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DESIGN OF A COMPACT CPW

BANDPASS FILTER USED FOR UWB
APPLICATION
Chang-Sin Ye,1 Yan-Kuin Su,1 Min-Hang Weng,2 Hon-Kuan,3
and Jheng-Jie Syu3
1
Advanced Optoelectronic Technology Center, Institute of
Microelectronics, Department of Electrical Engineering, National
Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
2
National Nano Device Laboratories, Taiwan
3
Department of Technology Electro-Optical Engineering, Southern
Taiwan University, Taiwan

Received 9 June 2008

ABSTRACT: In this paper, design of a compact coplanar-waveguide

(CPW) bandpass filter (BPF) for low band (3–5 GHz) of ultra wide
band (UWB) application is presented. The filter has design freedoms to
obtain the proper bandwidth by tuning the frequencies of the transmis-
sion zeros at the passband edge. The equivalent circuit of the filter is
also obtained. The designed filter exhibits a good lower stopband
with rejection greater than 20 dB below 2.95 GHz, which can block
the interference of other wireless communication system below 3
GHz. The designed CPW-BPF is investigated numerically and experi-
mentally. Measured results show a good agreement with the simu-
lated analysis. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt
Technol Lett 51: 298 –300, 2009; Published online in Wiley Inter- Figure 1 (a) Structural configuration and (b) corresponding equivalent
Science (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.24028 lumped-element circuit of the proposed CPW-BPF.

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Fortunately, several types of simple CPW filter structure for mil-
limeter wave wideband application were presented in [9, 10].
However, only filter topologies are shown in the literature. The
detailed procedure for developing the filter is lacking, and its
optimized design parameters are not announced in the literature.
Therefore, design of a compact CPW BPF for the low band of
UWB application is presented based on one of the simple CPW
filter structures using series and shunt stubs [9, 10]. In this work,
more extended performance improvement and characteristic of the
filter are discussed, and the equivalent circuit of the designed filter
is generated. By suitably adjusting the filter structure, the frequen-
cies of transmission zeros at the passband edge can be shifted and
proper bandwidth can be obtained. The design procedure is dis-
cussed in detail. Performance of the designed UWB CPW-BPF is
characterized by using full wave electromagnetic simulator IE3D
[11] and verified by the experimented results.

2. ANALYSIS OF THE PROPOSED UWB CPW-BPF

Figure 1(a) shows the configuration of the CPW-BPF. This filter
mainly comprises two ’6c/16 open ended series stubs and two
Figure 3 The comparison of the circuit and EM simulation of the
’6c/4 short-ended shunt stubs connected to central conductor line,
designed CPW-BPF. [Structural parameters in Fig. 1(a) are: W2 ⫽ 0.2 mm,
W3 ⫽ 0.2 mm, W4 ⫽ 7.65 mm, d1 ⫽ 0.2 mm, d2 ⫽ 0.2 mm, d3 ⫽ 1. 95
mm, d4 ⫽ 0.2 mm, and circuit parameters in Fig. 1(b) are C1 ⫽ 0.55 pF,
C2 ⫽ 0.8 pF, L1 ⫽ 5.8 nH, L2 ⫽ 5 nH, L3 ⫽ 1.27 nH, L4 ⫽ 2.9 nH.]

which form the combination of highpass and lowpass structure.

Center conductor width W1 ⫽ 3 mm and the slot width g ⫽ 1 mm
are used to have a characteristic impedances of Z0 ⫽ 50 ⍀ to
achieve a good RF impedance match.
The equivalent circuit is shown in Figure 1(b). Here the parallel
inductor L1 and capacitor C1 are realized for the central signal line
and the horizontal oriented gaps of the series interdigital structure.
The ’6c//16 series open stub is modeled by the series inductor L2
and the ’6c/4 short end stub is modeled by the shunt inductor L3.
The parallel capacitor C2 is also resulted from the parasitic capac-
itive effect produced by the oriented gaps between the shorted
stubs and the ground plane. Less parasitic resistance effect ap-
peared near the ’6c/4 short end stubs is modeled by the resistor R1
and inductor L4. The filter is based on the semilumped circuit to
achieve the compact device dimension. The design procedure is
then discussed in detail based on the proposed equivalent circuit in
the following.
The frequencies of the upper and lower transmission zeros can
be shifted by adjusting the length of the short end stub W4 and the
length of the series open end stub d3, respectively, since the two
parameters dominate the lowpass and highpass response. The
simulated frequency responses versus different length of W4 and d3
shown in Figure 2(a) and (b) are obtained under other structural
parameters being fixed. With decreasing W4, the shunt inductance
L3, L4 and capacitance value C2 are decreased [12]. Therefore, the
upper transmission zero at the passband edge quickly shifts up-
ward and the bandwidth is increased. For example, as d3 is fixed at
1.95 mm, the frequency of the upper resonant zero is at 4.8, 5.4 and
6 GHz when the length W4 is 9.65, 8.65, and 7.65 mm, respec-
tively, as shown in Figure 2(a). With decreasing d3, the series
inductance L1, L2, and capacitance value C1 are increased. There-
fore, the lower transmission zero at the passband edge quickly
shifts downward and the bandwidth is increased. For example, as
W4 is fixed at 7.65 mm, the frequency of the lower resonant zero
Figure 2 The simulated filter response of (a) higher and (b) lower is at 3.15, 2.65 and 2.2 GHz when the length d3 is 0.44, 1.195, and
transmission zeros location of the proposed CPW-BPF by adjusting the 1.95 mm, respectively, as shown in Figure 2(b).
shorted and open stub. Other structural parameters: W2 ⫽ 0.2 mm, W3 ⫽ Based on the design information, the structural parameters of
0.2 mm, d1 ⫽ 0.2 mm, d2 ⫽ 0.2 mm, and d4 ⫽ 0.2 mm are fixed. the filter with 3–5 GHz bandwidth are W4 ⫽ 3.7 mm and d3 ⫽ 7.5

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mm and the other parameters are g ⫽ 1 mm, W1 ⫽ 3 mm, W2 ⫽ 3. EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
0.2 mm, W3 ⫽ 0.2 mm, W4 ⫽ 7.65 mm, d1 ⫽ 0.2 mm,d2 ⫽ 0.2 The designed CPW-BPF was fabricated on the Duroid 6010 sub-
mm, d3 ⫽ 1.95 mm, d4 ⫽ 0.2 mm in this design. Figure 3 shows strate with dielectric constant ’65r ⫽ 10.2, loss tangent tan ’64 ⫽
the EM-simulated filter response of the designed filter. It is clearly 0.0023, and thickness ⫽ 1.27 mm. The photograph of the fabri-
observed that the filter centered at 4.2 GHz exhibits a wide cated sample is shown in Figure 4(a). The whole size of the filter
passband response with the 3-dB fractional bandwidth of 38% is 21 mm ⬘12.8 mm, which is only about 0.59 ’6cg⬘ 0.36 ’6cg at
from 3.4 to 5.1 GHz and two transmission zeros located at two 4.12 GHz, where ’6cg is guided wavelength at the designed center
passband edges. Circuit model of the filter is needed to simulate frequency. Without using any bonding wire, the filter is then
the system performance when the filter is integrated with other measured by an HP8510C Network Analyzer. Figure 4(b) shows
components on the same substrate. The element values in the the simulated and measured results of the designed CPW-BPF. The
equivalent-circuit models of Figure 1(b) can be easily obtained by measured results have the center frequency f0 of 4.12 GHz and the
curve-fitting on the EM-simulated results. The values including C1 3-dB bandwidth ratio of 38% from 3.4 to 4.83 GHz, which is
⫽ 0.55 pF, C2 ⫽ 0.8 pF, C3 ⫽ 0.1 pF, L1 ⫽ 5.8 nH, L2 ⫽ 5 nH, corresponding to the low band of UWB application. Moreover, the
L3 ⫽ 1.27 nH, L4 ⫽ 2.9 nH, and R1 ⫽ 10 ⍀ are used to model the measured insertion loss of the entire passband is less than 1 dB.
circuit performance of the designed filter with central frequency f0 The upper and lower transmission zeros are located at 5.9 and 2.69
of 4.1 GHz. The calculated result obtained by the equivalent circuit GHz, respectively, and a good lower stopband performance under
is also shown in Figure 3. It is clearly observed that the calculated a 20 dB out-of -band rejection below 2.95 GHz can be achieved.
result of circuit model closely matches the EM simulated result.
There is a little difference between the EM and circuit simulation 4. CONCLUSIONS
because of the slightly change of the total electrical length of stub
In this paper, design of a compact CPW BPF designed for the low
structure caused by the associated parasitic effect, which are not
band of UWB system is proposed. The filter is based on the
counted in the equivalent circuit simulation.
semilumped circuit to achieve the compact device dimension. The
bandwidth of the filter structure can be tuned by changing the
frequencies of the two transmission zeros at two passband edges
individually. In this work, the equivalent circuit of the designed
filter is generated and more extended performance improvement
and characteristic of the filter are discussed based on the proposed
equivalent circuit. The filter is fabricated and the measured results
show a good agreement with the theoretical analysis.

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