The Design of RF Active Bandpass Filters using Active Impedance Inverters

능동 임피던스 인버터를 이용한 RF 능동 대역 통과 여파기의 설계

  • Published : 1999.09.01

Abstract

This paper describes the design method of active bandpass filters which employ active impedance inverters. Several authors have reported active bandpass filters. However, the functional description of the active blocks in the filters have not been throughly studied. In this paper, the active inverter block of the bandpass filter has is analyzed in the view point of filter design. The designed 3-pole bandwidth filter has its insertion gain of 24 dB at the center frequency of 865 MHz with 75 MHz bandwidth. The noise figure of the active bandpass filter is less than 2.5 dB within its passband.

능동 여파기는 고집적화를 통한 소형화 추세에 있는 고주파 회로 block에 있어서 가장 핵심적인 부분중의 하나로 많은 연구가 진행되고 있으며 다수의 논문들이 발표되어 왔다. 본 논문에서는 공진기와 공진기를 연 결하고 있는 인버터를 능동소자로 대체하여 여파기를 설계하는 방법을 제시하였다. 기존의 논문에서도 본 방 법으로 연구된 사례가 있지만, 능동소자 및 능동회로로 구성된 인버터의 성능을 이론적으로 분석하지 않고 증폭기 block으로 사용하였기 때문에 여파기 성능에 미치는 영향을 고려하지 않았다. 본 논문에서는 능동소자가 갖는 특성을 해석하여 기존의 고주파 여파기 회로 설계방식에 그대로 이용할 수 있는 방법을 제시하였다. 설계된 3단 능동 여파기의 특성은 중심 주파수 865 MHz, 대역폭 75 MHz, 삽입 이득 24 MHz, 잡음지수는 2.5 d dB이하를 보였다.

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