scholarly journals Design of Microstrip Low Pass Filters

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-55
Author(s):  
Reşat Tüzün ◽  
Nursel Akçam

Microstrip filters have a significant role in Radio Frequency/Microwave applications. Microstrip filters are common on microwave circuits, satellite communications, radars, test equipments and so on. Because microstrip filters are compact, cheap and easy to produce, they are highly preferred for microwave applications. Microwave filter; microwave system is a two-ported element used to control the frequency response at a certain point by attenuating the frequencies in the stop band by transmitting in the frequency band. Typical frequency responses are low pass, high pass, band pass and band stop. Also approaches such as Butterworth, Chebyshev, and Elliptic are defining filter characteristics. In this paper, microstrip filters havign Chebyshev, Elliptic and Maximally Flat approaches were designed. For example Chebyshev filter of design filters having 6 GHz cut frequency and having 46,34 dB at 6,6 GHz. The insertion loss is -3,66 dB at 6 GHz. AWR Sonnet is used for the simulation and analysis of this filters.

2015 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 122-125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alena Pietrikova ◽  
Kornel Ruman ◽  
Tibor Rovensky ◽  
Igor Vehec

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to consider the adequacy of various microstrip filters’ behaviour based on different low-temperature co-fired ceramic (LTCC) dielectrics in the high frequency (HF) area up to 13 GHz. Design/methodology/approach – Low pass, band pass and band stop filters for ultra-wideband radar systems were designed, simulated, fabricated and measured using three various dielectric substrates: Dupont GreenTape 951, Dupont GreenTape 9K7 and Murata LFC. Findings – It is not possible to unambiguously determine the most suitable LTCC dielectric for these filter design because, in general, all designed filters fulfilled requirements (attenuation, cut off frequencies) with minimal divergences, but temperature-stable dielectric and physical properties of Murata LFC make them a promising ceramic for HF application (repeatability of realised experiments). Originality/value – The novelty of this work lies in unconventional usage of LTCC as material with defined dielectric properties proper for HF applications.


Author(s):  
Gordana Jovanovic Dolecek ◽  
Javier Diaz Carmona

Stearns and David (1996) states that “for many diverse applications, information is now most conveniently recorded, transmitted, and stored in digital form, and as a result, digital signal processing (DSP) has become an exceptionally important modern tool.” Typical operation in DSP is digital filtering. Frequency selective digital filter is used to pass desired frequency components in a signal without distortion and to attenuate other frequency components (Smith, 2002; White, 2000). The pass-band is defined as the frequency range allowed to pass through the filter. The frequency band that lies within the filter stop-band is blocked by the filter and therefore eliminated from the output signal. The range of frequencies between the pass-band and the stop-band is called the transition band and for this region no filter specification is given. Digital filters can be characterized either in terms of the frequency response or the impulse response (Diniz, da Silva & Netto, 2002). Depending on its frequency characteristic, a digital filter is either low-pass, high-pass, band-pass, or band-stop filters. A low-pass (LP) filter passes low frequency components to the output, while eliminating high-frequency components. Conversely, the high-pass (HP) filter passes all high-frequency components and rejects all low-frequency components. The band-pass (BP) filter blocks both low- and high-frequency components while passing the intermediate range. The band-stop (BS) filter eliminates the intermediate band of frequencies while passing both low- and high-frequency components. In terms of their impulse responses digital filters are either infinite impulse response (IIR) or finite impulse response (FIR) digital filters. Each of four types of filters (LP, HP, BP, and BS) can be designed as an FIR or an IIR filter (Ifeachor & Jervis, 2001; Mitra, 2005; Oppenheim & Schafer, 1999).


SIMULATION ◽  
1966 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 323-336 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter D. Hansen

Operational amplifiers can greatly simplify the design of high performance signal filters because they elimi nate the need for inductors and for impedance matching. Furthermore, use of active filters can result in reduc tion of weight, size, and cost. Filters designed to satisfy sophisticated mathematical criteria can be realized without resort to "equalization" or trimming. In this issue we discuss the design of operational amplifier and analog computer circuits suitable for use as low pass filters. We also discuss the commonly used mathematically designed filters, i.e. Butterworth, Chebyshev, and Bessel. In addition, we present two new types of theoretical filters, the Paynter and the Aver aging filters. Design data necessary for realizing these theoretical filters with amplifier circuits is provided. In the next issue we shall discuss the design of band pass, band reject, high pass and all pass active filter circuits.


2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 611-618
Author(s):  
Baghdad Science Journal

Single-input Multiple-output Signals Third-order Active-R Filter for different Circuit Merit Factor Q Configuration is proposed. This paper discusses a new configuration to realize third-order low pass, band pass and high pass. The presented circuit uses Single-input Multiple-output signals, OP-AMP and passive components. This filter is useful for high frequency operation, monolithic IC implementation and it is easy to design .This circuit gives three filter functions low-pass, high-pass and band-pass. This filter circuit can be used for different merit factor (Q) with high pass band gain. This gives better stop-band attenuation and sharper cut-off at the edge of the pass-band. Thus the response shows wider pass-band. The Ideal value of this filter circuit which is closed to Ideal value of third-order active-R filter is at 0.8? Q ?6. The advantages of this circuit are reduction in size and weight, increased circuit reliability, more economical and easy for manufacturing.


2016 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 257-260 ◽  
Author(s):  
Prashant Kumar Singh ◽  
Anjini Kumar Tiwary

1968 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-76
Author(s):  
Donald C. Teas ◽  
Gretchen B. Henry

The distributions of instantaneous voltage amplitudes in the cochlear microphonic response recorded from a small segment along the basilar membrane are described by computing amplitude histograms. Comparisons are made between the distributions for noise and for those after the addition to the noise of successively stronger sinusoids. The amplitudes of the cochlear microphonic response to 5000 Hz low-pass noise are normally distributed in both Turn I and Turn III of the guinea pig’s cochlea. The spectral composition of the microphonic from Turn I and from Turn III resembles the output of band-pass filters set at about 4000 Hz, and about 500 Hz, respectively. The normal distribution of cochlear microphonic amplitudes for noise is systematically altered by increasing the strength of the added sinusoid. A decrease of three percent in the number of small amplitude events (±1 standard deviation) in the cochlear microphonic from Turn III is seen when the rms voltage of a 500 Hz sinusoid is at −18 dB re the rms voltage of the noise (at the earphone). When the rms of the sinusoid and noise are equal, the decrease in small voltages is about 25%, but there is also an increase in the number of large voltage amplitudes. Histograms were also computed for the output of an electronic filter with a pass-band similar to Turn III of the cochlea. Strong 500 Hz sinusoids showed a greater proportion of large amplitudes in the filter output than in CM III . The data are interpreted in terms of an anatomical substrate.


Author(s):  
K.R. Shankarkumar ◽  
Gokul Kumar

: Filtering is an important step in the field of image processing to suppress the required parts or to remove any artifacts present in it. There are different types of filters like low pass, high pass, Band pass, IIR, FIR and adaptive filtering etc.., in these filters adaptive filters is an important filter because it is used to remove the noisy signal and images. Least Mean Square filter is a type of an adaptive filtering which is used to remove the noises present in the medical images. The working of LMS is based on the minimization of the difference between the error images using a closed loop feedback. Therefore presented technique called as Q-CSKA. Here the CSKA performs its operation in stages which is based on the nucleus stage. In the traditional CSKA the nucleus stage is depend on the parallel prefix adder in this work it is replaced by the QCA adder. The QCA adder utilizes the less area compared to PPA and it can be realized in Nanometer range also. For multiplexers, And OR Invert, OR and Invert logic is used to reduce the area and delay. Due to these advantages of the QCA, AOI-OAI logic the proposed method outperformed the LMS implementation in area, power, and accuracy and delay, this based five type image noise of medical pictures related to the best technique is out comes. It helps to medicinal practitioner to resolve the symptoms of patient with ease.


2007 ◽  
Vol 16 (04) ◽  
pp. 507-516 ◽  
Author(s):  
SHAHRAM MINAEI ◽  
ERKAN YUCE

In this paper, a universal current-mode second-order active-C filter for simultaneously realizing low-pass, band-pass and high-pass responses is proposed. The presented filter employs only three plus-type second-generation current-controlled conveyors (CCCII+s). This filter needs no critical active and passive component matching conditions and no additional active and passive elements for realizing high output impedance low-pass, band-pass and high-pass characteristics. The angular resonance frequency (ω0) and quality factor (Q) of the proposed resistorless filter can be tuned electronically. To verify the theoretical analysis and to exhibit the performance of the proposed filter, it is simulated with SPICE program.


2005 ◽  
Vol 14 (01) ◽  
pp. 159-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
SUDHANSHU MAHESHWARI ◽  
IQBAL A. KHAN

A novel voltage-mode universal filter employing only two current differencing buffered amplifiers (CDBAs) is proposed. The filter uses four inputs and single output to realize six responses, viz. low-pass, high-pass, inverting band-pass, noninverting band-pass, band-elimination, and all-pass through input selection with independent pole-Q control. Computer simulation results using SPICE are also given to verify the theory.


2013 ◽  
Vol 273 ◽  
pp. 371-374
Author(s):  
Bao Ping Li ◽  
Yan Liang Zhang

Due to the frequency response periodicity of distributed transmission line, microstrip band-pass filter usually produces parasitic pass-band and outputs harmonics away from the center frequency of main pass-band. Based on the study of rectangular ring defected ground structure, a 5-order microstrip LPF(low-pass filter) was designed using the single-pole band-stop and slow-wave characteristics of the rectangular ring DGS(Defected Ground Structure) and SISS(Step-Impedance Shunt Stub) structure. Compared with traditional LPF, this LPF presents the advantages of compact size, low insertion loss, broad stop-band and high steep. It also validates the requirements of miniaturization and high performance for filters.


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