A High-Selectivity Tunable Dual-Band Bandpass Filter Using Stub-Loaded Stepped-Impedance Resonators

Abstract

A novel varactor tunable dual-band bandpass filter (BPF) using stub-loaded stepped-impedance resonators is proposed in this letter. Compared with the traditional tunable filters, the source-load coupling and T-shape stub-loaded lines are employed in this design. The proposed BPF architecture has the advantages of high selectivity and less control voltages. In the overall tuning range, the proposed filter is designed with 5–6 transmission zeros and more than 30 dB rejection between the two passbands. Meanwhile, only one control voltage is needed for each passband. A prototype of this filter is fabricated and measured. The measurement results show great agreement with simulated results, which show that the first passband can be tuned in a frequency range from 0.8 to 1.02 GHz, and the second passband varies from 2.02 to 2.48 GHz.