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Journal of the Korean Institute of Electromagnetic and Science 2001;1(2):166-172.
A Varactor-Tuned RF Tunable Bandpass Filter with Constant Bandwidth
Byung-Wook Kim, Du-Il Yun
Dept. of Electronics Engineering, Sogang University
Abstract
A novel RF tunable bandpass filter structure using dielectric resonators and varactor diodes is considered for the optimization to achieve constant bandwidth with minimum passband insertion loss. The coupling between resonators is realized by coupling windows and series lumped L, C elements are used to realize the input/output stage couplings. A 5 poles, 0.01 dB ripple Chebyshev type filter tuned from 800 MHz~900 MHz is designed and presented in this paper. The passband bandwidth for the design is 10 MHz (fractional bandwidth = 1.2 %). Experimental results show that the 3 dB passband bandwidth variation is 12.04 MHz~12.16 MHz (less than 1 %) and passband insertion loss is 15 dB~7 dB depending on the tuning voltages.
Key words: Tunable bandpass filter, Varactor, Constant bandwidth

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