Compact Quasi-Elliptic Response Wideband Bandpass Filter With Four Transmission Zeros

This letter presents a novel quasi-elliptic response bandpass filter (BPF) with 3 dB fractional bandwidth of 39.8% for 2.4 GHz WLAN application. Four resonant modes from two stepped-impedance stub loaded shorted stepped-impedance resonators (SISLSSIRs) and one dual-mode shorted stub loaded stepped-impedance resonator (SSLSIR) can constitute an asynchronously tuned coupled-resonator circuit which support a wideband performance. Four transmission zeros (TZs), i.e., one TZ due to the mixed electric and magnetic coupling, one TZ due to the harmonic effects, and another two TZs owing to the cross-couplings, are realized on both sides of the passband, resulting in its quasi-elliptic response performance. The radial stubs and high-impedance open stubs are loaded at the middle position of SISLSSIRs to improve the in-band return loss of BPF. The fabricated filter has a compact size of 0.22 lambda(g) x 0.22 lambda(g) and wide upper stopband from 2.62 to 7.69 GHz. Good agreement is shown between the simulated and measured