1. Novel implementation of transversal filters in multilayered microstrip technology
- Author
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Juan Pascual García, David Cañete Rebenaque, Alejandro Álvarez Melcón, José Luis Gómez Tornero, Fernando Daniel Quesada Pereira, and Grupo de Electromagnetismo Aplicado a las Telecomunicaciones (GEAT)
- Subjects
Teoría de la Señal y las Comunicaciones ,Computer science ,business.industry ,Filtros de paso de banda ,Topología transversal ,General Physics and Astronomy ,Tecnología microstrip ,Bandpass filters ,Microstrip ,Filtros transversales ,Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials ,Transversal topology ,Transversal filters ,Transversal (combinatorics) ,Electronic engineering ,Electrical and Electronic Engineering ,Microstrip technology ,Telecommunications ,business - Abstract
This paper presents novel and compact implementations of bandpass filters using transversal topologies. The structures presented implement diferent transfer functions of order three in multilayered microstrip technology. In order to allow for easy implementation of the required coupling, multilayered broadside configurations are proposed. We demonstrate that with the proposed configurations, both dualband and quasi-elliptic responses can be easily synthesized, by only changing the sign of certain entries in the coupling matrix. To easily adjust the sign of the coupling, novel resonators are proposed, including simple half-wavelength transmission line resonators, meander line resonators and shortcircuited resonators. Experimental validations for both prototypes are presented, demonstrating the validity and usefulness of the proposed con gurations. The authors thank Ministerio de Educacion y Ciencia of Spain, which has supported this work with the Project TEC2007-67630-C03/TCM.
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- 2010