Compact dual-band open-stub bandstop filter with suppression of spurious passbands

摘要

In this article, by replacing the series quarter-wavelength connecting line of conventional open-stub bandstop filter (BSF) with the equivalent P-shaped line, a compact dual-band BSF is proposed and designed. Furthermore, it suppresses a lot of spurious passbands of the open-stub BSF. Design equations of P-shaped line are achieved by ABCD matrixes. To validate the design concept, two full-wave electromagnetic simulators are used and the proposed filter is fabricated. The simulate results are in excellent agreement with measurement results. The circuit area of the dual-band BSF is only 50% of the conventional open-stub BSF.