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A novel dual-wideband bandpass filter with controllable bandwidths is presented in this article. Two passbands for the WLAN band are realised based on a multimode resonator with three open stubs. The bandwidth of the two-order passbands with even or odd mode can be adjusted by appropriately selecting the characteristic impedance of the multimode resonator. A planar microstrip dual-wideband bandpass filter prototype with a 3-dB fractional bandwidth of 16.7% and 9.2% is designed and fabricated. High selectivity and good in-band performance can be achieved in the dual-wideband bandpass filter. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article presents a compact microstrip dual-band bandstop filter (BSF), in which one λg/4 defected ground structure (DGS) pair is utilised to realise one stopband while two stepped impedance resonators (SIRs) help obtain another stopband and suppress the spurious harmonics. The design strategies and the equivalent circuits are introduced in detail. The measured results indicate 43.8% and 18.7% fractional bandwidth in the two stopbands (2.4 GHZ and 5.2 GHz) respectively, and the return loss is greater than 15 dB in the whole passband. In addition, size reduction can be conveniently achieved by adjusting the length of the SIRs and DGS. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]