19 GHz Single-Ended-to-Balanced Modified Ladder-Lattice Filters Realized Using Periodically Polarized AlScN BAW Resonators

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Main Authors: Fiagbenu, Merrilyn M. A., Yao, Shun, Sahoo, Siddhant, Hodjat-Shamami, Mojtaba, Kim, Daeho, Moe, Craig, Patel, Pinal, Vetury, Ramakrishna, Olsson III, Roy H.
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author Fiagbenu, Merrilyn M. A.
Yao, Shun
Sahoo, Siddhant
Hodjat-Shamami, Mojtaba
Kim, Daeho
Moe, Craig
Patel, Pinal
Vetury, Ramakrishna
Olsson III, Roy H.
author_facet Fiagbenu, Merrilyn M. A.
Yao, Shun
Sahoo, Siddhant
Hodjat-Shamami, Mojtaba
Kim, Daeho
Moe, Craig
Patel, Pinal
Vetury, Ramakrishna
Olsson III, Roy H.
contents We present a single-ended to balanced modified ladder-lattice filter topology, realized with periodically polarized piezoelectric (P3F) AlScN resonators, for single-ended to differential filtering applications. This filter topology eliminates the need for baluns or other passive components and can interface, for instance, directly between differential antennas and single-ended power and low noise amplifiers. Two filter designs operating at 19 GHz were implemented. The first design exhibited a minimum insertion loss of 1.3 dB, a 6.26% fractional 3-dB bandwidth, an average out-of-band rejection of 30 dB and occupied a 348 um x 476 um footprint, while the second higher-selectivity filter achieved 1.58 dB of minimum insertion loss, 5.11% fractional 3-dB bandwidth, 33 dB of average out-of-band rejection, and occupied a 392 um x 476 um footprint - Making them highly competitive for wireless communications filters. The working principle of the modified ladder-lattice topology is discussed, the design of the filters are presented, and the linearity of the filters is explored through intermodulation and power handling measurements.
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spellingShingle 19 GHz Single-Ended-to-Balanced Modified Ladder-Lattice Filters Realized Using Periodically Polarized AlScN BAW Resonators
Fiagbenu, Merrilyn M. A.
Yao, Shun
Sahoo, Siddhant
Hodjat-Shamami, Mojtaba
Kim, Daeho
Moe, Craig
Patel, Pinal
Vetury, Ramakrishna
Olsson III, Roy H.
Applied Physics
Materials Science
Optics
We present a single-ended to balanced modified ladder-lattice filter topology, realized with periodically polarized piezoelectric (P3F) AlScN resonators, for single-ended to differential filtering applications. This filter topology eliminates the need for baluns or other passive components and can interface, for instance, directly between differential antennas and single-ended power and low noise amplifiers. Two filter designs operating at 19 GHz were implemented. The first design exhibited a minimum insertion loss of 1.3 dB, a 6.26% fractional 3-dB bandwidth, an average out-of-band rejection of 30 dB and occupied a 348 um x 476 um footprint, while the second higher-selectivity filter achieved 1.58 dB of minimum insertion loss, 5.11% fractional 3-dB bandwidth, 33 dB of average out-of-band rejection, and occupied a 392 um x 476 um footprint - Making them highly competitive for wireless communications filters. The working principle of the modified ladder-lattice topology is discussed, the design of the filters are presented, and the linearity of the filters is explored through intermodulation and power handling measurements.
title 19 GHz Single-Ended-to-Balanced Modified Ladder-Lattice Filters Realized Using Periodically Polarized AlScN BAW Resonators
topic Applied Physics
Materials Science
Optics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.00064