Tapered dual-plane compact electromagnetic bandgap microstrip filter structures

In this paper, the designs of two novel tapered dual-plane compact electromagnetic bandgap (C-EBG) microstrip filter structures are presented. With the dual-plane configuration, the proposed structure displays an ultrawide stopband with high attenuation within a small circuit area. Chebyshev distribution is adopted to eliminate ripples in the passband caused by the periodicity of the EBG structure. This gives rise to a compact EBG structure that exhibits excellent transmission and rejection characteristics in the passband and the stopband, respectively. The proposed structures are implemented and the measurement results are found to be in good agreement with the simulation results, verifying the excellent stopband and passband performance obtained using the proposed configuration. These novel structures are easy to fabricate and are promising structures that have wide applications for compact and high performance circuit component designs in microwave circuits.

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