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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2020
Advantest Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Giovanni Bianchi, Ehningen, DE;
Advantest Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An electrical filter structure for forwarding an electrical signal from a first port to a second port in a frequency selective manner, wherein the filter is an edge-coupled filter, the filter comprising: a plurality of coupled line sections coupled in a series, comprising at least a first coupled line section and a last coupled line section; wherein the first port is connected with the first of the coupled line sections using a first transmission line; wherein the second port is connected with the last of the coupled line sections using a second transmission line; wherein the electrical filter comprises an open stub; wherein a length of the open stub is chosen such that an electrical length of the open stub is equal, within a tolerance of +/−20 percent, to a fourth of a wavelength of a signal having a frequency of twice a passband center frequency of the filter.