8GHz-20GHz noise cancelling transversal reconfigurable notch filter

    公开(公告)号:US09991874B1

    公开(公告)日:2018-06-05

    申请号:US15341829

    申请日:2016-11-02

    IPC分类号: H03H11/04 H03H11/26 H03H11/32

    CPC分类号: H03H15/02 H03H2015/007

    摘要: A tunable analog noise-cancelling transversal reconfigurable filter for filtering an RF signal. The filter includes a noise-cancelling balun responsive to the RF signal and providing gain and noise suppression, and a time delay network responsive to the signal from the balun. The time delay network includes a single continuous three-dimensional air coaxial line where a separate tap is provided between sections of the line. The filter also includes a multiplication and summing network having a plurality of multiplication stages, where each stage is fed by a voltage signal from at least one of the taps, and each stage includes a multiplication amplifier that amplifies the voltage signal. A tuning element provides a multiplication coefficient to the amplified signal. Each amplified signal in each stage is added on an output line, where the multiplication and summing network operates under Millman's Theorem.