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3774 IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MICROWAVE THEORY AND TECHNIQUES, VOL. 53, NO. 12, DECEMBER 2005 Parallel-Coupled Line Filters With Enhanced Stopband Performances Wael M. Fathelbab, Senior Member, IEEE, and Michael B. Steer, Fellow, IEEE Abstract—A new class of parallel-coupled line filters with broad PCL filter with uniform-impedance resonators loaded by open- stopband response is introduced. The design is based on the circuited stubs at all its open-circuited ends demonstrated synthesis of bandpass prototypes with pre-defined upper stop- suppression of the second- and third-ordered harmonic pass- band characteristics. The new filters have uniform- and stepped- impedance resonators, some of which are loaded by open-circuited bands [17]. However, the design approach presented requires stubs at their open-circuited ends. A seventh-order filter imple- generalization. mentation is presented with a fundamental passband centered This paper presents a circuit-oriented design approach for at 1 GHz. The measured wide-band transmission characteristic PCL filters based on classical network synthesis techniques. of the filter demonstrated a broad upper stopband and was in agreement with simulations. The performance of the new filter is The advantages of this approach are primarily design insight also compared with the characteristic of a conventionally designed and exploitation of all parameters of a transfer function leading filter to highlight the advantages of the proposed design method. to optimum network topologies. The new PCL filters are derived Index Terms—Capacitively loaded resonators, high-pass/band- from synthesized bandpass