Designing a band notch filter

for a UWB antenna using

CST MWS
Optimization or not? Optimization or not?
Ad Reniers
Introduction
Ultra Wide-Band
filter structures and analysis
Simulation setup and results
Conclusions
/ Electrical Engineering PAGE 1 9-4-2010
Ultra Wide-band
Ultra wide-band frequencies between 3.1 GHz and
10.6 GHz
To avoid interference between 5 GHz and 6 GHz
reserved for WLAN we where asked to design a filter
/ Electrical Engineering PAGE 2 9-4-2010
Ultra Wide-band antenna
A compact antenna was needed
Evolution from a thin wire dipole to
a printed pseudo monopole
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/ Electrical Engineering PAGE 3 9-4-2010
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Top layer copper
Bottom layer copper
Substrate
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Ultra Wide-Band
filter structures and analysis
Simulation setup and results
Conclusions
/ Electrical Engineering PAGE 4 9-4-2010
Notch filter analyses
An U shaped gap for Notch filter
characterization
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/ Electrical Engineering PAGE 5 9-4-2010
Top layer copper
Bottom layer copper
Substrate
Gap in the copper
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Spur filter analyses
Spur line filter in the transmission line
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/ Electrical Engineering PAGE 6 9-4-2010
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Top layer copper
Bottom layer copper
Substrate
Gap in the copper
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Notch and spur filter results
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S11 PARAMATERS
HP8510
Ad Reniers, 27 juni 2007
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Results with the filters combined
/ Electrical Engineering PAGE 7 9-4-2010
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Top layer copper
Bottom layer copper
Substrate
Gap in the copper
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UWB Antenne U notch Spur
Simulatie Notch & Spur
Ideaal
Ultra Wide-Band
filter structures and analysis
Simulation setup and results
Conclusions
/ Electrical Engineering PAGE 8 9-4-2010
Simulation setup in CST using the
optimizer (1)
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B
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Optimizer only used for the notch filter
Parameter and goal settings:
/ Electrical Engineering PAGE 9 9-4-2010
Top layer copper
Bottom layer copper
Substrate
Gap in the copper
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Simulation setup in CST using the
optimizer (2)
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Reflectie Parameters
Simulatie CST Microwave Studio
Door Ad Reniers, Datum 6 juni 2007
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/ Electrical Engineering PAGE 10 9-4-2010
Top layer copper
Bottom layer copper
Substrate
Gap in the copper
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Geen Filter
Ideaal
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(mm)
BW (GHz
@ -10dB)
Ampl.
(dB)
B 1.31 5.99 mm 7.30 4.34 ..6.28 -1.72
C 1.19 5.93 7.46 4.38 .. 6.19 -1.83
D 1.22 5.96 7.16 4.56 .. 5.96 -2.72
E 0.99 5.96 8.60 4.28 .. 6.35 -1.68
F 1.33 5.39 7.18 4.61 .. 5.75 -5.86
Simulation setup in CST not using the
optimizer
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Reflectie Parameters
Simulatie CST Microwave office
Door Ad Reniers, 23 juni 2007
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/ Electrical Engineering PAGE 11 9-4-2010
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Top layer copper
Bottom layer copper
Substrate
Gap in the copper
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Sim. A
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and
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(mm)
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(mm)
A
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(mm)
BW (GHz
@ -10dB)
Ampl.
(dB)
1ra 1.20 7.20 8.00 4.42 .. 5.80 -2.63
1rb 1.20 7.20 6.80 4.85 .. 6.00 -3.51
1rc 1.20 7.20 6.40 5.04 .. 6.08 -3.95
1rd 1.20 7.20 6.00 5.22 .. 6.16 -4.49
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Ideaal
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Results using the optimizer/iterative
process
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Reflectie Parameters
Simulatie CST Microwave office
Door Ad Reniers, 23 juni 2007
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S11 PARAMATERS
HP8510
Ad Reniers, 27 juni 2007
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/ Electrical Engineering PAGE 12 9-4-2010
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Top layer copper
Bottom layer copper
Substrate
Gap in the copper
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BW (GHz
@ -10dB)
Ampl.
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1rk 1.20 7.20 6.00 0.84 0.6 5.6 4.70 .. 6.24 -2.36
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UWB Antenne U notch Spur
Simulatie Notch & Spur
Ideaal
Ultra Wide-Band
filter structures and analysis
Simulation setup and results
Conclusions
/ Electrical Engineering PAGE 13 9-4-2010
Conclusions
Using the optimizer is a good starting
point if there is no analytical model
You should know what to expect
Not the ultimate tool
The iterative process gives more inside in
/ Electrical Engineering PAGE 14 9-4-2010
Top layer copper
Bottom layer copper
Substrate
Gap in the copper
The iterative process gives more inside in
the working of the filter itself
Combination of using the optimizer and a
iterative process is the most efficient way
to design.
Thank you for your attention