CHAPTER 10
Advanced RF/Microwave Filters
There have been increasing demands for advanced RF/microwave filters other than
conventional Chebyshev filters in order to meet stringent requirements from RF/mi-
crowave systems, particularly from wireless communications systems. In this chap-
ter, we will discuss the designs of some advanced filters. These include selective fil-
ters with a single pair of transmission zeros, cascaded quadruplet (CQ) filters,
trisection and cascaded trisection (CT) filters, cross-coupled filters using transmis-
sion line inserted inverters, linear phase filters for group delay equalization, extract-
ed-pole filters, and canonical filters.
10.1 SELECTIVE FILTERS WITH A SINGLE PAIR OF
TRANSMISSION ZEROS
10.1.1 Filter Characteristics
The filter having only one pair of transmission zeros (or attenuation poles) at finite
frequencies gives much improved skirt selectivity, making it a viable intermediate
between the Chebyshev and elliptic-function filters, yet with little practical difficul-
ty of physical realization [1–4]. The transfer function of this type of filter is
|S
21
(⍀)|
2
=
␧
= (10.1)
F
n
(⍀) = cosh
Ά
(n – 2)cosh
–1
(⍀) + cosh

–
ෆ
L
R
—
10
ෆ
ෆ
–
ෆ
1
ෆ
1
ᎏᎏ
1 +
␧
2
F
n
2
(⍀)
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loss L
R
= 20 log|S
11
| in dB, and n is the degree of the filter. It is obvious that ⍀ =

␻
a2
=
␻
0
Figure 10.1 shows some typical frequency responses of this type of filter for n = 6
and L
R
= –20 dB as compared to that of the Chebyshev filter. As can be seen, the
improvement in selectivity over the Chebyshev filter is evident. The closer the atten-
uation poles to the cut-off frequency (⍀ = 1), the sharper the filter skirt and the
higher the selectivity.
⍀
a
FBW +
͙
(⍀
ෆ
a
F
ෆ
B
ෆ
W
ෆ
)
2
ෆ
+
ෆ

␻
ᎏ
␻
0
1
ᎏ
FBW
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FIGURE 10.1 Comparison of frequency responses of the Chebyshev filter and the design filter with a
single pair of attenuation poles at finite frequencies (n = 6).
10.1.2 Filter Synthesis
The transmission zeros of this type of filter may be realized by cross coupling a pair
of nonadjacent resonators of the standard Chebyshev filter. Levy [2] has developed
an approximate synthesis method based on a lowpass prototype filter shown in Fig-
ure 10.2, where the rectangular boxes represent ideal admittance inverters with
characteristic admittance J. The approximate synthesis starts with the element val-
ues for Chebyshev filters
g
1
=
g
i
g
i–1
= (i = 1, 2, ···, m), m = n/2
(10.3)
␥
= sinh
΂

m–1
is
given by
J
m–1
= (10.4)
–J
Ј
m
ᎏᎏ
(⍀
a
g
m
)
2
– J
m
Ј
2
1
ᎏ
␧
1
ᎏ
n
4 sin
ᎏ
(2i
2

ᎏ
␥
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317
FIGURE 10.2 Lowpass prototype filter for the filter synthesis.
Introduction of J
m–1
mismatches the filter, and to maintain the required return loss
at midband it is necessary to change the value of J
m
slightly according to the formu-
la
J
Ј
m
= (10.5)
where J
Ј
m
is interpreted as the updated J
m
. Equations (10.5) and (10.4) are solved it-
eratively with the initial values of J
m
and J
m–1
given in (10.3). No other elements of
the original Chebyshev filter are changed.
The above method is simple, yet quite useful in many cases for design of selec-
tive filters. But it suffers from inaccuracy, and can even fail for very highly selective

g
2
(⍀
a
) = 7.22106 – 9.48678·⍀
a
+ 5.89032·⍀
a
2
– 1.65776·⍀
a
3
+ 0.17723·⍀
a
4
J
1
(⍀
a
) = –4.30192 + 6.26745·⍀
a
– 3.67345·⍀
a
2
+ 0.9936·⍀
a
3
– 0.10317·⍀
a
4

= –20dB)
⍀
a
g
1
g
2
J
1
J
2
1.80 0.95974 1.42192 –0.21083 1.11769
1.85 0.95826 1.40972 –0.19685 1.10048
1.90 0.95691 1.39927 –0.18429 1.08548
1.95 0.95565 1.39025 –0.17297 1.07232
2.00 0.95449 1.38235 –0.16271 1.06062
2.05 0.95341 1.37543 –0.15337 1.05022
2.10 0.95242 1.36934 –0.14487 1.04094
2.15 0.95148 1.36391 –0.13707 1.03256
2.20 0.95063 1.35908 –0.12992 1.02499
2.25 0.94982 1.35473 –0.12333 1.0181
2.30 0.94908 1.35084 –0.11726 1.01187
2.35 0.94837 1.3473 –0.11163 1.00613
2.40 0.94772 1.34408 –0.10642 1.00086
g
1
(⍀
a
) = 1.70396 – 1.59517·⍀
a

a
+ 399.30192·⍀
a
2
– 178.6625·⍀
a
3
+ 30.04429·⍀
a
4
J
2
(⍀
a
) = –24.36846 + 60.76753·⍀
a
– 58.32061·⍀
a
2
+ 25.23321·⍀
a
3
– 4.131·⍀
a
4
J
3
(⍀
a
) = 160.91445 – 422.57327·⍀

2
(⍀
a
) = 2.50544 – 2.64258·⍀
a
+ 2.55107·⍀
a
2
– 1.11014·⍀
a
3
+ 0.18275·⍀
a
4
g
3
(⍀
a
) = 3.30522 – 3.25128·⍀
a
+ 3.06494·⍀
a
2
– 1.30769·⍀
a
3
+ 0.21166·⍀
a
4
g

4
(⍀
a
) = 82.26109 – 213.43564·⍀
a
+ 212.16473·⍀
a
2
– 94.28338·⍀
a
3
+ 15.76923·⍀
a
4
(n = 8 and 1.2 Յ ⍀
a
Յ 1.6)
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TABLE 10.2 Element values of six-pole prototype (L
R
= –20dB)
⍀
a
g
1
g
2
g
3

1.20 1.02947 1.46854 1.99638 1.96641 –0.40786 1.4333
1.25 1.02797 1.46619 1.99276 1.88177 –0.35062 1.32469
1.30 1.02682 1.46441 1.98979 1.82834 –0.30655 1.25165
1.35 1.02589 1.46295 1.98742 1.79208 –0.27151 1.19902
1.40 1.02514 1.46179 1.98551 1.76631 –0.24301 1.15939
1.45 1.02452 1.46079 1.98385 1.74721 –0.21927 1.12829
1.50 1.024 1.45995 1.98246 1.73285 –0.19928 1.10347
1.55 1.02355 1.45925 1.98122 1.72149 –0.18209 1.08293
1.60 1.02317 1.45862 1.98021 1.71262 –0.16734 1.06597
The design parameters of the bandpass filter, i.e., the coupling coefficients and ex-
ternal quality factors, as referring to the general coupling structure of Figure 10.3,
can be determined by the formulas
Q
ei
= Q
eo
=
M
i,i+1
= M
n–i,n–i+1
=
ᎏ
͙
F
g
ෆ
B
i
g

(10.10)
S
11
(⍀) =
where Y
e
and Y
o
are the even- and odd-mode input admittance of the filter in Figure
10.2. It can be shown that when the filter is open /short-circuited along its symmet-
rical plane, the admittance at the two cross admittance inverters are ϯJ
m–1
and ϯJ
m
.
Therefore, Y
e
and Y
o
can easily be expressed in terms of the elements in a ladder
structure such as
Y
e
(⍀) = j(⍀g
1
– J
1
) +
ᎏ
j(⍀g

e
(⍀)
)
·
(
1 + Y
o
(⍀)
)
Y
o
(⍀) – Y
e
(⍀)
ᎏᎏᎏ
(
1 + Y
e
(⍀)
)
·
(
1 + Y
o
(⍀)
)
FBW·J
m–1
ᎏᎏ
g

for n = 6 (10.11b)
Y
o
(⍀) = j⍀g
1
+
1
Y
e
(⍀) = j⍀g
1
+ _____________________________________
j⍀g
2
+ ··· +
for n = 8, 10, · · · (m = n/2) (10.11c)
1
Y
o
(⍀) = j⍀g
1
+ _____________________________________
j⍀g
2
+ · · · +
The frequency locations of a pair of attenuation poles can be determined by impos-
ing the condition of |S
21
(⍀)| = 0 upon (10.10). This requires |Y
o

m
2
๶
–
๶
๶
๶
(10.13)
As an example, from Table 10.2 where m = 3 we have g
3
= 2.47027, J
2
= –0.39224,
and J
3
= 1.95202 for ⍀
a
= 1.20. Substituting these element values into (10.13) yields
⍀
a
= 1.19998, an excellent match. It is more interesting to note from (10.13) that even
if J
m
and J
m–1
exchange signs, the locations of attenuation poles are not changed.
Therefore, and more importantly, the signs for the coupling coefficients M
m,m+1
and
M

g
m
+ J
m
)
1
ᎏᎏᎏᎏ
j(⍀g
m–1
+ J
m–1
) +
ᎏ
j(⍀g
m
1
+ J
m
)
ᎏ
1
ᎏᎏᎏᎏ
j(⍀g
m–1
– J
m–1
) +
ᎏ
j(⍀g
m

1
– J
3
)
ᎏ
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other different filter configurations and resonator shapes that may be used for the
realization.
As an example of the realization, an eight-pole microstrip filter is designed to
meet the following specifications
Center frequency 985 MHz
Fractional bandwidth FBW 10.359%
40dB Rejection bandwidth 125.5 MHz
Passband return loss –20 dB
The pair of attenuation poles are placed at ⍀ = ±1.2645 in order to meet the rejec-
tion specification. Note that the number of poles and ⍀
a
could be obtained by di-
rectly optimizing the transfer function of (10.1). The element values of the lowpass
prototype can be obtained by substituting ⍀
a
= 1.2645 into (10.8), and found to be
g
1
= 1.02761, g
2
= 1.46561, g
3
= 1.99184, g

= 9.92027
The filter is realized using the configuration of Figure 10.4(c) on a substrate with a
relative dielectric constant of 10.8 and a thickness of 1.27 mm. To determine the
physical dimensions of the filter, the full-wave EM simulations are carried out to
extract the coupling coefficients and external quality factors using the approach de-
scribed in Chapter 8. The simulated results are plotted in Figure 10.5, where the size
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( )
c
( )
d
()
a
( )
b
1
1
1
2
2
2
3
3
3
4
4
4
5
5

, can be found from Figure 10.5(c); the coupling spacing for M
2,3
is
obtained from Figure 10.5(d). The tapped line position for the required Q
e
is deter-
mined from Figure 10.5(e). It should be mentioned that the design curves in Figure
10.5 may be used for the other filter designs as well. Figure 10.6(a) is a photograph
of the fabricated filter using copper microstrip. The size of the filter amounts to
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FIGURE 10.6 (a) Photograph of the fabricated eight-pole microstrip bandpass filter designed to have
a single pair of attenuation poles at finite frequencies. The size of the filter is about 120 mm × 50 mm on
a 1.27 mm thick substrate with a relative dielectric constant of 10.8. (b) Measured performance of the fil-
ter.
(b)
(a)
0.87
␭
g0
by 0.29
␭
g0
. The measured performance is shown in Figure 10.6(b). The
midband insertion loss is about 2.1dB, which is attributed to the conductor loss of
copper. The two attenuation poles near the cut-off frequencies of the passband are
observable, which improves the selectivity. High rejection at the stopband is also
achieved.
10.2 CASCADED QUADRUPLET (CQ) FILTERS
When high selectivity and/or other requirements cannot be met by the filters with a

2,3
M
3,4
M
1,4
M
4,5
M
4,7
M
n-2,n-1
M
6,7
M
n-1,n
M
n-3,n
M
5,6
M
n-3,n-2
1
5
n-3
2
6
n-2
3
7
n-1

M
5,6
M
n-3,n-2
1
5
n-3
2
6
n-2
3
7
n-1
4
8
n
( )a
10.2.1 Microstrip CQ Filters
As examples of realizing the coupling structure of Figure 10.7(a) in microstrip, two
microstrip CQ filters are shown in Figure 10.8, where the numbers indicate the se-
quences of the direct couplings. The filters are comprised of microstrip open-loop
resonators; each has a perimeter about a half-wavelength. Note that the shape of the
resonators need not be square, it may be rectangular, circular, or a meander open
loop so it can be adapted for different substrate sizes. The interresonator couplings
are realized through the fringe fields of the microstrip open-loop resonators. The
CQ filter of Figure 10.8(a) will have two pairs of attenuation poles at finite frequen-
cies because both the couplings for M
23
and M
14

bandwidth, the required 50 dB and 65 dB rejection bandwidths set the selectivity, of
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1
1
2
2
3
3
4
4
5
5
6
6
7
7
8
8
FIGURE 10.8 Configurations of two eight-pole microstrip CQ filters.
(a)
(b)
the filter. To meet this selectivity the filter was designed to have two pairs of attenu-
ation poles near the passband edges, which correspond to p = ±j1.3202 and p =
±j1.7942 on the imaginary axis of the normalized complex lowpass frequency
plane. The general coupling matrix and the scaled quality factors of the filter are
synthesized by optimization, as described in Chapter 9, and found to be
[m] =
΄΅
q

= Q
eo
= 14.5582
The filter response can be calculated using the general formulation for the cross-
coupled resonator filters given in Chapter 8 and is depicted in Figure 10.9 togeth-
er with an eight-pole Chebyshev filter response (dotted line) for comparison. The
designed filter meets all the specification parameters. The Chebyshev filter has
the same return loss level but its 50 dB and 65 rejection bandwidths are 100 MHz
and 120 MHz, respectively, which obviously does not meet the rejection require-
ments.
Having determined the design parameters, the nest step is to find the physical di-
mensions for the microstrip CQ filter. For reducing conductor loss and increasing
power handling capability, wider microstrip would be preferable. Hence, the mi-
crostrip line width of open-loop resonators used for the filter implementation is 3.0
mm. Full-wave electromagnetic (EM) simulations are performed to extract the cou-
pling coefficients and external quality factors using the formulas described in
Chapter 8. This enables us to determine the physical dimensions of the filter. Figure
10.10(a) shows the filter layout with the dimensions, where all the microstrip open-
loop resonators have a size of 20 mm × 20 mm.
The designed filter was fabricated using copper microstrip on a RT/Duroid sub-
0
0
0
0
–0.2346
0
0.77967
0
0
0

0
0.6514
0
0.52837
0
0
0
0
0.80799
0
0.6514
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.80799
0
–0.10066
0
0
0
0
10.2 CASCADED QUADRUPLET (CQ) FILTERS
327
strate with a relative dielectric constant of 10.8 and a thickness of 1.27 mm. The
filter was measured using a HP network analyzer. The measured performance is
shown in Figure 10.10(b). The midband insertion loss is about –2.7dB, which is
mainly attributed to the conductor loss of copper. The two pairs of attenuation

n
i=1
cosh
–1
΂΃΅
⍀ – 1/⍀
ai
ᎏᎏ
1 – ⍀/⍀
ai
1
ᎏᎏ
͙
1
ෆ
+
ෆ
␧
ෆ
2
F
ෆ
n
2
(
ෆ
⍀
ෆ
)
ෆ

The main advantage of a CT filter is its capability of producing asymmetrical
frequency response, which is desirable for some applications requiring only a high-
er selectivity on one side of the passband, but less or none on the other side [8–15].
In such cases, a symmetric frequency response filter results in a larger number of
resonators with a higher insertion loss in the passband, a larger size, and a higher
cost.
To demonstrate this, Figure 10.12 shows a comparison of different types of band-
pass filter responses to meet simple specifications of a rejection larger than 20 dB
for the normalized frequencies Ն 1.03, and a return loss Յ –20 dB over a fractional
bandwidth FBW = 0.035. As can be seen in Figure 10.12(a) the four-pole Cheby-
shev filter does not meet the rejection requirement, but the five-pole Chebyshev fil-
ter does. The four-pole elliptic function response filter with a pair of attenuation
poles at finite frequencies meets the specifications. However, the most notable thing
is that the three-pole filter with a single CT section having an asymmetric frequency
response not only meets the specifications, but also results in the smallest passband
insertion loss as compared with the other filters. The later is clearly illustrated in
Figure 10.12(b).
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M
1,3
M
3,5
M
n-2,n
M
4,5
M
n-1,n
M

M
1,2
M
2,3
Q
e1
Q
en
FIGURE 10.11 Typical coupling structures of the cascaded trisection or CT filters.
10.3.2 Trisection Filters
A three-pole trisection filter is not only the simplest CT filter by itself, but also the
basic unit for construction of higher-degree CT filters. Therefore, it is important to
understand how it works. For the narrow-band case, an equivalent circuit of Figure
10.13(a) may represent a trisection filter. The couplings between adjacent res-
10.3 TRISECTION AND CASCADED TRISECTION (CT) FILTERS
331
(a)
(b)
FIGURE 10.12 Comparison of different types of bandpass filter responses to meet simple specifica-
tions: rejection larger than 20 dB for normalized frequency Ն 1.03 and return loss loss Յ –20 dB over
fractional bandwidth of 0.035. (a) Transmission response. (b) Details of passband response.
onators are indicated by the coupling coefficients M
12
and M
23
and the cross cou-
pling is denoted by M
13
. Q
e1

, and
␻
01
=
␻
03
.
The above coupled resonator circuit may be transferred to a lowpass prototype
filter shown in Figure 10.13(b). Each of the rectangular boxes represents a frequen-
cy invariant immittance inverter, with J the characteristic admittance of the inverter.
In our case J
12
= J
23
= 1 for the inverters along the main path of the filter. The by-
pass inverter with a characteristic admittance J
13
accounts for the cross coupling. g
i
and B
i
(i = 1, 2, 3) denote the capacitance and the frequency invariant susceptance
of the lowpass prototype filter, respectively. g
0
and g
4
are the resistive terminations.
Assume a symmetric two-port circuit of Figure 10.13(b); thus, g
0
= g

Q
e1
M
23
Q
e3
L
2
L
3
L
1
L
2
L
3
L
1
2
22
INPUT
2
2
OUTPUT
2
g
0
g
1
g

2
S
11o
ᎏ
(10.17)
S
11
= S
22
=
with
S
11e
=
(10.18)
S
11o
=
where S
11e
and S
11o
are the even- and odd-mode scattering parameters; p = j⍀, with
⍀ the frequency variable of the lowpass prototype filter. With (10.17) and (10.18)
the unknown element values of a symmetric lowpass prototype may be determined
by a synthesis method or through an optimization process.
At the frequency ⍀
a
where the finite frequency attenuation pole is located, |S
21

j
΃
(10.20)
Applying the lowpass to bandpass frequency mapping, we can find the correspond-
ing attenuation pole at the bandpass frequency
f
a
= f
0
(10.21)
Here f
0
is the midband frequency and FBW is the fractional bandwidth of bandpass
filters.
To transfer the lowpass elements to the bandpass ones, let us first transfer a
nodal capacitance and its associated frequency invariant susceptance of the low-
FBW·⍀
a
+
͙
(F
ෆ
B
ෆ
W
ෆ
·⍀
ෆ
a
)

1
+ jJ
13
)
ᎏᎏᎏ
1 + (g
1
p + jB
1
+ jJ
13
)
1 –
΂
g
1
p + jB
1
– jJ
13
+
ᎏ
g
2
p
2
+
J
12
jB

2
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333
pass prototype filter of Figure 10.13(b) into a shunt resonator of the bandpass fil-
ter of Figure 10.13(a). Using the lowpass to bandpass frequency transformation,
we have
·
΂
+
΃
·g
i
+ jB
i
= j
␻
C
i
+ (10.22)
where
␻
0
= 2
␲
f
0
is the midband angular frequency. Derivation of (10.22) with re-
spect to j
␻
yields

(10.24)
·
΂΃
·g
i
= C
i
+
We can solve for C
i
and L
i
:
C
i
=
ᎏ
␻
1
0
ᎏ
΂
ᎏ
FB
g
i
W
ᎏ
+
ᎏ

␻
0i
= =
␻
0
·
Ί
1
๶
–
๶
๶
๶
(10.26)
From (10.26) we can clearly see that the effect of frequency invariant susceptance is
the offset of resonant frequency of a shunt resonator from the midband frequency of
bandpass filter. Therefore, as we mentioned before, the bandpass filter of this type
is in general asynchronously tuned.
In order to derive the expressions for the external quality factors and coupling
coefficients, we define a susceptance slope parameter of each shunt resonator in
Figure 10.13(a), as discussed in Chapter 3:
b
i
= ·
΂
␻
C
i
–
΃

ෆ
i
C
ෆ
i
ෆ
1
ᎏ
␻
0
2
L
i
2
ᎏ
␻
0
1
ᎏ
FBW
1
ᎏ
( j
␻
)
2
L
i
␻
0

FBW
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Substituting (10.25) into (10.27) yields
b
i
=
␻
0i
C
i
= ·
΂
+
΃
(10.28)
By using definitions similar to those described previously in Chapter 8 for the ex-
ternal quality factor and the coupling coefficient, we have
Q
e1
= = ·
΂
+
΃
Q
en
=
ᎏ
g
b

΃
(10.29)
M
ij
|
ij
=
ᎏ
͙
J
b
ෆ
ij
i
b
ෆ
j
ෆ
ᎏ
=
where n is the degree of the filter or the number of the resonators.
Note that the design equations of (10.26) and (10.29) are general since they are
applicable for general coupled resonator filters when the equivalent circuits in Fig-
ure 10.13 are extended to higher-order filters.
10.3.3 Microstrip Trisection Filters
Microstrip trisection filters with different resonator shapes, such as open-loop res-
onators [14] and triangular patch resonators [15], can produce asymmetric frequen-
cy responses with an attenuation pole of finite frequency on either side of the pass-
band.
10.3.3.1 Trisection Filter Design: Example One

ෆ
(g
ෆ
j
+
ෆ
ෆ
F
ෆ
B
ෆ
W
ෆ
·B
ෆ
j
/2
ෆ
)
ෆ
␻
0
ᎏ
͙
␻
ෆ
0i
ෆ
␻
ෆ

␻
0i
ᎏ
␻
0
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g
1
= g
3
= 0.695 B
1
= B
3
= 0.185
g
2
= 1.245 B
2
= –0.615
J
12
= J
23
= 1.0 J
13
= –0.457
From (10.26) and (10.29) we obtain
f

q
e1
= q
e3
= 0.69484
The filter frequency response can be computed using the general formulation (8.30)
for the cross-coupled resonator filters. At this stage, it is interesting to point out that
if we reverse the sign of the generalized coupling matrix in (10.30), we can obtain
an image frequency response of the filter with the finite frequency attenuation pole
moved to the low side of the passband. This means that the design parameters of
(10.30) have dual usage, and one may take the advantage of this to design the filter
with the image frequency response.
Having obtained the required design parameters for the bandpass filter, the phys-
ical dimensions of the microstrip trisection filter can be determined using full-wave
EM simulations to extract the desired coupling coefficients and external quality fac-
tors, as described in Chapter 8. Figure 10.14(a) shows the layout of the designed mi-
crostrip filter with the dimensions on a substrate having a relative dielectric con-
stant of 10.8 and a thickness of 1.27 mm. The size of the filter is about 0.19
␭
g0
by
0.27
␭
g0
, where
␭
g0
is the guided wavelength of a 50 ohm line on the substrate at the
midband frequency. This size is evidently very compact. Figure 10.14(b) shows the
measured results of the filter. As can be seen, an attenuation pole of finite frequen-

FIGURE 10.14 (a) Layout of the microstrip trisection filter designed to have a higher selectivity on
high side of the passband on a 1.27 mm thick substrate with a relative dielectric constant of 10.8. (b)
Measured performance of the filter.
10.3.3.2 Trisection Filter Design: Example Two
The filter is designed to meet the following specifications:
Midband or center frequency 910 MHz
Bandwidth of passband 40 MHz
Return loss in the passband < –20 dB
Rejection > 35 dB for frequencies Յ 843MHz
A three-pole bandpass filter with an attenuation pole of finite frequency on the low
side of the passband can meet the specifications. The element values of the lowpass
prototype filter for this design example are
g
1
= g
3
= 0.645 B
1
= B
3
= –0.205
g
2
= 0.942 B
2
= 0.191
J
12
= J
23

onator 2 is lower than the midband frequency. The frequency offsets are 0.68% and
–0.47%, respectively. Moreover, the cross coupling coefficient is positive. For f
0
=
910 MHz and FBW = 0.044, the generalized coupling matrix and the scaled external
quality factors are
[m] =
΄΅
(10.31)
q
e1
= q
e3
= 0.64547
Similarly, the frequency response can be computed using (8.30), and reversing the
sign of the generalized coupling matrix in (10.31) results in an image frequency re-
0.43523
1.28205
0.30764
1.28205
–0.21309
1.28205
0.30764
1.28205
0.43523
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sponse of the filter, with the finite frequency attenuation pole moved to the high
side of the passband.
Figure 10.15(a) is the layout of the designed filter with all dimensions on a sub-

(a)
(b)