Liquid Crystal-Based Reconfigurable Tunable Filter with DBR Topology

Abstract

The use of liquid crystals for tunable filter in planar technology is proposed. The design is based on a dual-behavior resonator (DBR) topology. These resonators are based on the association of different parallel open-ended stubs and allow the designer to independently control the in-band and out-of-band responses of the filter. To benefit from liquid crystal anisotropy and thus obtain agility, a bias voltage is applied. The simulated results are compared with measured data, and good agreement is obtained.

Improving the Pass-Band Return Loss in Liquid Crystal Dual-Mode Bandpass Filters by Microstrip Patch Reshaping

“…Tunable bandpass filters of Table 3 share some characteristics that are comparable between them, independently of the specific structure, configuration and dimensions. Therefore, the new filter we have proposed, with a compact and non-complex structure, has similar performance, in terms of relative tuning range, than filters with the same number of poles [13,14]. But, the performance could be improved even further if high dielectric anisotropy liquid crystals were used [15].…”