Improved Microstrip Filters Using PMC Packaging by Lid of Nails

Author

Brazález, Astrid Algaba ; Zaman, Ashraf Uz ; Kildal, Per-Simon

Author_Institution

Dept. of Signals & Syst., Chalmers Univ. of Technol., Gothenburg, Sweden

Volume

2

Issue

7

fYear

2012

fDate

7/1/2012 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1075

Lastpage

1084

Abstract

This paper shows that microstrip filters perform like textbook examples when packaged with perfect magnetic conductor (PMC). A PMC is made as a pin surface or lid of nails, and this is used to package a microstrip parallel coupled line bandpass filter. Our measurements confirm that parallel plate, cavity modes, and radiation are suppressed. This paper also includes a study of the reasons for a frequency shift between the ideal PMC packaged case and the realized case.

Keywords

band-pass filters; conductors (electric); coupled transmission lines; electronics packaging; microstrip filters; microstrip lines; PMC packaging; cavity modes; lid of nails; microstrip filters; microstrip parallel coupled line bandpass filter packaging; parallel plate; perfect magnetic conductor; pin surface; radiation suppression; Cavity resonators; Metals; Microstrip; Microstrip filters; Nails; Packaging; Waveguide discontinuities; Artificial magnetic conductor (AMC); coupled line filter; gap waveguide; microstrip circuit; packaging; parallel plate mode;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

2156-3950

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TCPMT.2012.2190931

Filename

6189369