Reconfigurable Filtering Attenuator With Continuously Tunable Center Frequency and Amplitude

Zhihua Wei, Shaojuan Chen, Xu Zhu, Pei Ling Chi, Ruimin Xu, Tao Yang

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Abstract

In this paper, a novel reconfigurable filtering attenuator with continuously tunable center frequency and amplitude is proposed for the first time. It employs a reconfigurable filtering power divider (FPD) to produce two paths of signals with controllable power ratio and switchable phase difference (i.e. 0° and 180°), and then utilizes a 3-dB wideband balun to combine these two signals together. The final output signal would have an amplitude that can be tuned by changing the power ratio and working state of the FPD, resulting in a reconfigurable filtering attenuator. The measured results show that the designed filtering attenuator not only forms a good bandpass filtering performance with a center frequency tuning range from 1.01 GHz to 1.19 GHz, but also achieves a continuous in-band insertion loss tuning range of around 18 dB for all tuning frequencies.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2022 IEEE/MTT-S International Microwave Symposium, IMS 2022
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages187-190
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781665496131
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022
Event2022 IEEE/MTT-S International Microwave Symposium, IMS 2022 - Denver, United States
Duration: 19 Jun 202224 Jun 2022

Publication series

NameIEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest
Volume2022-June
ISSN (Print)0149-645X

Conference

Conference2022 IEEE/MTT-S International Microwave Symposium, IMS 2022
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityDenver
Period19/06/2224/06/22

Keywords

  • amplitude control
  • attenuator
  • bandpass filter
  • frequency-tunable
  • varactor-tuned

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