Design of microwave lumped and transversal bandpass filter with noise reduction

A simple design technique for a microwave lumped and transversal filter using constant‐ k filter sections is presented. The noise figure can be suppressed by source degeneration inductors, which are added to the transversal element. The filter elements are analytically derived based on the specification and the noise minimization. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 48: 1161–1164, 2006; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.21551