AU763639B2 - Dual band combiner arrangement - Google Patents
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P/00/011 28/5/91 Regulation 3.2
AUSTRALIA
Patents Act 1990
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION STANDARD PATENT Invention Title: "DUAL BAND COMBINER ARRANGEMENT" The following statement is a full description of this invention, including the best method of performing it known to us: This invention relates to radio frequency dual band combiners, for combining signals into two different frequency bands, for example, 900MHz and 1800MHz, for connexion to a single feeder cable via a common port of the combiner.
A combiner of the aforementioned type must have, on the one hand, high isolation between the two frequency bands, and on the other hand, a low insertion loss.
Such requirements are difficult to implement because high isolation demands elaborate filters, and elaborate filters lead to increased insertion loss.
High isolation combiners using coaxial bandpass filters are known, but their 10 insertion loss is usually unattractively high which reduces overall system performance. Bandpass-band reject combiners are known. However, the insertion loss in the bandpass branch is relatively high in most cases.
If a combiner is to be realized in planar structure, ie using microstrip filters, then maximum resonator Q is very low compared to coaxial resonator bandpass 15 filters, which aiso leads to increased insertion !s.e It is an object of the present invention to provide a planar structure dual band combiner arrangement, having low insertion loss and high isolation between bands.
According to the invention there is provided a dual band combiner arrangement comprising an upper frequency band filter means coupled to a first port, a lower frequency band filter means coupled to a second port, and a common port coupled to both said filter means, the upper frequency band's centre frequency and the lower frequency band's centre frequency having approximately a 2:1 frequency relationship, said upper frequency band filter means comprising a plurality of first open-end resonators whose respective lengths are one half the wavelength of said upper frequency band's centre frequency, and said lower frequency band filter means comprising a plurality of second open-end resonators whose respective lengths are one quarter of the wavelength of said upper frequency band's centre frequency, whereby said first filter means forms a bandpass filter for passing the upper frequency band and rejecting the lower frequency band, and said second filter means forms a bandstop filter that passes said lower frequency band and rejects the upper frequency band.
In order that the invention may be carried into effect, an embodiment thereof will now be described in relation to the accompanying drawings, in which: Figure. 1 shows a top view of a combiner incorporating the present invention.
Figure. 2 graphically represents isolation responses between the 900MHz and 1800MHz ports of the combiner shown in Figure. 1.
Referring to Figure. 1, the combiner comprises a rectangular metal housing 1 having a bottom panel 2 and a removable top panel (not shown). Mounted within the housing is a printed circuit board 3 upon which is supported a conductive pattern forming an 1800MHz bandpass filter section generally defined by the broken line A, and 1800MHz bandstop filter section generally defined by the broken line B.
The 1800 MHz bandpass filter comprises two open-end stub halfwave resonators 4 and 5 coupled to an 1800 MHz port 6.
The 1800 MHz bandstop filter section comprises three open-end stub quarter 15 wavelength resonators 7, 8 and 9 coupled to a 900MHz port !0.
Both filter sections are coupled to a common port 11 via conductive path 12.
Preferably, the combiner includes two solid metal blocks 13 and 14. The blocks are dimensioned such that they form an electrical connection between the top panel of the housing means and the bottom panel of the housing means. The 20 function of block 13 is to suppress cavity-type resonances of the housing; the function of block 14 is to suppress unwanted electromagnetic coupling between the 900MHz and 1800MHz paths which would reduce the isolation between ports 6 and In order to provide the required high isolation between ports, typically >56 dB while maintaining a low insertion loss, typically <0.3 dB, the 1800MHz bandpass filter of the combiner arrangement described above produces transmission zeros in the lower frequency which increases the bandpass filter's selectivity. The arrangement exploits the fact, that the two frequency bands to be combined are in an approximately 2:1 frequency relationship. The two open-end halfwave resonators 4 and 5 of the 1800MHz bandpass filter become quarterwave resonators at 900MHz and thus produce pronounced selectivity enhancing transmission zeros at 900MHz (see Figure. In this way an otherwise moderately selective 2 resonator filter becomes very selective in its lower stopband at 900MHz frequencies. As can be seen Figure 1 the resonators 4 and 5 of 1800 MHz bandpass filter are connected to the main signal path. While the open-end stub resonators are halfwave at 1800MHz and hence do not affect the passing of 1800MHz signals, they become quarterwave long at 900MHz and their open-end transforms into a short-circuit to ground at 900MHz, not allowing 900MHz signals to pass, i.e. producing transmission zeros at 900MHz.
The 1800MHz bandstop filter in the 900MHz path rejects 1800MHz signals 10 due to the short-circuit producing quarterwave resonators 7, 8 and 9. At 900MHz these resonators are th of a wavelength long which makes them act like a capacitive loading of the 900MHz transmission path. This loading is compensated by the network interaction of the 3-resonator filter and hence, 900MHz signals pass through without attenuation.
It will be understood that the combiner can be adapted to other combinations of frequency bands provided that they have approximately a 2:1 frequency S relationship.
The combiner can be utilized in an antenna arrangement. Also, it can be used as a splitter, where two signals from suitable sources are simultaneously fed to the common port and then split into two separate signals available at two output ports.
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1. A dual band combiner arrangement comprising an upper frequency band filter means coupled to a first port, a lower frequency band filter means coupled to a second port, and a common port coupled to both said filter means, the upper frequency band's centre frequency and the lower frequency band's centre frequency having approximately a 2:1 frequency relationship, said upper frequency band filter means comprising a plurality of first open-end resonators whose respective lengths are one half the wavelength at said upper frequency band's centre frequency, and said lower frequency band filter means comprising a plurality of second open-end resonators whose respective lengths are one quarter of the wavelength at said upper frequency band's centre frequency, whereby said first filter means forms a bandpass filter for passing the upper frequency band and rejecting the lower frequency band, and said second filter means forms a bandstop filter that passes said lower frequency band and rejects the upper frequency band. 15
2. A dual band combiner arrangement as clr1im in ,-larim 1 A, krei;n ;said upper frequency band filter means comprises two open-end resonators whose respective lengths are one half the wavelength at said upper frequency band's centre frequency, and said lower frequency band filter means comprises three open-end resonators whose respective lengths are one quarter of the wavelength at said upper frequency band's centre frequency.
3. A dual band combiner arrangement as claimed in 1 or 2, wherein said upper frequency band filter means and said lower frequency band filter means are in the form of a predetermined pattern of conductive material supported on a planar board of insulating material.
4. A dual band combiner arrangement as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, including means to suppress cavity-type resonances.
A dual band combiner arrangement as claimed in claim 4, wherein said means to suppress cavity-type resonances comprises a solid metal block fixed in a predetermined location between the said upper frequency band filter means on the lower frequency band filter means.
6. A dual band combiner arrangement as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, including means to suppress unwanted electromagnetic coupling between parts of the said upper frequency band filter means and parts of said lower frequency band filter means.
7. A dual band combiner arrangement as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, wherein the upper frequency bands centre frequency is 1800 MHz, and the lower frequency bands centre frequency is 900 MHz.
8. A dual band combiner arrangement as claimed in any one of the preceding claims mounted within a metal housing means. .i 10
9. A dual band combiner arrangement as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, operatively associated with an antenna arrangement. A dual band combiner arrangement substantially as herein described with reference to the Figures 1-2 of the accompanying drawings. Cgala S :::DATED THIS SECOND DAY OF JUNE 1999 ALCATEL o C. C C
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