A Novel Self-Packaged DBBPF With Multiple TZs for 5G Applications

TL;DR

This paper introduces a new dual-band bandpass filter with multiple controllable transmission zeros, high isolation, and low insertion loss, optimized for 5G applications with compact size and enhanced stopband suppression.

Contribution

The paper presents a novel self-packaged DBBPF design with multiple controllable TZs using specific resonators and coupling analysis, improving performance for 5G.

Findings

Achieves low IL of 0.85/1.15 dB at 3.45 GHz and 4.9 GHz

Provides fractional bandwidths of 11.0% and 6.9%

Introduces three controllable TZs between passbands

Abstract

A self-packaged dual-band bandpass filter (DBBPF) with high isolation and low insertion loss (IL) for 5G applications is proposed in this paper. To get high stopband suppression, multiple and controllable transmission zeros (TZs) are produced. This novel DBBPF is designed with a pair of quarter-wavelength stepped-impedance resonators (QSIRs) and a half-wavelength hairpin resonator (HWHR). This DBBPF is excited by a pair of U-shape feed lines, which are designed on G6 to fully excite the resonators and to introduce source/load TZs at the same time. In this letter, the generation of two passbands and TZs will be discussed by separate electric and magnetic coupling paths (SEMCP) and mixed EM coupling analysis. This DBBPF achieves a low IL of 0.85/1.15 dB with the fractional bandwidths (FBW) of 11.0% and 6.9% at the center frequencies of 3.45 GHz and 4.9 GHz for 5G application, respectively. The total size is 0.32{\lambda}g*0.45{\lambda}g. Especially, three controllable TZs are introduced between two passbands.