In this paper a bandpass MASH (multi-stage noise shaping) sigma-delta (RD) modulator is presented. A SNR (signal to noise ratio) of at least 85 dB (equivalent to a resolution of 14 bits) has been achieved over a 5 MHz band around an intermediate frequency (IF) of 20 MHz using a clock frequency of 80 MHz. This performance is obtained using a sixth order bandpass RD modulator followed by a 10 bit...

Temperature-controlled, 0.15 nm interference filters were installed on an edge-viewing system of the motional Stark effect (MSE) polarimeter on the DIII-D tokamak. The upgraded system provides a factor of two reduction in the bandpass compared to the previous design, and linear control of the bandpass, which is unaltered by wavelength tuning. With the new system, there is a reduced dependence o...

1 Format From other sources To other destinations Channel symbols Message symbols Message symbols Information sink Optional Essential Channel symbols Digital input m i Information source Pulse modulate Bandpass modulate Synchronization Bit stream Digital baseband waveform Digital bandpass waveform u i g i (t) s i (t) z(T) r(t) X M T C h a n n e l Format Detect Demod-ulate & Sample Source encode...

A novel design procedure for a compact multilayer bandpass filter is proposed and examined. The filter is realized using quasi-lumped multilayer resonators. Based on the orientation of these coupled-resonator pairs, a second-order bandpass filter is realized with transmission zeros. In order to achieve a low external quality factor, i.e., a wider filter bandwidth, different types of feeder real...

In this paper, a miniature ultrawideband (UWB) bandpass filter with dual notch bands and wide upper stopband is presented. The ultrawide passband characteristic is achieved using a microstrip to slot line transition, and a wide upper stop band is realized using an elliptical lowpass filter. The dual band notches at 5.46 GHz and 8.04GHz are obtained by incorporating defected microstrip structure...

Microwave bandpass filter structure has been designed and fabricated by filling the periodically metallic apertures with dielectric particles. The microwave cannot transmit through the metallic subwavelength apertures. By filling the metallic apertures with dielectric particles, a transmission passband with insertion loss 2 dB appears at the frequency of 10-12 GHz. Both simulated and experiment...

In this paper we explore some dynamic characteristics of the envelope of a bandpass Gaussian process, which are of interest in wireless fading channels. Specifically, we show that unlike the first derivative, the second derivative of the envelope, which appears in a number of applications, does not exist in the traditional mean square sense. However, we prove that the envelope is twice differen...

Coupled resonators are widely used in the design of filters with dual-passband responses. In this paper, we present a dual-band bandpass filter using only couplings between adjacent resonators without cross-couplings. The dual-band bandpass filter with centre frequencies of 1747MHz and 1879MHz respectively is designed and fabricated using microstrip U-shaped resonators. Using the coupled resona...

A novel high temperature superconducting interdigital bandpass filter is proposed by using coplanar waveguide quarterwavelength resonators. The CPW resonators are arranged in parallel, and consequently the filter becomes very compact. The filter is a 5-pole Chebyshev BPF with a midband frequency of 5.0 GHz and an equal-ripple fractional bandwidth of 3.2%. It is fabricated using a YBCO film depo...

This paper presents a dimensional synthesis method for designing wide-band quarter-wavelength resonator bandpass filters. In this synthesis method, an alternative lowpass prototype filter and the edge frequency mapping method are proposed and applied. The improved Kand J-inverter model with the exponent-weighted turns ratio is also proposed in order to incorporate the frequency dependence of in...