IEEE APS/MTT Intuitive Microwave Filter Design with EM Simulation
Filters are one of the basic building blocks in RF systems along with amplifiers, mixers and oscillators. At some point, you may be called on to design or specify a filter, even though you are not a filter design expert. Luckily, there is simple design method for narrow band filters that is easy to learn and quite universal. It can be applied to any lumped element or distributed topology and any manufacturing technology except SAW/BAW. And, the method is valid for bandwidths from a fraction of a percent up to 10 percent or more. This is a “no math” approach to filter design that requires only simple algebra and no knowledge of complex filter synthesis techniques. The basic design method can also be expanded to include cross-coupled filters and multiplexers.
Two design flow examples have been prepared for this talk. The first is a high Q cavity combline bandpass filter and the second is a microstrip combline bandpass filter. We will determine which example to present by majority vote of the audience. Both examples will be available in the handout material.
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- Date: 10 Apr 2018
- Time: 06:00 PM to 08:00 PM
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- Boulder , Colorado
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- Building: ECCR Engineering Center
- Room Number: 1B40
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- Starts 29 March 2018 01:50 PM
- Ends 10 April 2018 03:00 PM
- All times are (UTC-06:00) Mountain Time (US & Canada)
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Dan Swanson of DGS Associates, LLC
Intuitive Microwave Filter Design with EM Simulation
Filters are one of the basic building blocks in RF systems along with amplifiers, mixers and oscillators. At some point, you may be called on to design or specify a filter, even though you are not a filter design expert. Luckily, there is simple design method for narrow band filters that is easy to learn and quite universal. It can be applied to any lumped element or distributed topology and any manufacturing technology except SAW/BAW. And, the method is valid for bandwidths from a fraction of a percent up to 10 percent or more. This is a “no math” approach to filter design that requires only simple algebra and no knowledge of complex filter synthesis techniques. The basic design method can also be expanded to include cross-coupled filters and multiplexers.
Two design flow examples have been prepared for this talk. The first is a high Q cavity combline bandpass filter and the second is a microstrip combline bandpass filter. We will determine which example to present by majority vote of the audience. Both examples will be available in the handout material.
Biography:
Dan Swanson received his BSEE from University of Illinois in 1976 and his MSEE from the University of Michigan in 1978.
Dan was elected a Fellow of the IEEE in 2000 and is rapidly approaching Life Fellow status. He has served for many years on the editorial board of the IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques and the IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters. He has served the IEEE MTT society in many different roles and is a member of Eta Kappa Nu. Dan has published numerous technical papaers, given many workshop and short course presentations and holds two patents. He has been teaching courses on EM simulation and filter design in the US and Europe since 1995. Dan is the principle author of Microwave Circuit Modeling Using Electromagnetic Field Simulation, published by Artech House.
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