Low-Loss Periodically Air-Filled Substrate Integrated Waveguide (SIW) Band-Pass Filters

The electrical response of low-frequency band-pass filters based on periodic substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) technology typically shows permitted and forbidden frequency bands. Therefore, this type of filters can be designed using a conceptually very simple and efficient procedure based exclusi...

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Main Authors: Raul Garcia, Angela Coves, Dario Herraiz, Angel Antonio San-Blas, Maurizio Bozzi
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Language:English
Published: IEEE 2024-01-01
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10379804/
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author Raul Garcia
Angela Coves
Dario Herraiz
Angel Antonio San-Blas
Maurizio Bozzi
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description The electrical response of low-frequency band-pass filters based on periodic substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) technology typically shows permitted and forbidden frequency bands. Therefore, this type of filters can be designed using a conceptually very simple and efficient procedure based exclusively on the study of the dispersion properties of the periodic structure. In this paper, we go a step further with the design of a periodically air-filled SIW band-pass filter in which part of the dielectric substrate is removed to reduce insertion losses, and whose unit cell parameters, which are directly related to the center frequency (<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$f_{c}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>) and bandwidth (BW) of the first passband, and also to the first stopband or bandgap (BG) of the structure, have been appropriately selected for filtering purposes, thus providing some useful design rules. Furthermore, we apply the concept of glide symmetry for achieving a much larger fractional bandwidth (FBW) than that obtained in conventional air-filled SIW filters found in the technical literature. Finite implementations of both periodic structures with and without glide symmetry have been analyzed, showing their filtering response for validation purposes. Additionally, to overcome the matching level restrictions in the resulting air-filled periodic SIWs, a microstrip-to-SIW transition including a novel coupling iris is proposed. A prototype of the proposed air-filled glide-symmetric periodic SIW filter has been manufactured and experimentally validated, illustrating the potential of this technique to obtain large FBWs that can not be achieved in conventional air-filled SIW filters. The proposed filter proves to be a good candidate for millimeter wave applications.
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spelling doaj.art-3dfc9ecb10ca46fe97dc2a8f0125a3282024-01-10T00:04:57ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362024-01-01123617362810.1109/ACCESS.2024.334947310379804Low-Loss Periodically Air-Filled Substrate Integrated Waveguide (SIW) Band-Pass FiltersRaul Garcia0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3222-2524Angela Coves1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1917-8661Dario Herraiz2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2235-7671Angel Antonio San-Blas3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4341-8277Maurizio Bozzi4https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8062-9076Departamento de Ingenier&#x00ED;a de Comunicaciones-I3E, Universidad Miguel Hern&#x00E1;ndez de Elche, Elche, SpainDepartamento de Ingenier&#x00ED;a El&#x00E9;ctrica, Electr&#x00F3;nica, Autom&#x00E1;tica y Comunicaciones, Escuela Polit&#x00E9;cnica de Cuenca, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Cuenca, SpainDepartment of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering, University of Pavia, Pavia, ItalyDepartamento de Ingenier&#x00ED;a de Comunicaciones-I3E, Universidad Miguel Hern&#x00E1;ndez de Elche, Elche, SpainDepartamento de Ingenier&#x00ED;a de Comunicaciones-I3E, Universidad Miguel Hern&#x00E1;ndez de Elche, Elche, SpainThe electrical response of low-frequency band-pass filters based on periodic substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) technology typically shows permitted and forbidden frequency bands. Therefore, this type of filters can be designed using a conceptually very simple and efficient procedure based exclusively on the study of the dispersion properties of the periodic structure. In this paper, we go a step further with the design of a periodically air-filled SIW band-pass filter in which part of the dielectric substrate is removed to reduce insertion losses, and whose unit cell parameters, which are directly related to the center frequency (<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$f_{c}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>) and bandwidth (BW) of the first passband, and also to the first stopband or bandgap (BG) of the structure, have been appropriately selected for filtering purposes, thus providing some useful design rules. Furthermore, we apply the concept of glide symmetry for achieving a much larger fractional bandwidth (FBW) than that obtained in conventional air-filled SIW filters found in the technical literature. Finite implementations of both periodic structures with and without glide symmetry have been analyzed, showing their filtering response for validation purposes. Additionally, to overcome the matching level restrictions in the resulting air-filled periodic SIWs, a microstrip-to-SIW transition including a novel coupling iris is proposed. A prototype of the proposed air-filled glide-symmetric periodic SIW filter has been manufactured and experimentally validated, illustrating the potential of this technique to obtain large FBWs that can not be achieved in conventional air-filled SIW filters. The proposed filter proves to be a good candidate for millimeter wave applications.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10379804/Band-pass filterssubstrate integrated waveguide (SIW)glide symmetrymicrostrip transition
spellingShingle Raul Garcia
Angela Coves
Dario Herraiz
Angel Antonio San-Blas
Maurizio Bozzi
Low-Loss Periodically Air-Filled Substrate Integrated Waveguide (SIW) Band-Pass Filters
IEEE Access
Band-pass filters
substrate integrated waveguide (SIW)
glide symmetry
microstrip transition
title Low-Loss Periodically Air-Filled Substrate Integrated Waveguide (SIW) Band-Pass Filters
title_full Low-Loss Periodically Air-Filled Substrate Integrated Waveguide (SIW) Band-Pass Filters
title_fullStr Low-Loss Periodically Air-Filled Substrate Integrated Waveguide (SIW) Band-Pass Filters
title_full_unstemmed Low-Loss Periodically Air-Filled Substrate Integrated Waveguide (SIW) Band-Pass Filters
title_short Low-Loss Periodically Air-Filled Substrate Integrated Waveguide (SIW) Band-Pass Filters
title_sort low loss periodically air filled substrate integrated waveguide siw band pass filters
topic Band-pass filters
substrate integrated waveguide (SIW)
glide symmetry
microstrip transition
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10379804/
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