Research Article

Design of Miniaturized Multiband Filters Using Zero Order Resonators for WLAN Applications

Table 2

Dimensions of narrow-band filter designed by the proposed method.
(a) Dimensions of first unit cell

Values before full wave optimization (mm)Values after full wave optimization (mm)

= 0.3 = 1.00 = 0.10 = 0.43 = 1.00 = 0.10
gap = 0.588 = 0.218 = 2.65gap = 0.56 = 0.25 = 2.70
= 4.226 = 1.20 = 0.50 = 3.44 = 1.2 = 0.80
= 1.17 = 0.20 = 0.00 = 1.33 = 0.20 = 0.00

(b) Dimensions of second unit cell

Values before full wave optimization (mm)Values after full wave optimization (mm)

= 0.31 = 1.05 = 0.10 = 0.52 = 1.00 = 0.10
gap = 0.69 = 0.218 = 2.65gap = 0.7 = 0.25 = 2.70
= 3.59 = 1.10 = 0.70 = 3.47 = 0.92 = 0.70
= 1.33 = 0.20 = 0.00 = 1.75 = 0.20 = 0.00