Enhanced microstrip filter design with a uniform dielectric overlay for suppressing the second harmonic response

Jen Tsai Kuo*, Meshon Jiang

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Parallel-coupled microstrip filters are designed to suppress spurious response at twice the passband frequency (2f0) with a uniform dielectric overlay. The overlay dielectric is used to equalize the modal phase velocities of each coupled stage. Based on the method, we have a large degree of freedom in choosing thickness and permittivity of the overlay dielectric. The image impedances of all the coupled stages in such a filter need adjusting to complete the filter synthesis. Two filters are fabricated and measured results show a good agreement with the simulation. A suppression of at least 40 dB to the spurious responses at 2fo is achieved.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)419-421
Number of pages3
JournalIEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters
Volume14
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - 09 2004
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Microstrip filter
  • Overlay dielectric
  • Phase velocity equalization
  • Spurious response

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