Inverted Microstrip Gap Waveguide Coplanar EBG Filter for Antenna Applications

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Main Author: Inclán-Sánchez, Luis
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contents The possibility of making compact stopband filters using coplanar-coupled EBG resonators in inverted microstrip gap waveguide technology is studied in this work. To do this, the filtering characteristics of different configurations of mushroom-type elements are shown in which the short-circuit element is placed on the edge of the resonator of the patch. The behavior of the structure as well as its main advantages such as: low losses, self-packaging, low level of complexity, flexibility and easy design are illustrated in the paper. To evaluate the possibility of integrating these structures in gap waveguide planar antennas feeding networks, a 5-cell EBG filter was designed and built at the X band. The proposed filter reached a maximum rejection level of minus 35.4 dB, had a stopband centered at 9 GHz and a relative fractional bandwidth below minus 20 dB of 10.6 percent. The new compact filter presented a flat passband in which it was well matched and had low insertion losses that, including the connectors, were close to 1.5 dB in most of the band. These results are enough to improve low-complexity future antenna designs with filter functionalities in this technology.
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spellingShingle Inverted Microstrip Gap Waveguide Coplanar EBG Filter for Antenna Applications
Inclán-Sánchez, Luis
Applied Physics
The possibility of making compact stopband filters using coplanar-coupled EBG resonators in inverted microstrip gap waveguide technology is studied in this work. To do this, the filtering characteristics of different configurations of mushroom-type elements are shown in which the short-circuit element is placed on the edge of the resonator of the patch. The behavior of the structure as well as its main advantages such as: low losses, self-packaging, low level of complexity, flexibility and easy design are illustrated in the paper. To evaluate the possibility of integrating these structures in gap waveguide planar antennas feeding networks, a 5-cell EBG filter was designed and built at the X band. The proposed filter reached a maximum rejection level of minus 35.4 dB, had a stopband centered at 9 GHz and a relative fractional bandwidth below minus 20 dB of 10.6 percent. The new compact filter presented a flat passband in which it was well matched and had low insertion losses that, including the connectors, were close to 1.5 dB in most of the band. These results are enough to improve low-complexity future antenna designs with filter functionalities in this technology.
title Inverted Microstrip Gap Waveguide Coplanar EBG Filter for Antenna Applications
topic Applied Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.04860