter design techniques involve the use of the three-dimensional electromagnetic (3D EM) solvers for predicting filter behavior, yielding the most accurate filter characteristics. However, the 3D EM simulations are time consuming. In this paper, we propose electric-circuit models, instead of 3D EM models, suitable for design of RF and microwave filters with quasilumped coupled resonators. Using the diakoptic approach, the 3D filter structure is decomposed into domains that are modeled by electric networks. The coupling between these domains is modeled by capacitors and coupled inductors. Furthermore, we relate the circuit-element values to the physical dimensions of the 3D filter structure. We propose the filter design procedure that is based on the circuit models and fast circuit-level simulations, yielding the element values from which the physical dimensions can be obtained. The obtained dimensions should be slightly refined for achieving the desired filter characteristics. The mathematical problems encountered in the procedure are solved by numerical and symbolic computations. The procedure is exemplified by designing a triple-bandpass filter and validated by measurements on the fabricated filter. The simulation and experimental results are in good agreement.

COMPACT MICROSTRIP BAND-PASS FILTER FOR EMI REDUCTION

2015 ◽  
Vol 77 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kabir Ibrahim Jahun ◽  
Hussein Mohamed Hagi Hassan Abdirahman Mohamud Shire ◽  
Ali Orozi Sougui ◽  
S. H. Dahlan
Keyword(s):  
Filter Design ◽  
Stop Band ◽  
Band Pass Filter ◽  
Defected Ground Structure ◽  
Coupled Line ◽  
Pass Filter ◽  
Filter Structure ◽  
Coupled Lines ◽  
Band Pass ◽  
Compact Design

Compact microstrip band-pass filter design using parallel coupled lines is presented in this paper. The microstrip lines are calculated and constructed using CST studio with two input and output ports of the filter structure are printed over Defected Ground Structure (DGS).The proposed symmetrical structure offers a simple and compact design while exhibiting an improved stop-band characteristics in comparison to conventional coupled microstrip line filter structure. The simulation and measurements of 2GHz prototype band pass filter are presented. The measured result agrees well with the simulation data. Compared with conventional parallel coupled line band pass filter, the second, third and fourth spurious responses are suppressed; in addition, the size of the prototype filter circuit is reduced up to 20.8%.  

scholarly journals Noise-Cancelling CMOS Active Inductor and Its Application in RF Band-Pass Filter Design

2010 ◽  
Vol 2010 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Santosh Vema Krishnamurthy ◽  
Kamal El-Sankary ◽  
Ezz El-Masry
Keyword(s):  
Filter Design ◽  
Low Noise ◽  
Total Power ◽  
Active Inductor ◽  
Cmos Process ◽  
Band Pass Filter ◽  
Pass Filter ◽  
Noise Cancelling ◽  
Total Power Consumption ◽  
Band Pass

A CMOS active inductor with thermal noise cancelling is proposed. The noise of the transistor in the feed-forward stage of the proposed architecture is cancelled by using a feedback stage with a degeneration resistor to reduce the noise contribution to the input. Simulation results using 90 nm CMOS process show that noise reduction by 80% has been achieved. The maximum resonant frequency and the quality factor obtained are 3.8 GHz and 405, respectively. An RF band-pass filter has been designed based on the proposed noise cancelling active inductor. Tuned at 3.46 GHz, the filter features total power consumption of 1.4 mW, low noise figure of 5 dB, and IIP3 of −10.29 dBm.

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