When two filters are cascaded together, unwanted spikes appear in the rejection region. These spikes can have a strong impact on the rejection performance of the resulting filter. Therefore, it is desired to suppress or move them far away from the operational band, including part of the rejection band as well. This paper addresses a systematic evaluation of such phenomenon and proposes a simple yet effective method, called spike envelope curve, to have, in a single run and for any frequency, the worst possible case, without the need of repeating onerous analyses. It is also shown that a judicious choice of the length and losses of the line separating the filters can be exploited to mitigate considerably such a negative effect. The method is assessed by full-wave simulations and measurements.

Systematic Evaluation of Spikes Due to Interference between Cascaded Filters / Morini, Antonio; Venanzoni, Giuseppe; Martin Iglesias, Petronilo; Ernst, Christoph; Sidiropoulos, Nikolas; Di Donato, Andrea; Farina, Marco. - In: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MICROWAVE THEORY AND TECHNIQUES. - ISSN 0018-9480. - STAMPA. - 66:11(2018), pp. 4814-4819. [10.1109/TMTT.2018.2865568]

Systematic Evaluation of Spikes Due to Interference between Cascaded Filters

Morini, Antonio
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Venanzoni, Giuseppe
Membro del Collaboration Group
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Di Donato, Andrea
Membro del Collaboration Group
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Farina, Marco
Membro del Collaboration Group
2018-01-01

Abstract

When two filters are cascaded together, unwanted spikes appear in the rejection region. These spikes can have a strong impact on the rejection performance of the resulting filter. Therefore, it is desired to suppress or move them far away from the operational band, including part of the rejection band as well. This paper addresses a systematic evaluation of such phenomenon and proposes a simple yet effective method, called spike envelope curve, to have, in a single run and for any frequency, the worst possible case, without the need of repeating onerous analyses. It is also shown that a judicious choice of the length and losses of the line separating the filters can be exploited to mitigate considerably such a negative effect. The method is assessed by full-wave simulations and measurements.
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