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A cost effective dual band chebyshev parallel coupled microstrip line

bandpass filter for ISM band applications

Conference Paper · March 2017

DOI: 10.1109/WiSPNET.2017.8299833

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 A Cost Effective Dual Band Chebyshev Parallel
Coupled Microstrip Line Bandpass Filter
for ISM Band Applications
M. Bhagavathi Priya, Member IEEE, K. Ramprakash,
P. Pavithra, Member IEEE and D. Allin Joe, Member IEEE
Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore, India

1 Abstract—In this paper, a 5th order dual band chebyshev

2 parallel coupled microstrip line bandpass filter is designed for
3 Industrial, Scientific, and Medical (ISM) radio band and so
4 this filter allows 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz frequency bands. ISM
5 band is used in dual band routers and 2.4/5 GHz transverter.
6 The designed filter is simulated using Advanced Design System
7 (ADS) simulator and implemented on FR4 substrate with relative
8 dielectric constant of 4.6. The simulated design has high return
9 loss and low insertion loss on the desired ISM frequency bands.
10 Index Terms—Bandpass filter, dual band, Chebyshev,
11 microstrip line, parallel coupled, insertion loss, return loss, ADS.
12

Fig. 1. Structure of parallel coupled microstrip line bandpass filter.

13 I. I NTRODUCTION
14 The bandpass filter is a vital element for all communication
15 systems. Multiband Transceiver has become the necessity of the bandpass filter using ADS. The final section summarizes 45

16 present day communication systems as it provides support the main conclusions of this paper. 46

17 for various communication standards in a single module [1],

II. PARALLEL C OUPLED M ICROSTRIP L INE BANDPASS 47
18 [2]. The rapid growth in wireless and mobile communication
F ILTER 48
19 system leads to the requirement of novel techniques for
20 multiband filters. Hence, the dual band coupled line filter is In parallel coupled microstrip line bandpass filter, the strips 49

21 designed with low insertion loss [3]. The size, volume, and are appropriately arranged in parallel to each other i.e., it pro- 50

22 weight of filters can be decreased while keeping insertion loss vides good coupling and desired bandwidth compared to other 51

23 low for obtaining the desired performance [4]. filter configurations [13]. The structure of the parallel coupled 52

24 Filters are used to eliminate undesired frequencies and microstrip line bandpass filter is demonstrated in Fig. 1. 53

25 isolate the desired frequencies. Filters are classified into four The general structure of parallel coupled microstrip line 54

26 categories in terms of their frequency characteristics: lowpass, bandpass filter using chebyshev approach is designed in this 55

27 highpass, bandstop and bandpass [5–7]. Microstrip line filters paper. Larger gaps between strips are its main advantage. 56

28 are of compact size and easy to integrate with other com- III. D ESIGN P ROCEDURE 57
29 ponents on a single board. The different types of microstrip
30 line filters are coupled line, hairpin, step impedance and stub The design procedure for the dual band chebyshev parallel 58

31 impedance [8–11]. Parallel coupled line techniques are often coupled microstrip line bandpass filter is arranged as Step 1–9. 59

32 used to design bandpass filter because of its simple structure, Step 1: Define bandpass filter specifications. 60

33 easy fabrication process, and good performance. Step 2: Select the order of the filter. 61

34 Substrates used for fabrication of filters are RT/Duroid5880, Step 3: Calculate the bandwidth for the desired frequencies. 62

35 RO4003C, TMM4, RO6010, RO3010, and FR4. RO6010 is Step 4: Calculate the admittance interval Jn . 63

36 the best performing substrate with compact size but the cost Step 5: Determine even and odd mode impedances. 64

37 of RO6010 substrate is very high. The FR4 substrate is of low Step 6: Select the appropriate substrate for filter design. 65

38 cost and good performing substrate [12]. Step 7: Using LineCalc tool in ADS, calculate the width, 66

39 The organization of this paper is as follows. The next section length, and spacing between lines of the filter. 67

40 represents the explanation of the proposed structure of the Step 8: Use the width, length, and spacing between lines 68

41 bandpass filter. The Design Procedure of the bandpass filter values to design the coupled line filter. 69

42 was discussed in Section III. The Optimization of the bandpass Step 9: Obtain the layout design and output of the filter. 70

43 filter values using ADS to improve the efficiency is noted in In this paper, a dual band chebyshev parallel coupled 71

44 Section IV. Section V provides the Result and Discussion of microstrip line bandpass filter is designed for 2.4 GHz and 72
 TABLE I TABLE III
D ESIGN S PECIFICATIONS OF BANDPASS F ILTER . E VEN AND O DD M ODE I MPEDANCE VALUES FOR 5 TH O RDER
C HEBYSHEV F ILTER .
Specification Value
Gn Jn Zoe Zoo
Order of filter, N 5
Center frequency, fc 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz 3.481 0.003874 61.5609 42.1909
Impedance, Z0 50 Ω 0.761 0.000802 52.0854 48.0754
Fractional band width, ∆ 0.1 4.538 0.000702 51.8166 48.3066
0.761 0.000702 51.8166 48.3066
3.481 0.000802 52.0854 48.0754
TABLE II 1.000 0.003874 61.5609 42.1909
R IPPLE FACTOR 20 log10 ε = 3.0 D B.

TABLE IV
N g1 g2 g3 g4 g5 g6 FR4 S UBSTRATE S PECIFICATION .
1 1.995 1.000
2 3.101 0.533 5.809 Specification Value
3 3.348 0.711 3.348 1.000
4 3.438 0.748 4.347 0.592 5.809 Substrate thickness, H 1.6 mm
5 3.481 0.761 4.538 0.761 3.481 1.000 Dielectric constant, εr 4.600
Metal thickness 1.4 mil
TanD 0.001

73 5 GHz frequencies as these frequencies are commonly used in

74 ISM band for worldwide operations. The design specifications The bandpass filter is designed using FR4 substrate as it 103
75 of the bandpass filter are provided in Table I. was more cost effective. The specification of the FR4 substrate 104
76 Increasing the order of the filter will increase the selectivity. used for bandpass filter design is shown in Table IV. 105
77 A 5th order chebyshev bandpass filter is selected to satisfy The 5th order chebyshev bandpass filter is designed based 106
78 the requirements of the ISM band applications [14]. Element on the obtained theoretical values and optimized using Optim 107
79 values for the normalized chebyshev prototype are determined tool in ADS to improve the efficiency of the filter in the 108
80 and the standard values for the 3 dB ripple factor for a desired frequency bands. Application of this filter includes 109
81 chebyshev filter is represented in Table II [15]. Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Car alarm, Zigbee, Radar and IEEE 802.11n 110
82 The bandwidth for the desired frequencies is calculated radios [18]. 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands are free bands and are 111
83 using the Eqs. (1)–(4) [16]. used in Industrial, Science and Medical fields. 112

84 ω1 = 2πf1 (1) IV. O PTIMIZATION U SING ADS 113

85 ω2 = 2πf2 (2) Advanced Design System (ADS) simulator is used to gener-

√ 114

86 ωo = ω1 ω2 (3) ate schematic circuit of dual band chebyshev parallel coupled 115
 
ω1 ω2 microstrip line bandpass filter. It provides the simulation 116
87 ∆= . (4) tools to design and evaluate radio frequency (RF) filter. The
88
ωo 117

evaluation parameters for the designed filter are return loss 118
89 The admittance interval Jn is calculated using the Eqs. (5), and insertion loss. Using the LineCalc tool the length, width, 119
90 (6) and (7). and spacing between lines of a coupled line are calculated 120
s
π∆ directly from Zoe and Zoo values. The manipulation of width, 121

91 Zo J 1 = (5) length, and Spacing between lines using LineCalc tool in ADS 122
2g1
is shown in Fig. 2. 123
∆π The parameters required for using LineCalc tool are 124
92 Zo J N = √ (6)
2 gN −1 gN H: Substrate thickness (1.6 mm). 125
s
π∆ εr : Substrate relative dielectric constant (4.6). 126
93 Zo JN +1 = . (7) Cond: Metal conductivity (5.8e7). 127
2gN gN +1
94
Hu: Upper ground plane to substrate. 128

95 The even and odd mode impedances, Zoe and Zoo for the spacing (3.9e+34 mil). 129

96 5th order chebyshev filter are calculated using the Eqs. (8) and T : Thickness of metal layer (1.4 mils). 130

97 (9) [17]. TanD: Dielectric loss tangent (0.001). 131

h
2
i Rough: RMS surface roughness (0). 132
98 Zoe = Zo 1 + JZo + (JZo ) (8)
h i The values of width (W ), length (L), and spacing between 133

2 lines (S) of a coupled line are obtained from LineCalc tool and
99 Zoo = Zo 1 − JZo + (JZo ) . (9) 134
100 are tabulated in Table V. Based on these values, a 5th order 135

101 The calculated even and odd mode impedance values for dual band chebyshev parallel coupled microstrip line bandpass 136

102 5th order chebyshev filter are tabulated in Table III. filter is generated using ADS. 137
 Fig. 2. Manipulation of width, length, and spacing between lines using
LineCalc tool in ADS.
Fig. 5. Simulated S11 and S21 parameters of 5th order chebyshev parallel
TABLE V coupled microstrip line bandpass filter.
W IDTH , L ENGTH , AND S PACING B ETWEEN L INES OF A C OUPLED L INE .

Line W (mm) L (mm) S (mm) shown in Fig. 5. From the Simulated S11 and S21 graph, 149

1 1.39817 17.2341 0.896707 S11 values for both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz frequencies are over 150

2 2.52213 16.3823 2.230940 −40 dB i.e., the designed bandpass filter allows the frequency 151
3 3.60575 16.5302 2.519180 bands from 2.30 GHz to 2.60 GHz as one band and 4.90 GHz 152
4 2.4215 16.6738 2.519180
5 1.51642 17.234 2.230940 to 5.15 GHz as another band. The return loss and insertion 153

6 2.12867 17.0442 0.340455 loss values for 2.4 GHz are −40.046 dB and −0.884 dB 154

whereas the return loss and insertion loss values for 5 GHz 155

are −40.265 dB and −8.085 dB. The obtained return loss is 156

high and insertion loss is low for the ISM band applications. 157

VI. CONCLUSION 158

The evaluation of the performance measure of dual band 5th 159

order parallel coupled microstrip line RF bandpass filter using 160

chebyshev filter and 3 dB equal ripple responses that suits for 161

Fig. 3. Schematic of 5th order chebyshev parallel coupled microstrip line ISM band applications is implemented in ADS. The filter was 162
bandpass filter.
designed using FR4 substrate with the thickness of 1.6 mm and 163

dielectric constant of 4.6. It operates at 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz 164

frequency bands. The designed filter values are optimized 165

using ADS simulator to provide better performance in the 166

required ISM frequency bands. Further, it is possible to design 167

bandpass filter for more than two bands using microstrip lines. 168

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