Design of a band-pass filter using stepped impedance resonators with floating conductors

P og ess In Elec omagne ics Resea ch, Vol. 105, 31–48, 2010 DESIGN OF A BAND-PASS FILTER USING STEPPED IMPEDANCE RESONATORS WITH FLOATING CON- DUCTORS M. D. C. Vel´azquez-Ahumada Depa men o Elec onics and Elec omagne ism Uni e si y o Se ille A . Reina Me cedes s/n, Se ille 41012, Spain J. Ma el Depa men o Applied Physics 2 Uni e si y o Se ille A . Reina Me cedes s/n, Se ille 41012, Spain F. Medina Depa men o Elec onics and Elec omagne ism Uni e si y o Se ille A . Reina Me cedes s/n, Se ille 41012, Spain F. Mesa Depa men o Applied Physics 1 Uni e si y o Se ille A . Reina Me cedes s/n, Se ille 41012, Spain Abs ac —A new ype o minia u ized s epped impedance esona o (SIR) o bandpass il e applica ions is p oposed in his pape . The new esona o inco po a es a g ound plane window wi h a loa ing conduc o in he backside o he subs a e. The g ound plane window inc ease he cha ac e is ic impedance o he lines used o implemen he induc i e egion o he quasi-lumped esona o , hus allowing some size educ ion. Mo eo e , he p esence o a loa ing conduc ing pa ch p in ed below he capaci i e egion o he esona o pushes up he i s spu ious band o he il e . A meaning ul imp o emen o i s ou -o -band ejec ion le el is hen achie ed. The coupling be ween adjacen esona o s is also enhanced hus leading o wide achie able Co esponding au ho : F. Medina ([email p o ec ed]). 32 Vel´azquez-Ahumada e al. bandwid hs. Some il e designs using he new esona o and o he s anda d esona o s a e included o compa ison pu poses. 1. INTRODUCTION Minia u iza ion o p in ed plana mic owa e il e s has been a popula esea ch opic in ecen yea s owing o he g owing expansion o wi eless and mobile communica ion sys ems ope a ing a he lowe end o he mic owa e spec um. Recen examples o his kind o esea ch can be ound in [1–7]. Con en ional dis ibu ed esona o s a e oo la ge o be used a low equencies when minia u iza ion is a key issue. Thus, hese esona o s ha e been p og essi ely eplaced by smalle s uc u es. Hal -wa eleng h esona o s o iginally used o implemen pa allel-coupled line il e s [8] we e subs i u ed by hai pin esona o s such as hose epo ed in [9]. A mo e compac e sion o he hai pin esona o is he squa e open-loop esona o [10], bu his esona o s ill wo ks as a dis ibu ed de ice ha yields oo la ge layou s a low equencies. An addi ional d awback o dis ibu ed esona o s is he deg ada ion o he ou -o -band ejec ion le el because o he exis ence o undesi ed spu ious ha monics. This p oblem can be o e come by using compac quasi-lumped esona o s a he p ice o inc easing losses. Fo ins ance, he olded hai pin esona o in [11] is much smalle han he con en ional hal emai pin o open- loop esona o s owing o inc eased capaci ance associa ed o wo closely coupled sec ions. A simila e ec can be a ained using he minia u ized open-loop esona o s p oposed in [12], la e modi ied by o he au ho s [13] and now called olded s epped impedance esona o s ( olded SIR) [14]. This esona o can be iewed as a high cha ac e is ic impedance ansmission line loaded wi h a low impedance coupled line pai . Fo ela i ely high alues o he capaci ance o he wide coupled lines sec ion and o he lowes esonance equency, he s uc u e beha es as an LC quasi-lumped esona o . In such case, he induc ance, L, is p o ided by he sho sec ion o high cha ac e is ic impedance mic os ip line and he capaci ance, C, is associa ed wi h he elec ically sho pai o coupled lines. The quasi-lumped na u e o he esona o au oma ically alle ia es he p oblem associa ed wi h he p esence o he i s spu ious ansmission band [15]. Mo e sophis ica ed e sions o SIR’s ha e been applied o il e design looking o compac ness and wide uppe s opband beha io [16]. Recen ly, a numbe o compac p in ed esona o s ha e p o i ed om he pa e ning o he backside me alliza ion o he subs a e [17– 20] in o de o enhance hei pe o mance. These a e known as de ec ed P og ess In Elec omagne ics Resea ch, Vol. 105, 2010 33 (a) (b) A A’ l4 l3 l2 l1 w0 w l s s0 s Figu e 1. Folded s epped impedance esona o wi h g ound plane window and loa ing conduc o . (a) Top iew; (b) bo om iew. To cla i y he window posi ion in he bo om iew, he con ou o he uppe side esona o has been d awn using dashed lines. g ound s uc u es (DGS). Following ha esea ch line, in his pape we p opose he new esona o shown in Fig. 1. This esona o , a olded SIR wi h loa ing conduc o , can be conside ed a modi ied e sion o he esona o s p oposed in [12, 14]. The g ound plane a ea below he esona o is pa ially emo ed, in such a way ha a me allic loa ing ec angula pa ch emains inside he g ound window and below he coupled lines sec ion. The p esence o he window inc eases he cha ac e is ic impedance o he single s ip sec ion [21– 23] hus p o iding some size educ ion. Bu wha is mo e impo an in he con ex o his pape , he loa ing conduc o p o ides a way o imp o e he ou -o -band ejec ion le el o il e s based on his s uc u e. This is a e y impo an issue o a oid in e modula ion dis o ion [24]. Roughly speaking, he i s esonance equency associa ed wi h he desi ed pass band is close o he one o he con en ional olded SIR, while he second esonance equency meaning ully pushed up. This ac allows a be e ejec ion le el abo e he i s band. As addi ional bene i s, he g ound plane window opens a new coupling mechanism imp o ing he coupling ac o be ween neighbo esona o s [25] hus making possible wide bandwid hs. In b ie , he new esona o allows us o buil il e s sligh ly smalle han he ones based on con en ional olded SIRs wi h la ge achie able bandwid hs and be e ejec ion le el abo e he i s pass band. 34 Vel´azquez-Ahumada e al. coupled lines single line Zse s ,ε Zee e ,ε Zoe o ,ε AA’ Figu e 2. T ansmission line ci cui model o any olded SIR. The model is alid o con en ional olded SIR and app oxima ely accoun s o he beha io o he olded SIR wi h loa ing conduc o . 2. CHARACTERIZATION OF SINGLE RESONATORS 2.1. T ansmission Line Ci cui Model Fig. 2 shows a ansmission line ci cui model ha easonably accoun s o he elec omagne ic beha io o olded SIR’s. Fo he olded SIR wi h loa ing conduc o s udied in his pape his is jus an app oxima e model because he coupled sec ion in ol es h ee conduc o s plus g ound. Th ee, ins ead o wo, quasi-TEM modes a e hen in ol ed. Howe e , i has been shown in he pas ha he e en/odd mode heo y easonably applies o his case [26, 27]. The cha ac e is ic impedance and he e ec i e dielec ic cons an o he single ansmission line sec ion, p o iding he induc i e con ibu ion, a e Zsand εs e espec i ely. The capaci i e pa o he esona o can be iewed as a coupled pai o mic os ip lines whose elec ical pa ame e s a e he e en (e) and odd (o) mode cha ac e is ic impedances, Zeand Zo, and he modal e ec i e pe mi i i ies, εe e and εo e . No e ha his is he same ci cui p oposed in [11] o a olded hai pin esona o . The symme y o he s uc u e wi h espec o he AA0plane in Fig.1 allows us o conside sepa a e e en and odd mode exci a ions [11, 28]. Two P og ess In Elec omagne ics Resea ch, Vol. 105, 2010 35 independen esonance condi ions a e hen ob ained: an θs 2 an θo=Rzo (odd esonances) (1) an θe=−Rze an θs 2(e en esonances) (2) whe e Rzo =Zo/Zs,RzeCon =Ze/Zs,θsis he elec ical leng h o he single line sec ion, and θe,o a e he elec ical leng hs o he e en (odd) modes o he coupled lines sec ion. The i s esonance equency, 0, co esponds o he i s odd mode esonance. This is he undamen al equency de e mining he ope a ion band o any il e based on hese esona o s. The i s spu ious esonance equency, 1, co esponds o he i s e en mode esonance. 2.2. Minimum Size Condi ions The deg ee o compac ness o olded SIR’s can be desc ibed ollowing he me hod in [28], whe e he physical leng h o he esona o is compa ed wi h he leng h o an open-loop esona o ha ing he same undamen al equency. This analysis yields he ollowing op imal alues o he elec ical leng hs o he single and coupled line sec ions Figu e 3. No malized elec ical leng h a he i s spu ious esonance equency ( 1) o SIR’s e sus θ1 susing he a io Rze as a pa ame e . 36 Vel´azquez-Ahumada e al. (Rzo <1 is assumed): θ0 s= 2 an−1sRzo(RzoPs−Po) RzoPo−Ps (3) θ0 o= an−1sRzo(RzoPo−Ps) RzoPs−Po (4) whe e Ps=qε e e /εs e and Po=qε e e /εo e ,ε e e being he e ec i e pe mi i i y o he ansmission line used o implemen he open-loop esona o (no e ha i Ps=1 we eco e he esul s in [29] and i Ps=Po=1 we a e in he case ea ed in [30]). In b ie , we conclude ha , o minia u iza ion pu poses, he SIR mus be designed so as o ge alues o Rzo,Psand Poas small as possible whe eas θ0 sand θ0 o ul ill he minimum condi ions in (3) and (4). 2.3. Pushing up he Fi s Spu ious Resonance I is ou goal o maximize he a io 1/ 0. In o he wo ds, he elec ical leng h o he SIR a 1should be as la ge as possible when compa ed wi h he elec ical leng h o ou e e ence hal -wa e esona o a 0 (i.e., π). Le us de ine he no malized elec ical leng h a he i s spu ious esonance o a SIR as θN1 = (θ1 s+ 2θ1 e)/π. The elec ical leng hs θ1 sand θ1 ea e, espec i ely, he leng hs o he single line sec ion and he e en mode elec ical leng h o he coupled sec ion o he SIR a 1. In Fig. 3, we plo he alues o θN1 as a unc ion o θ1 susing he a io Rze as a pa ame e . The case Rze = 1 co esponds o he hal -wa e open-loop esona o and, ob iously, θN1 = 2 in such case. I Rze <1θN1 eaches a maximum when an(θ1 s/2) = 1/√Rze (in ha case θ1 e=θ1 s/2 + π/2) and a minimum when an(θ1 s/2) = −1/√Rze (in ha case θ1 e=θ1 s/2−π/2). On he con a y, i Rze >1, θN1 eaches a minimum when an(θ1 s/2) = 1/√Rze (in ha case θ1 e=θ1 s/2+π/2) and a maximum when an(θ1 s/2) = −1/√Rzo (in ha case θ1 e=θ1 s/2−π/2). This discussion is no comple ely equi alen o he simila analysis ca ied ou in [28] o olded hai pin esona o s because in [28] only he ange π < θ1 s<2π(o θ1 s/2> θ1 e) was conside ed. Thus he au ho s o [28] conclude ha , o inc ease he i s spu ious equency, i is necessa y ha Rze >1. Howe e , he e e se condi ion, i.e., Rze <1 migh also lead o inc ease he i s spu ious equency in he ange 0< θ1 s< π (o θ1 s/2< θ1 e). An impo an e e ence conce ning his discussion, bu ocused on he un olded e sion o he con en ional SIR, can be ound in [31]. P og ess In Elec omagne ics Resea ch, Vol. 105, 2010 37 l3(mm) 0.51.0 1.52.0 2.53.0 3.54.0 4.55.0 5.56.0 1/ 0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 5.0 5.5 l =5 mm l =4 mm l =3 mm Con en ional Figu e 4. Va ia ion o 1/ 0as a unc ion o he leng h o he coupled lines sec ion (l3). The dashed line co esponds o a con en ional olded SIR. Solid lines co espond o olded SIR wi h loa ing conduc o s ha ing di e en alues o l and s= 0.1 mm. In conclusion, he double goal o op imum minia u iza ion and maximum a io 1/ 0can be eached p o ided he condi ions discussed in his sec ion and (3) and (4) a e simul aneously ul illed. Bu his is no a i ial ask because usually he in ol ed elec ical pa ame e s a e no independen . Fo a gi en subs a e, e ec i e dielec ic cons an s and cha ac e is ic impedances a e s ongly in e lea ed. Howe e , addi ional lexibili y would be ob ained i he alues o Rzo and Rze could be sepa a ely con olled. In such case, he designe could independen ly une, wi hin a ce ain ange o alues, he posi ions o he undamen al and he i s spu ious esonance equencies. This is he ad an age p o ided by he s uc u e p oposed in his pape . In he con en ional olded SIR he elec ic ield in bo h he odd and e en modes is s ongly con ined inside he dielec ic subs a e and Ze ends o be simila o Zo. The e o e he minia u iza ion leads o a lack o con ol o he i s spu ious equency because he alue o Zecan no be uned independen ly o Zo. This is no he case o he modi ied olded SIR in Fig. 1. Fo he i s (odd) esonance, he loa ing conduc ing pa ch beha es, oughly speaking, as a g ounded conduc o . The pa ame e s o he coupled lines Zoand εo e a e, app oxima ely, he same as hose he con en ional olded SIR. The e o e, we would no expec an impo an modi ica ion o he undamen al esonance equency wi h espec o ha o he con en ional olded SIR. Howe e , o he i s e en esonance, he beha io o he loa ing conduc o is a away o being a i ual g ound plane. In such case, he elec ic ield 38 Vel´azquez-Ahumada e al. is no con ined in he subs a e and, e en i Zois chosen o be e y low, a wide ange o alues o Zeis achie able uning he dimensions o he loa ing conduc o . Thus, he designe has a highe le el o con ol on he sepa a ion o he wo i s esonance equencies. This ea u e o he he s uc u e in Fig. 1 is exploi ed in his pape . In Fig. 4, we plo he a io 1/ 0as a unc ion o l3 o se e al alues o he pa ame e l (SIR wi h loa ing conduc o ) and o he con en ional olded SIR. The new s uc u e allows us o ob ain alues o his a io la ge han he a io p o ided by con en ional olded SIR. 2.4. Some P ac ical Examples In o de o check he heo e ical conside a ions abo e, we ha e nume ically s udied he beha io o se e al elec ical pa ame e s o con en ional olded SIR’s and he modi ied SIR in his pape . The esona o s a e supposed o be p in ed on a comme cial subs a e o ela i e dielec ic pe mi i i y ε = 10.2 and hickness h= 0.254 mm. This subs a e has been used la e o ob ain expe imen al esul s. The p in ed ci cui is enclosed in a me allic box whose dimensions ha e been aken in o accoun in he calcula ions. The physical size o he induc i e egion has been chosen o be he same o all he esona o s. The e o e, he dimensions w0= 0.37 mm, l1= 3.075 mm, l2= 1.68 mm a e he same o all o hem. We also keep cons an he alue l4= 3.025 mm. Using he as sol e desc ibed in [32] we can compu e he equi ed elec ical pa ame e s. Fo he con en ional SIR we ha e Zs= 39.72 Ω, εs e = 7.06, Zo= 7.69 Ω, εo e = 8.09, Ze= 8.93 Ω and εe e = 9.33. No e ha , as p edic ed, Zeand Zo a e low, as equi ed o minia u iza ion, bu close o each o he , wha is no sui able o ge high alues o 1/ 0. Fo he olded SIR wi h loa ing conduc o Zs= 61.85 Ω, εs e = 4.97. Fo his s uc u e, he alues o Zo,εo e ,Zeand εe e depend on he dimensions o he loa ing conduc o , sand l in Fig. 1. Ou compu a ions show ha odd mode pa ame e s o he coupled sec ion sligh ly depend on sbu a e in a ian wi h espec o l . Fo alues o s anging om 0.1 mm o 1.0 mm, Zo a ies be ween 7.7 and 9.2 Ω. These alues a e simila o he alue o Zo o he con en ional olded SIR. Al hough εs e is smalle o he newly p oposed esona o , he ela i ely high alue o Zscompensa es his e ec and makes 0sligh ly smalle in he case o he SIR wi h loa ing conduc o . Howe e , i is he e ec on 1wha is mo e impo an . The alues o Ze o ou esona o quickly inc eases wi h he alue o l and is no di icul o ob ain alues o his pa ame e 5 o 6 imes highe han he alue o 8.93 Ω co esponding o he con en ional olded SIR. P og ess In Elec omagne ics Resea ch, Vol. 105, 2010 39 d(mm) 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.00 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.06 0.07 0.08 0.09 d d Coupling ac o ,K Figu e 5. Coupling ac o e sus he dis ance be ween adjacen esona o s o he di e en esona o geome ies used o design il e A. Black solid line: olded SIR wi h loa ing conduc o ; g ey solid line: con en ional olded SIR; black dashed line: open-loop esona o . 3. EXAMPLES OF BANDPASS FILTER DESIGNS Se e al il e s wi h simila speci ica ions ha e been designed and ab ica ed using con en ional open-loop, olded SIR esona o s, and he newly p oposed olded SIR wi h loa ing conduc o . 3.1. Example 1: Th ee Poles Fil e Le us conside he ollowing specs o il e A: o de N= 3, cen al equency 0= 900 MHz, ipple = 0.1 dB and ac ional bandwid h = 4%. The same subs a e conside ed in he p e ious sec ion has been used. The il e s we e placed inside a me allic enclosu e whose dimensions we e 40 ×20 mm2. 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