ECE Filter 1

RF & Microwave Engineering

ECE Filter 2
RF Filter Design Basic Filter Types
ECE Filter 3
Filter Attenuation Profiles
ECE Filter 4
RF Filter Parameters
Insertion Loss:

Ripple

Bandwidth: BW
3dB
= f
u
3dB
f
L
3dB

Shape Factor:

Rejection
( )
2
10 10 1
in
in
L
P
IL log log
P
= = I
min
max
A
A
BW
SF
BW
=
ECE Filter 5
Low-Pass Filter





Cascading four ABCD-networks.
( )
1 0
1 1 1 0
1
1
0 1 0 1 1
1
1
1
1
G
L
G G L
L
L
A B R R
C D j C
R
R R j C R R
R
j C
R
e
e
e
(
( ( ( (
( =
( ( ( (
(


( | |
+ + + +
( |
\ .
(
=
(
+ (
(

ECE Filter 6
RF Filter Parameters





( )
1 0
1 1 1 0
1
1
0 1 0 1 1
1
1
1
1
G
L
G G L
L
L
A B R R
C D j C
R
R R j C R R
R
j C
R
e
e
e
(
( ( ( (
(
=
( ( ( (
(


(
| |
+ + + +
( |
\ .
(
=
(
+ (
(

Cascading four ABCD-networks.


ECE Filter 7
Low-Pass Filter Frequency Response
Frequency Response from the ABCD
Definitions:


So the Transfer Function is Simply:

2
1
2
0 i
v
A
v
=
=
( )
( )
1 1
1
G
H
A j R R C
e
e
= =
+ +
ECE Filter 8
Low-Pass Filter Frequency Response
Corresponding Phase is:


Group Delay:

( )
g
d
t
d
| e
e
=
( )
( )
{ }
( )
{ }
1
Im H
tan
Re H
e
| e
e

| |
= |
|
\ .
ECE Filter 9
High-Pass Filter





( )
1 0 1 0
1 1
1 1
1 1
0 1 0 1
1 1
1
1 1
1
G
L
G G L
L
L
A B R R
C D
R j L
R R R R
j L R
j L R
e
e
e
( (
( ( (
( (
=
( ( (
( (

( (

(
| |
+ + + +
( |
\ .
(
=
(
+ (
(

ECE Filter 10
High-Pass Filter Frequency Response
Frequency Response from the ABCD
Definitions:


So the Transfer Function is Simply:

2
1
2
0 i
v
A
v
=
=
( )
( )
1 1
1 1
1
G
L
H
A
R R
j L R
e
e
= =
| |
+ + +
|
\ .
ECE Filter 11
High-Pass Filter Frequency Response
For e :




Inductive Influence Can Be Neglected

( )
2
1
1
L
G
G L G
L
V R
R R
V R R R
R
= =
+
+ +
+
ECE Filter 12
Low-Pass Filter Realizations




ECE Filter 13
Low-Pass Butterworth Filter Coefficients




ECE Filter 14
Low-Pass Butterworth Filter Attenuation




ECE Filter 15
Low-Pass Linear-Phase Filter
Coefficients
ECE Filter 16
Chebyshev-Type Filters


ECE Filter 17
Chebyshev-Type Filters


ECE Filter 18
Chebyshev-Type Filter Response








Response for 3 dB ripple Chebyshev LPF
ECE Filter 19
Chebyshev-Type Filter Response








Response for 0.5 dB ripple Chebyshev LPF
ECE Filter 20
Low-Pass Chebysev Filter Coefficients
3 dB Ripple
ECE Filter 21
Low-Pass Chebysev Filter Coefficients
0.5 dB Ripple
ECE Filter 22
Standard Low-Pass Filter Design
The normalized inductors and capacitors
(g
1
, g
2
, ... , g
N
) are denormalized using:

and

where C
n
, L
n
, are the g
n
normalized values
from the tables
2
n
C
C
C
f R
=
t
2
n
C
L R
L
f
=
t