Parallel-coupled switched delay line (SDL) reconfigurable microwave filter

• Main Author: Wong, Peng Wen
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: T Technology (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utp.edu.my/1400/1/stamp.jsp%3Farnumber%3D05165746%26tag%3D1; http://eprints.utp.edu.my/1400/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas

Conventional realizations of varactor-loaded tunable filters exhibit high losses due to the degradation of Q factor caused by varactor's losses. These filters also suffer from nonlinear-related problems such as intermodulation distortion due to varactor nonlinearity. In this paper, a new class of parallel-coupled SDL reconfigurable filter is shown. Theoretical analysis together with experimental prototype is presented. The filter provides narrowband quasi-elliptic filter response with constant bandwidth (50 MHz) tuning across 45% tuning range. The minimum stopband rejection level is 45 dB and it possesses passband loss of < 4 dB and an IP3 of >32 dBm for deltaf = 1 MHz.