Design of Three-State Diplexer Using a Planar Triple-Mode Resonator

摘要

A highly integrated three-state diplexer (TSD) on a single planar elliptical structure is for the first time presented in this paper. Three resonant modes are investigated in a planar elliptical resonator, e.g., two TMn₁₁ndegenerate modes and one TMn₂₁nmode. These three resonant modes are designed to form three filtering channels, which are further combined to generate three states of a diplexer, namely, TSD. The planar elliptical triple-mode resonator is fed by three microstrip lines to form a triple-mode TSD. In order to validate the concept, the designed planar TSD is fabricated and measured. The measured results are in good agreement with the simulated ones.