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The Design of Cavity Filter to enhance the Group Delay characteristics for 5G Mobile Communication Repeater

군 지연 특성을 개선한 5G 이동통신 중계기용 캐비티 필터의 설계

  • Received : 2022.05.19
  • Accepted : 2022.06.17
  • Published : 2022.07.31
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Abstract

In this paper, we designed and implemented a cavity bandpass filter combined with a cross-coupling equalizer structure to enhance Group delay for 5G mobile network repeater, which can replace the SAW (Surface Acoustic Wave) type bandwidth filter used in the existing mobile communication system. Using the 3D EM simulation tool (HFSS), the resonance frequency, the coupling coefficient between resonators, and external quality coefficient between resonators were calculated. Based on this, a 12th bandpass filter was constructed to have attenuation characteristics of more than 20dB at the edge end of both sides of the band with a metal cavity structure with a frequency band of 3500MHz to 3600MHz and bandwidth of 97.85MHz. The designed bandpass filter satisfies the group delay time requirement for the 5G mobile communication standard and the in-band and out-band frequency responses.

이동통신 중계기에 사용하는 SAW(Surface Acoustic Wave) 방식의 대역통과필터를 대체할 수 있는 5G 이동통신 중계기용 군 지연 특성이 개선된 크로스 커플링 등화기 구조를 결합한 캐비티 대역통과필터를 설계하고 이를 구현하였다. 3D EM 시뮬레이션 툴 (HFSS)을 이용하여 공진 주파수, 공진기 간 결합 계수와 공진기 사이 외부 품질 계수를 계산하였고, 이를 바탕으로 메탈 캐비티 구조로 주파수대역 3500MHz~3600MHz, 대역폭 97.85MHz로 대역 양쪽 가장자리 주파수(edge)단에서 20dB 이상의 감쇄 특성을 가지도록 12차 대역 통과 필터를 제작 하였다. 설계 제작한 대역통과필터는 5G 이동통신 표준에 요구하는 군 지연 시간 조건과 인-밴드, 아웃-밴드 주파수 응답을 만족하였다.

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