A new compact LTCC bandpass filter using negative coupling

This letter presents the design and realization of a new compact bandpass filter (BPF) fabricated on multilayered ceramic substrates. This BPF features coupled resonators with negative coupling coefficients. A BPF with center frequency 2.45 GHz is designed and fabricated. Its size is only 2.0 mm/spl times/1.8 mm/spl times/0.67 mm when implemented by a standard low temperature co-fired ceramic technology. The size reduction is due to the higher coupling coefficient between the negatively-coupled resonators than the positively-coupled ones, allowing tighter space between the resonators. The measured insertion losses of the previous BPF were less than 3dB and return losses more than 18dB in the passband. The measured result agrees very well with the electromagnetic (EM) designed response.