Reconfigurable GaAs Bandpass Filters Using Cascading of Lowpass and Highpass Filters

Jincheng Li, Pei Ling Chi, Xilin Zhang, Xu Zhu, Xiang Li, Yong Wang, Tao Yang*

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Abstract

Designs of on-chip reconfigurable band-pass filters are proposed based on GaAs process. The filters are constructed by cascading elliptic low- and high-pass filters, and reconfigurable center frequency and bandwidth are achieved by controlling the cut-off frequencies of the low- and high-pass filters. Varactors and switched capacitor arrays formed by the pHEMT transistors are used as tuning element to achieve the tunability. By introducing series LC tank resonator in the low- and high-pass filters, transmission zeros are formed outside the passband to improve the selectivity of the filer. One on-chip bandpass filter with tunable center frequency and one bandpass filter with controllable bandwidth are designed, fabricated and tested using the 0.15um GaAs pHEMT process. The filters realize a frequency tuning range of 1.92.53GHz, and a bandwidth tuning range of 330750MHz, respectively, with bandstop suppression larger than 30dB.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2022 Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference, APMC 2022 - Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages773-775
Number of pages3
ISBN (Electronic)9784902339567
StatePublished - 2022
Event2022 Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference, APMC 2022 - Yokohama, Japan
Duration: 29 Nov 20222 Dec 2022

Publication series

NameAsia-Pacific Microwave Conference Proceedings, APMC
Volume2022-November

Conference

Conference2022 Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference, APMC 2022
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityYokohama
Period29/11/222/12/22

Keywords

  • Bandpass filter
  • bandwidth tuning
  • frequency tuning
  • LC filter

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