ELECTRONICALLY SWITCHABLE AND TUNABLE COPLANAR WAVE-GUIDE SLOTLINE BAND-PASS FILTERS

被引:42
作者
SHU, YH [1 ]
NAVARRO, JA [1 ]
CHANG, K [1 ]
机构
[1] TEXAS A&M UNIV SYST,DEPT ELECT ENGN,COLLEGE STN,TX 77843
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10.1109/22.75299
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
A novel coplanar waveguide (CPW) slotline band-pass filter has been developed. The circuit allows planar integration of active and passive semiconductor devices both in series and in shunt. To test the filter, a new microstrip to slotline transition was designed and two of these transitions exhibited an insertion loss of less than 1.0 dB over the 2.0 to 4.0 GHz range. A three-section CPW-slotline band-pass filter demonstrated an insertion loss of less than 0.2 dB over the passband centered at 2.9 GHz. A three-section CPW-slotline switchable band-pass filter integrated with three p-i-n diodes was developed with a 0.7 dB insertion loss in the passband when the p-i-n diodes are OFF and 25.0 dB isolation across the entire band when the p-i-n diodes are ON. A three-section CPW-slotline varactor-tunable filter integrated with three varactor diodes was demonstrated with a 2.0 dB insertion loss and over 20% electronic tuning range. Simple transmission line circuit models were used to optimize the design.
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页码:548 / 554
页数:7
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