Research Article

Compact Liquid Crystal Based Tunable Band-Stop Filter with an Ultra-Wide Stopband by Using Wave Interference Technique

Table 2

Comparison between the simulation and measurement results of the proposed BSF.

ParametersSimulated resultsMeasured results

Frequency (nonbiased/biased)4.757/4.337 GHz4.814/4.434 GHz
Tuned frequency range/tunability0.42 GHz/9.7%0.38 GHz/8.6%
Transmission (nonbiased/biased)−53.6/−58.7 dB−44.2/−45.8 dB
3 dB bandwidth/FBW4.73 GHz/96.8%4.86 GHz/96.2%
25 dB bandwidth/FBW2.54 GHz/52.6%2.51 GHz/51.2%