Novel microstrip dual-band bandpass filters with controllable fractional bandwidths and good in-between isolation are presented and implemented. A half-wavelength stepped-impedance resonator is firstly characterized, aiming at producing the two resonant frequencies at 2.4 and 5.2 GHz. Two types of coupled microstrip lines in the parallel and anti-parallel formats are then investigated in terms ...

A novel compact microstrip dual-band bandpass filter(BPF) is developed with remarkably improved stopband characteristics. Two square open-loop resonators are embedded in a U-shaped resonator to achieve a significant size-reduction of the filter. Meanwhile, a cross-coupling between nonadjacent resonators is exploited to produce multiple transmission zeros in the stopbands of the filter. As a con...

This paper presents a new dual-band elliptical dielectric resonator antenna (EDRA). The EDRA is mounted on a ground plane and fed with a rectangular slot exited by a microstrip line. By optimizing the structure parameters, it is possible to obtain more than one excited mode in a limited frequency band. Numerical and measurement results for the radiation patterns of this slot fed EDRA are given ...

A compact and sharp-rejection ultra-wideband (UWB) microstrip band-pass filter (BPF) is developed using of left handed metamaterials realized by complementary split ring resonator (CSRR). Moreover, proposed structure consists of two doublets parallel coupling gaps at each side of a microstrip ring. In comparison with some other filters, this structure shows a significantly wider passband due to...

In this paper a four-pole elliptic function bandpass filter is designed with two ground slots. A research of microstrip bandpass filters (BPF) using defected ground structures (DGS) is presented. DGS technique allows designs of tight couplings without the necessity of using very narrow coupling gaps. The simulator Sonnet is used to design the resonator and to calculate the coupling coefficient ...

Design of a compact microstrip band reject filter is proposed. The device consists of an Open Loop Rectangular Resonator (OLRR) coupled to a microstrip line. The transmission line has a Ubend which enhances the coupling with the OLRR element and reduces the size of the filter. The filter can be made tunable by mounting variable capacitance to the system. Simulated and experimental results are p...

Accurate determination of spatial soil moisture distribution and monitoring its temporal variation have a significant impact on the outcomes of hydrologic, ecologic, and climatic models. Development of a successful remote sensing instrument for soil moisture relies on the accurate knowledge of the soil dielectric constant ( soil) to its moisture content. Two existing methods for measurement of ...

A CPW-fed UWB antenna with WiMAX and WLAN band-notched characteristics is presented in this paper. The proposed antenna is fed by a CPW structure and provides the band-notched characteristics by etching an arc slot on the monopole plate and integrating the antenna with electromagnetically coupled microstrip resonator into a single module. In order to prevent interference problem due to existing...

Received Sep 24, 2017 Revised Dec 27, 2017 Accepted Jan 16, 2018 This paper presents two dual-mode rectangular ring resonators, designed at RF frequency above 20 GHz for bandpass filter applications. The first resonator is designed at 20 GHz using single layer microstrip technology, on Rogers Duroid TMM10 substrate with the following characteristics; relative dielectric constant (εr) = 9.2, sub...

A planar microstrip ring resonator structure on alumina was developed using the commercial FEM software COMSOL. Design parameters were evaluated, eventually leading to an optimized design of a miniaturized microwave gas sensor. The sensor was covered with a zeolite film. The device was successfully operated at around 8.5 GHz at room temperature as a humidity sensor. In the next step, an additio...