Design and Synthesis of Parallel-Connected Dielectric Filter Using Chain-Function Polynomial

Abstract

. Design and synthesis of parallel connected dielectric filters using chained function polynomials are presented in this paper. This filter will offer reduced sensitivity to fabrication tolerance while preserving its return loss response within the desired bandwidth in comparison to traditional Chebyshev filters. A novel transfer function FN according to chained is derived for fourth and sixth-order filters and the synthesis technique is presented. To demonstrate the feasibility of this approach, the circuit simulation based on parallel connected topology is carried out in ADS while the design and simulation of the fourth-order filter in dielectric technology in HFSS. Considerable sensitivity analysis is conducted to prove a better fabrication tolerance of the filter. In terms of implementation, this design technique will serve as a very useful mathematical tool for any filter design engineer.