US2867782A - Microwave lines and high q filters - Google Patents

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US2867782A
US2867782A US508046A US50804655A US2867782A US 2867782 A US2867782 A US 2867782A US 508046 A US508046 A US 508046A US 50804655 A US50804655 A US 50804655A US 2867782 A US2867782 A US 2867782A
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  • a microstrip transmission line is a device for propagating waves having a frequency of the order of kilomegacycles and consists generally of a ground planar conductor on which there is arranged a layer of solid dielectric, on top of which dielectric there is supported a Vthin flat strip-like conductor.
  • the distance between the bottom of the strip conductor and the top of the ground is of the order of 0.1 or less of the wavelength of the waves propagated along said line at the mean frequency.
  • the ground plane conductor is three or more times Wider than the strip conductor.
  • the main ield of a wave propagated along said microstrip line lies between the bottom of the strip conductor and the area of the ground plane conductor which is directly beneath it. There is also a fringe field from the side edges of the strip conductor towards the ground plane conductor. On the top of the strip conductor between the edges thereof, there is relatively virtually no field.
  • Such a line differs sharply from coaxial and waveguide structures. It differs from coaxial lines in that the wave is not confined within the structure by an enclosed outer conductor. It differs from waveguides likewise in that the wave is not conned within lthe structure by cornpletely surrounding walls and also ⁇ because -in the waveguide there is ya distinct cutoff frequency which does ynot appear in microstrip structures.
  • Such discontinuities may consist-of gaps in the line, lateral 4extensions on one of the conductors, variations in width of one of the conductors, wires extending crosswise of one of the conductors, probes or pins inserted from one of the conductors to the other,
  • An object of the present invention is the provision of 70 a Amicrostrip type line particularly adapted for use in a filter which is of high Q and produces vvery low insertion losses.
  • the distance between the edges of the folded-over ground plane conductor and the strip conductor that is, the size of 'the gap is lselected to be a critical distance at which minimal insertion loss is introduced when used as a filter.
  • The'size of this gap is a small fraction of the wavelength at the mean frequency.
  • I provide for Vernier control of the adjustment 'of the mid-frequency of the filter by making use of the extremely small portion of the field that escapes from between the folded-over ground plane conductor and the strip conductor.
  • Fig. 1 is a schematic plan view of a prior microstrip filter used in describing the present invention
  • Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional View taken along the line 2-'2 of Fig. 1;
  • Fig. 3 is a schematic plan view of another prior microstrip filter used in describing the present invention.
  • Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view taken along the line 4 4 of Fig. 3;
  • Fig. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional View of a microstrip filter according to the present 'invention used in describing the theory thereof;
  • Fig. 6 is a plan view of an embodiment of a microstrip iilter according to the present invention.
  • Fig. 7 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line 7-7vof Fig. 6;
  • Fig. 8 is a plan view of a modified embodiment of a microstrip lter according to the present invention.
  • Fig. 9 is a longitudinal sectional view taken along the line 9--9 of Fig. 8;
  • Fig. 10 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line 10-10 of Fig. 9;
  • Fig. 11 is a perspective view of the device shown in Figs. 8-10 with a covering hood and Vernier center frequency control;
  • Fig. 12 is a set of curves illustrating the relative characteristics of filters of the prior art and the present invention.
  • Fig. 13 is a set of curves showing the different characteristics obtained with different dimensions of the gap between the side edges of the strip conductor and the adjacent edges of the folded-over ground .plane conductor.
  • this filter is similar to one shown in myabove-mentioned copending application, Serial No. 324,545.
  • This lilter is similar to a microstrip line in that it consists of a strip conductor 1S supported on a solid dielectric 16 over a ground plane conductor 17.
  • the strip conductor is provided with two gaps 18 and 19 which produce a resonant section therebetween having an electrical length of a half wavelength at the mean frequency of the waves to be propagated along said line.
  • the resonant section is essentially a series resonant circuit interposed along the microstrip line and may be connected in series with other such filters as has been described, for example, in my said application, Serial No. 324,545.
  • the dimensions of such microstrip filters may be repeated here.
  • the strip conductor has a thickness of the order of thousandths of an inch.
  • the thickness of the dielectric 16 is of the order of 0.1 wavelength or less at said mean frequency, and the ground plane conductor 17 has a width at least three times that of the strip conductor 15.
  • the size of the gaps 18 and 19 affect the Q of the filter.
  • a filter of this type tends to be of relatively low Q and has rather broad bandpass characteristics. It tends also to have high insertion loss.
  • Such filters have la definite use, but are not preferred where it is desired to obtain narrower band characteristics and lower in sertion losses. It is believed that the losses are due in part to the presence o-f a lossy dielectric material. It has accordingly been proposed as in the above-mentioned application, Serial No. 286,761, to eliminate the dielectric.
  • a filter of this type is illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4.
  • the filter there illustrated has a ground plane conductor 17 over which there is provided a strip conductor 21 having a resonant section 22 separated by gaps 18 and 19 from the other portions 23 and 24.
  • a solid dielectric 16 there is provided an air dielectric 25 between resonant section 22 and the ground plane conductor 17.
  • the resonant section 22 is supported above the ground plane by metallic pins 26 at the ends thereof, the metallic pins acting as coupling loops for the resonant sections. Similar metallic pins 26 support the inner ends of strip conductor portions 23 and 24.
  • the dielectric material 27 of such lines is tapered underneath the portions 23 and 24 leaving air gaps 28 between said portions and the ground plane conductor 17, while the portions 23 are bent as indicated at 29 to bring the ends of portions 23 and 24 adjacent resonant section 22 to a common height above the ground plane which is less than in the regular microstrip line with solid dielectric in order to compensate for the differences in propagation speed and, therefore, of impedance characteristics.
  • a filter such as shown in Figs. 3 and 4 has narrower bandpass characteristics and less insertion loss than the filter shown in Figs. l and 2. Such a filter still has fairly high insertion loss. It has been found that the insertion loss of the filter of Figs. 3 and 4 is due largely to the fact that there are substantial radiation losses therefrom.
  • a high Q filter may be obtained by the elimination of the solid dielectric in the filter and by folding over the ground plane conductor 30 as illustrated in Fig. 5 so that edges of the folded'over portions 31 are adjacent the side edges of the strip conductor 32 of the filter.
  • the ground conductor thus has an approximately C-shaped cross-sectional configuration.
  • the size of the gap 33 between the side edges of the strip conductor and the opposed edges 31 of the folded-over portions is important as will be pointed out hereinafter when referring to Fig. 13.
  • the size of this gap 33 should preferably be of the order of 1X5 the distance between the strip conductor and the fiat portion of the ground plane conductor directly therebeneath.
  • the filter arrangement shown in Fig. 5 must not be confused with a waveguide structure having slots therein since the field conditions are completely different.
  • the main field a lies between the strip conductor 32 and the ground plane conductor 30 directly underneath the strip conductor. There is a fairly substantial fringe field in the gaps 33 with the field lines extending from the side edges of the strip conductor towards the opposed' edges of the folded-.over portions 31. Some extremely weak field Iy spreads under the folded-over portion 31, but it must be emphasized that it is extremely weak.
  • Fig. 12 The frequency response characteristics of the previous microstrip filters and those according to the present invention are represented in Fig. 12 in which attenuation in decibels (insertion loss) is plotted against frequency in megacycles.
  • curve A represents these characteristics for a filter having a lossy dielectric (Fiberglas G-6), such as described in connection with Fig. 1
  • curve B refers to a filter in which the solid dielectric has been removed, leaving only an air dielectric such as is described in connection with Fig. 3
  • curve C refers to a filter according to the present invention such as in Fig. 5. It will be seen that curve A is wider than curve B and that its attenuation is greater than that of curve B. Curve C has a substantially lower insertion loss than curve B.
  • the insertion losses in the filter or resonant section can be expressed by the value of the unloaded Q0 of the section by the following equation:
  • d The distance across the gap 33, referred to hereinafter as d, is critical in attaining minimal losses.
  • Fig. 13 shows the effect of this distance d.
  • Curve E shows the characteristics of a filter, such as is illustrated in Fig. 5, where d is equal to /b curve F shows its characteristics where d is equal to 154,4, and curve G shows its characteristics when d is equal to lg".
  • a strip conductor 34 having a resonant section 35 supported on pins 26 over the ground plane conductor 30, leaving an air dielectric or space 25.
  • the resonant section 35 is separated by gaps 18 and 19 from strip conductor portions 36 and 37 connected to either other filters or forming part of a microstrip line coupled to said filter.
  • a portion of the solid dielectric under portions 36 and 37 may be cut away in the form of a taper as indicated in Fig. 4 and said portions 36 and 37 may be bent as' likewise shown in Fig.
  • d will remain a very small fraction of a wavelength at the mean frequency and be of the order of 1/5 the distance of the strip conductor 35 and the ground plane conductor immediately therebeneath. Because of the proximity of the side edges of the folded-over portions ⁇ 31 there may exist some tendency for the wave to propagate itself between these edges and the side edges of the strip conductor 34, thus giving a mode of operation other than the dominant mode. In some cases this is undesirable. To prevent this, there is provided a series of pins 38 which short circuit such other modes.
  • the pins 26 are eliminated and another method of supporting the resonant strip conductor 35 is provided.
  • Fig. 9 in which the resonant conductor 35 is supported at the center thereof by a piece of solid dielectric 39 which, being at a nodal point where the voltage is a minimum, introduces no appreciable losses.
  • the ground plane conductor 30 may be thickened as indicated at 40, this being most simply done by cutting away sections of the ground conductor and replacing them with appropriately thickened portions.
  • the dielectric 27 is tapered to provide suitable transitions, and portions 36 and 37 of the strip conductor may be affixed at their edges to the regular strip conductor 41 and 42, respectively, of microstrip lines feeding the filter. As has been previously pointed out, a minute portion of the field may escape through gaps 18 and 19. To prevent this portion from coupling into adjacent apparatus, it is preferred to put a metallic cover or hood 43 over the filter section as indicated in Figs. 8 and l0 which has a height from at least 5 to 10 times as great as the distance between the strip conductor and the planar portion of the ground plane conductor directly beneath the strip conductor. This slight curve G of Fig.
  • the preradiated field may be used to produce a Vernier adjustment of the center ⁇ frequency of the filter section. This vis effected by providing a screw 44 extending through the top of the hood 43 inside thereof with an engaging female'thread (not shown) in the hood cover. A lock nut 45 may be used to fix the adjustment.
  • a microwave transmission line comprising a pair of elongated conductors extending in the same direction including a first conductor, a second conductor of approximately C-shaped cross section, with the side edges being inwardly turned to face each other, and means for supporting said first conductor adjacent the opposed in-turned edges of the gap of said C configuration with said edges being spaced a distance from said first conductor equal to a fraction of the wavelength at the means frequency of waves propagated along said line, said first conductor being mounted directly between said in-turned edges.
  • a microwave transmission line according to claim l further including a dielectric between said first and second conductors principally of air.
  • a microwave transmission line according to claim l wherein the distance between the first conductor and said edges is filled with an air dielectric.
  • a microwave transmission line according to claim l wherein sai-d first conductor is ribbon-like and the side edges thereof face the opposed in-turned edges of said second conductor.
  • a microwave filter comprising a pair of elongated conductors extending in the same direction, including a ribbon-like first conductor and a second conductor of approximately C-shaped cross section with the side edges being inwardly turned to face each other, means for supporting said first conductor in fiat position between the opposed in-turned edge of the gap of said vC configuration with the side edges of the first conductor spaced a short distance from the adjacent in-turned edges of the second conductor, and a pair of obstacle discontinuities disposed in longitudinally spaced relation along said lconducto-rs to form a resonant section therebetween.
  • a microwave filter according to claim 5 further including a dielectric consisting principally of air separating the part of said first conductor in said resonant section from the portion of the second conductor immediately below it.
  • a microwave filter according to claim 5 further including a metallic covering member arranged over and enclosing said first conductor and the inwardly-turned sides of said second conductor, said cover 'being spaced from said first conductor and said inwardly-turned sides of said second conductor.
  • said supporting means comprises a piece of solid dielectric extending between the center of the width of said first conductor and the portion of the second conductor directly opposite said center, said solid dielectric extending longitudinally along the filter for a distance equivalent to 'a minor fraction of the total length of said part of said first conductor, the remaining space under said part of said first conductor being occupied by said air dielectric.
  • a microwave filter comprising a pair of elongated conductors extending in the same direction and including a ribbon-like first conductor and a second conductor of approximately C-sh'aped cross section having a substantially fiat portion between folded-over side portions, said fiat portion being at least three times as wide as said first conductor and spaced therefrom by a distance equal to ⁇ 0.1 wavelength or less at the mean frequency of the electromagnetic waves propagated through said filter section, a pair of obstacle discontinuities disposed in longitudinally spaced relation along said conductors to form a resonant section therebetween, means supporting the part of said first conductor in said resonant section above said fiat portion leaving an air gap therebetween, the edges of said folded-over side portions facing and )being spaced from the edges of said first conductor, the distance between the edges of said folded-over side portions and the edges of said first conductor being of the order of 1,4-, the distance between said first conductor and said fiat portion of the second conductor.

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