Microwave Transmission Line Filters

✍ Scribed by J. A. G. Malherbe

• Publisher: Artech House
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 354
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Front
Title page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
PREFACE
Chapters
1 TEM NETWORK ELEMENTS
1.1 Richards' Transform
1.2 Characteristic Impedance
1.3 Coupled Lines
1.4 General Network Transforms
1.5 An N-Line Network Model
References
2 BUTTERWORTH AND CHEBYSCHEV BANDSTOP FILTERS
2.1 Prototypes and Scaling
2.2 Redundant Synthesis using Kuroda's Transform
2.3 Bandstop Elements
2.3.1 Coaxial Lines and Round Center Conductors Between Parallel Plates
2.3.2 MPC Stripline
2.3.3 Machined Stripline with Thick Center Conductors
2.4 Design Example
References
3 ELLIPTIC FUNCTION BANDSTOP FILTERS
3.1 Digital Elliptic Filters
3.1.1 Prototype and Scaling
3.1.2 Dimensions
3.1.3 Construction and Bandwidth
3.1.4 Design Example
3.2 Redundant Synthesis using the Kuroda-Levy Transform: Parallel and Series Foster Circuits
3.2.1 Prototypes
3.2.2 Foster Sections Without Unit Elements
3.2.3 Design Example
3.2.4 Foster Sections with Unit Elements
3.2.5 Design Example
3.3 Redundant Synthesis using a Noncommensurate Line Approximation
3.3.1 A Noncommensurate Transform
3.3.2 Noncommensurate Bandstop Filters
3.3.3 Design Example
3.4 Microwave Brune Sections
References
4 BUTTERWORTH AND CHEBYSCHEV BANDPASS FILTERS
4.1 Bandpass Section Properties
4.2 Prototypes with Inverters
4.3 Shunt Shorted or Series Open Circuit Stub Filters
4.4 SCTL Interdigital Filter
4.5 Parallel-Coupled Line Filters
4.6 OCTL Interdigital Filters
4.7 Non-Redundant Interdigital
4.8 Combline Filters
4.9 Hairpin-Line Filters
4.10 Design Examples
4.10.1 Shunt Shorted Stub Filter
4.10.2 SCTL Interdigital Filter
4.10.3 Combline Filter
4.10.4 Hairpin Line Filter
References
5 ELLIPTIC FUNCTION BANDPASS FILTERS
5.1 Digital Elliptic Construction
5.2 Interdigital Elliptic Construction
5.3 Prototypes for Narrow Bandwidths
5.4 Stepped Digital Elliptic Filter
5.4.1 Quarter-Wave Stepped Filter
5.4.2 Design Example
5.4.3 Half-Wave Stepped Filter
5.4.4 Design Considerations
5.5 Narrowband Filters With Stubs
5.5.1 Commensurate Realization
5.5.2 Design Example
5.5.3 Noncommensurate Form
5.6 Combline Elliptic Filters
References
6 NON-REDUNDANT FILTER SYNTHESIS
6.1 Equiripple Responses
6.2 Synthesis in the S-Plane
6.2.1 Transfer Functions
6.2.2 Synthesis Procedure
6.2.3 Design Example
6.2.4 Design Considerations
6.3 Synthesis in the Z-Plane
6.3.1 Synthesis Procedure
6.3.2 Design Example
6.3.3 Calculation of Necessary Order
6.4 The Capacitively Loaded lnterdigital Filter
6.4.1 Design Example
6.5 Combline Filters
6.6 Maximally Flat Responses
References
7 MULTIPLEXERS
7.1 Complementary Filters
7.1.1 Admittance Properties
7.1.2 Redundant (Exact) Design
7.1.3 Non-Redundant Synthesis
7.1.4 Approximate Designs
7.2 Pseudo-Complementary Filters
7.2.1 Admittance Properties
7.2.2 Chebyschev Response
7.2.3 Elliptic Function Response
7.2.4 Design Examples
7.3 Multiplexers
7.3.1 Cascaded Diplexers
7.3.2 Direct Multiplexers
7.3.3 Multiplexer Example
References
8 LINEAR PHASE FILTERS
8.1 Linear Phase Lowpass Prototype
8.1.1 The Periodic Phase Delay/ Amplitude Transfer Function Prototype
8.1.2 Prototype Obtained by means of the Arbitrary Phase Polynomials
8.2 Prototype Element Value Synthesis
8.3 Physical Realization
8.4 Mapping
8.5 Physical Dimensions
8.6 Design Examples
8.6.1 Periodic Phase Delay Prototype
8.6.2 Arbitrary Phase Polynomial Prototype
References
APPENDIX A: FILTER ANALYSIS
APPENDIX B: COLLECTED EQUATIONS
INDEX
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