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PhD Student of JAIN University & Asst Prof. in EXTC Dept. at MCTs RGIT, Mumbai
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Prof and HOD at Dept of Telecommunication, R. V. C. E, Bangalore, India
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Dept of Medical Electronics, 4Dept of Telecom, Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Technology, India
Several research topics in microwave filter technology,
including computer-aided design (CAD) tools, full-wave
analysis, new structures and configurations, lowtemperature co-fired ceramics (LTCC), high-temperature
superconductor substrate, liquid crystal polymer (LCP),
micromachining, multilayer monolithic and associated
technologies, have stimulated the rapid development of
advanced filters in future wireless communication systems.
Many novel filters with high performance and small size
have been demonstrated. Moreover, the multiband filters
have more attractive attentions in multiservice,
multichannel, and/or long-term evolution (LTE) of 3GPP's
universal mobile telephone system (UMTS). The physical
dimension is becoming crucial issues particularly for
communication devices which have small size [5] and
needs a planar wideband BPF with single plane
conguration, compact size and high electrical performance
simultaneously [6].
I. INTRODUCTION
Band pass filters are essential building blocks in
communication system designs. It can reduce the harmonic
and spurious emissions for transmitters, and may improve
the rejection of interferences for receivers. As an important
component in the multiband transceiver, a multiband band
pass lter (BPF) with compact size, planar conguration,
and high performance has garnered a great deal of attention
to meet these requirements[4]. The rapid growth in
commercial microwave technology, varies of microwave
communication system had been developed [13]. Hence,
Micro strip filters play important roles in many RF or
microwave applications. Emerging applications such as
wireless
communications
continue
to
challenge
RF/microwave filters with ever more stringent
requirements higher performance, smaller size, lighter
weight, and lower cost. Nowadays, most of mmW band
pass lters (BPFs) are mainly fabricated with Low
Temperature Co-red Ceramic (LTCC) [2].
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Order
N
More
Rejection/
Attenuation
More
Insertion
loss
More
BW
Less
More
Group
Delay
More
A. EM Simulation
Electromagnetics (EM) has today become a critical part
of the microwave design cycle. Typical products resulting
from the new EM-based methodologies from Dielectric
Labs [16]. While these filters look like normal two- and
three-port structures, the EM analyses for these filters using
the new design methodologies (topological partitioning,
functional partitioning, and tuning methodology) typically
include dozens of extra ports. Properly included, these
extra ports reduce the design process from weeks and
months to, literally, days. In fact, analysing these filters as
simple two or three ports is now sometimes a waste of
time. As we describe the new design cycle below, we will
see why this is happening. All of these new methodologies
effectively amount to producing precisely and quickly
tuneable EM analyses.
Today, instead of building the circuit, the layout is
passed to an EM analysis tool. For aggressive designs, the
circuit still does not meet requirements. The redesign takes
place entirely on the computer. We just modify the
polygons of the layout. A complete redesign and EM
analysis of a moderately complex circuit can now take a
week or so, instead of the few months sometimes required
by design-fabricate-measure. Because of the EM analyses,
we know that our first layout will not meet requirements.
Design closure is the process of deciding which elements
to change and how much to change them. In the design
cycle described, this question is left up to the experience of
the engineer, or to automated EM-based optimization, to
propose a potentially successful redesign. Wouldnt it be
nice if we could compress this process down to one day?
Seems impossible a moderately complicated circuit
requires an overnight run for just one EM analysis. We
require lots of EM analyses in order to figure out the
sensitivities of the various dimensions for redesign. Faster
computers dont even help. Sure, we get faster computers,
but then our circuits get bigger. A moderately complex
circuit still requires an overnight run.
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B. Chebyshev Filter
A filter with a sharper cut-off can be realized at the cost
of flatness in its pass band. Chebyshev filters possess
ripples in the pass band but provide a sharp transition into
the stop band. In this case, Chebyshev polynomials are
used to represent the insertion loss. Mathematically,
Where is a constant,
is normalized frequency, and
TN() is a Chebyshev polynomial of the first kind and
degree N. Figure I shows the frequency response of a
typical Chebyshev filter for N = 7. It assumes that ripples
up to 3 dB in its pass band are acceptable. A comparison
of this characteristic to that for a seventh-order Butterworth
filter has a much sharper transition from pass band to
stopband. However, it is achieved at the cost of ripples in
its pass band.
As before, the insertion loss of a Chebyshev filter is
found as follows:
And
Where
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B. EM Sight
The Insertion loss plot of an EM Simulation Hairpin
filter design.
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VI. OBSERVATIONS
The design of the 11.65GHz Band pass Hairpin filter on
Ceramic filled PTFE Laminate is designed and simulated
using the AWR MWO tool. The results of lumped design,
EM Simulation, AXIEM are briefly summarized and
compared with each other in the Summary table as shown
above. The design shows the good agreement with the
distributed Hairpin design and some of the parameters are
eventually improved than the Lumped design too. The EM
Simulation of the Hairpin design is slightly deteriorated
because of the higher frequency design. The shifting of the
operating band after EM simulation of the Hairpin
schematic is overcome in my design using the Radial stubs
instead of the MOPEN in the design. So this design seems
to be unique compared with the other designs on single
layer micro strip technology done so far.
VII. SUMMARY
COMPARISON BETWEEN LUMPED, HAIRPIN AND EM SIMULATED
FILTERS
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Parameters
Lumped
Filter
AXIEM
EM
Simulation
Start Frequency
10.8 GHz
10.8 GHz
10.8 GHz
Stop Frequency
12.5 GHz
12.5 GHz
12.5 GHz
Insertion Loss @
(11.65GHz) - -5 dB
Return Loss @
(11.65GHz) 12 dB
Attenuation @ (10.625 &
12.675 GHz) 20 dB min.
Attenuation @
(10.05 & 13.25 GHz) 50
dB min
Passband Ripple - 0.2
(in dB)
VSWR IN/OUT over
Passband 1.6
-7.25 dB
-0.9856 dB
-0.5337
-10.09 dB
-14 dB
-17.71 dB
0.6
0.2
0.75
<2
<5
1.82
VIII. CONCLUSION
The design of hairpin filter and its simulation was
successfully done in this proposed work. After obtaining
the appropriate order of the filter, the values of the odd
and even impedances were computed using the
admittance inverter parameters. Using transmission line
calculator software, the values of the line width and
spacing between resonators were also obtained. It was then
optimized using the Optimization tool of AWR to
compensate for the reduced coupling between resonators.
The design was optimized by making use of the tool.
Using a ceramic-filled substrate significantly decreased
the final size of the filter due to its high dielectric constant.
Another important factor that contributed to the decrease in
size was the low thickness of the dielectric. For
applications that require small size and stable dielectric
constant, it is recommended to use high dielectric constant
and thin dielectric ceramic-filled PTFE laminates.
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AUTHORS PROFILE
Mr. Pramod K B was born in Mysore,
Karnataka, India in 1989. He is currently
working as Assistant Professor in MCTs
RGIT, Mumbai and also working towards
PhD degree at JAIN University, Bangalore
in Electronics Engineering. He received his
B.E
degree
in
Electronics
and
Communication from Dr. Ambedkar
Institute of Technology, Bangalore
Visvesvaraya Technological University in 2010, M.Tech degree in R
F Communication from Jain University, Bangalore, in 2012 and He
worked as R F Design trainee at Icon Design and Automation Pvt LtD
and as visiting research scholar at University of Concordia, Montreal,
Quebec, Canada. His research includes Design, Characterization And
Optimization Of RF Passive Devices , Board Level Tuning And
Optimization Of Matching Networks, Low Noise Amplifier , Power
Amplifier, Circuit Linearization And High-Efficiency Design
Techniques, Circuit Instability And Strategies
E-mail: pramod.kb@mctrgit.ac.in pramod63putta@gmail.com
Prof. Dr. Kumaraswamy H.V
is
currently working as Professor & HOD in
the
Dept
of
Telecommunication
Engineering, RVCE, and Bangalore. His
research interests are Digital Signal
Processing, Adaptive Signal Processing
and Communication. He has got PhD from
Visvesvaraya Technological University for
the research work on Smart antenna
System using Dielectric lens. He is the
author of the book titled "Signals & Systems" Published by: Scitech
Publication, Chennai, ISB No.8188429260.
E-mail: kumaraswamyhv@rvce.edu.in
Mr. Praveen K B was born in Mysore,
Karnataka, India in 1984. He received his
B.E degree in Telecommunication
Engineering from Dr. Ambedkar Institute
of Technology, Bangalore, VTU in 2005,
M.Tech degree from BMSCE, VTU in
2007.He is currently working as an
Assistant Professor in the department of
Telecommunication Engineering, Dr.
Ambedkar Institute of Technology,
Bangalore and working towards PhD in priest university. He has 5
years of teaching and he is the Member of IETE.
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