rf bandpass filters 2.4GHz

Nov 16, 2006 7 Replies

Hi all,



I am transmitting in channel 3 of 802.11b, centered at 2.422Ghz. Details aside, let me just say that it is very important for my application that I sharpen up the spectral mask beyond that of the



802.11b standard. To be specific I need to purchase a bandpass filter such that I get attenation of greater than 60dB at +- 15Mhz from the center, i..e outside of [2.407Ghz, 2.437Ghz]. I am looking for suggestions on where to purchase such filter(s) with the usual parameters in mind, cost, lead time, etc.

I did see the filters that hyperlink sells, but it would take many of their 8 pole filters in series to get what I need and they additionally don't sell filters for one of the channels i would need. Maybe I need to go custom on this? Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thanks,



Kevin



You don't need to go custom. You need to understand the impossibility of what you are asking for. Jim

Maybe I need

Sorry I mispoke earlier. Let me restate this. Hyperlink has an 8pole filter for several of the 802.11b channels that has the mask -3db at +-

10Mhz, -5db at +-15Mhz, -20dB +- 20Mhz.

Essentially I want to keep 2.417 to 2.437 Ghz, so one of their filters centered at 802.11b, channel 4 would be ideal, except that they only sell centered at the standard channels (channel 3 and 6 are the closest), so in short I was wondering if anyone knows of a vendor that sells such a filter centered at 2.427Ghz. Thanks for any suggestions.

RST Eng> You don't need to go custom. You need to understand the impossibility of

Hello Kevin,

That looks like you'd have to call them for a custom version which will probably be lots of $$. Or roll your own which requires a lot of RF/microwave knowledge. Or hire a consultant :-)

Problem is, if you are most likely the only one needing this there won't be an existing market and chances that any other company has the right product could be close to zilch.

Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com

Can't you do this at IF?

Tam

He might with a hi Q cavity.

Baron:

Perhaps you could get one of the hyperlink models and modify it.

Send your spec to these guys, they should be able to help you or at least tell you whether it can be done. I hope you can afford their products. Their tunable notch filters are very nice and might be one way of avoiding a custom design, though I don't know if they cover your frequency.

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