Microstrip Diplexer Design Using Common T-Shaped Resonator

This study presents a novel microstrip diplexer with a joint T-shaped resonator. The T-shaped resonator has an extremely small frequency ratio using microstrip with practical line width. Additionally, the T-shaped resonator can be used as a frequency selective signal splitter, making it feasible to design a diplexer for a system with two extremely close bands. The diplexer using a joint T-shaped resonator does not require combining circuits and matching networks. A diplexer used in the UMTS-WCDMA system is designed and measured. The proposed diplexer has high isolation and wide stopband in addition to satisfying the passband requirement. A satisfactory agreement between the simulated results and the measured results validate the proposed configuration.

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