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50 ohm filter, DC to light - RF Cafe Forums
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Post subject: 50 ohm filter, DC to light
Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 6:09 pm
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I need to design a bandpass filter with 50 ohm input
and output impedance. This would be a simple task
except that I need the input and output impedance
to be 50 ohms in the passband AND in the stopband.
Most of the bandpass filters I've designed
in the past have a very low impedance at frequencies
below the passband and a very high impedance at
frequencies above the passband. Has anyone seen
any design material on matching the stopband of
a filter to 50 ohms? I'm sure this is going to be
very challenging because the impedance swings all
over the Smith Chart. Can anyone help?
Thanks
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Post subject: Re: 50 ohm filter, DC to light
Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 5:40 pm
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There's only one way to get what you need: an "absorptive"
filter.
That looks like 2 filters, connected
in parallel at the input, with one going to the
output and the other going to a resistive termination
capable of absorbing all the
applied power in
the stopband. If you need bidirectional termination,
looking like 50 Ohms
at each port, it starts
to look like 3 filters - doable, but rather a mess.
Usually, the textbook examples of these
absorptive filters are for high-pass or low-pass
filters, but the same principles apply.
Good luck!
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Post subject: Re: 50 ohm filter, DC to light
Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 10:50 pm
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a couple ways to do it:
1) put 3 dB pad in front
of BPF, and you will have at least 6 dB return loss
out of band
2) put broadband circulator in front
of BPF, and you will have at least 15 dB of return
loss over a much bigger bandwidth
3) IF you know
what you are doing, you can design LPF/BPF/HPF (or
some similar variation) triplexer using singly terminated
design. Done properly, you could have DC to 20 Ghz
good return loss. Done poorly and you will have
a tuning nightmare.
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Posted 11/12/2012
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