期刊名称:International Journal of Antennas and Propagation
印刷版ISSN:1687-5869
电子版ISSN:1687-5877
出版年度:2015
卷号:2015
DOI:10.1155/2015/762504
出版社:Hindawi Publishing Corporation
摘要:This paper presents a novel method to design dual-band bandpass filters with tunable lower passband and fixed upper passband. It utilizes a trimode resonator with three controllable resonant modes. Discriminating coupling is used to suppress the unwanted mode to avoid the interference. Varactors are utilized to realize tunable responses. The bandwidth of the two bands can be controlled individually. Transmission zeros are generated near the passband edges, resulting in high selectivity. For demonstration, a tunable bandpass filter is implemented. Good agreement between the prediction and measurement validates the proposed method.