Abstract
This paper presents a new bandwidth tuning theory for Butterworth-response resonator filters. The presented theory shows that the bandwidth of odd-order Butterworth filters can be varied by adjusting only two interresonator coupling structures while maintaining a perfect impedance matching at the center frequency. In other words, this paper presents an analytic approach to reduce the number of tunable coupling structures when designing a bandwidth-tunable resonator filter. Theories for third- A nd fifth-order direct-coupled filters are discussed in detail, and it is shown that only two interresonator coupling structures are required to be tunable. In addition, for verifying the new bandwidth tuning method, a fifth-order cylindrical cavity filter has been designed, fabricated, and measured. The fabricated filter has an 11:1 bandwidth tuning range.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 8653495 |
Pages (from-to) | 1496-1503 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques |
Volume | 67 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2019 Apr |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Manuscript received August 18, 2018; revised December 11, 2018; accepted January 2, 2019. Date of publication February 26, 2019; date of current version April 3, 2019. This work was supported by the Korea Government (Ministry of Science and ICT) through the National Research Foundation of Korea under Grant NRF-2018R1A2B6006095. (Corresponding author: Juseop Lee.) The authors are with the College of Informatics, Korea University, Seoul 02841, South Korea (e-mail: juseoplee@gmail.com).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 IEEE.
Keywords
- Bandwidth tuning
- cavity resonator
- interresonator coupling
- topology
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Radiation
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering