Compact tunable tri‐band bandpass filter using varactor diodes for wireless fidelity, wireless local area network, and worldwide interoperability for microwaves access applications.

The purpose of this paper is to present a tri‐band bandpass filter (BPF) with compact structure. This filter consists of 50 Ω transmission line, varactor diode, positive‐intrinsic‐negative (PIN) diode, symmetrical square‐shaped half‐loop resonator pair, and three pairs of rectangular half circle that a T‐stub is placed in it. By using the add PIN and varactor diodes in the proposed structure, it is possible to connect and disconnect each band, and change the central frequency up to 400 MHz. In addition, there is a situation to disconnect and connect all three bands simultaneously and asynchronously (unconditionally). This filter contains a low ripple value in all three bands. In this regard, the maximum ripple value does not exceed 0.3 dB and rejection is greater than 25 dB in total stop‐band. An experimental tri‐band BPF has been developed for wireless fidelity, wireless local area network, and worldwide interoperability for microwaves access applications. The measured results are properly accommodated with simulated results. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]