A compact seventh-order wideband bandpass filter (BPF) with sharp roll-off skirts using coupled lines and open stubs (OSs)/shorted stubs (SSs) is proposed. Seven transmission poles in the passband and four deep transmission zeros from 0 to 2f ₀ (f ₀ denotes centre frequency of the passband) can be realised with the help of half-wavelength OSs and quarter-wavelength SSs. For demonstration, a wideband BPF prototype is designed, fabricated with a measured 3-dB fractional bandwidth of 78% (1.22–2.77 GHz) and transition band roll-off rates of over 175 dB/GHz. Good agreement between the simulations and measurements validates the design method.

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High selectivity seventh-order wideband bandpass filter using coupled lines and open/shorted stubs

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