PIN diode-based 4-channel switched filter bank with low-power, TTL-compatible Driver

Author

Gentili, Fabrizio ; Urbani, Laura ; Bianchi, G. ; Pelliccia, Luca ; Sorrentino, Roberto

Author_Institution

Dept. of Eng., Univ. of Perugia, Perugia, Italy

fYear

2014

fDate

1-6 June 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

The design of a 4-channel switched filter bank in the S-, C-band using PIN diode switches is described. Narrow band (3.2-3.5%) filters are designed on suspended substrate stripline. The biasing circuit allows the switches to be driven with TTL-compatible voltages and minimum biasing current. The average insertion loss measured was 3.6 dB corresponding to a Q-factor of 580. Spurious responses were suppressed from DC to roughly 19 GHz.

Keywords

UHF filters; channel bank filters; low-power electronics; microwave filters; p-i-n diodes; strip line circuits; switched filters; transistor-transistor logic; 4-channel switched filter bank; C-band; PIN diode switches; S-band; TTL-compatible voltages; biasing circuit; loss 3.6 dB; minimum biasing current; narrowband filters; spurious responses; suspended substrate stripline; Micromechanical devices; Microwave FET integrated circuits; Microwave integrated circuits; Substrates; Switches; SSS filters; TTL-compatible; low power SPnT driver; switched filter bank; wide-band spurious rejection;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium (IMS), 2014 IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Tampa, FL

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.2014.6848379

Filename

6848379