A Miniaturized CMOS MMIC Bandpass Filter with Stable Center Frequency for 2GHz Application

A miniaturized CMOS bandpass filter for a single RF transceiver system is presented, using diagonally end-shorted coupled lines and lumped capacitors. In contrast to conventional miniaturized coupled line filters, it is proven that the effective permittivity variation of the coupled transmission line has no effect on shifting the center frequency when the bandpass filter is highly miniaturized. A bandpass filter at a center frequency of 2 GHz was fabricated by 0.18 µm CMOS technology. The insertion loss with the die area of 1500 µm × 1000 µm is -5.14 dB. Simulated results are well agreed with the measurements. It also verify the center frequency stability in the compact size bandpass filter.