Wideband coplanar-waveguide bandpass filters with good stopband rejection

Wideband coplanar-waveguide (CPW) bandpass filters based on the cascade of CPW lowpass and highpass periodic structures are proposed. The upper and lower stopband characteristics of proposed bandpass filter can be easily designed by separately adjusting the lowpass and highpass sections, respectively. Specifically, two wideband CPW bandpass filters with sharp roll-off at passband edges and good stopband rejection are demonstrated.