A Compact Symmetrical Single-Cell Bidirectional Absorption Common-Mode Filter

A novel circuit with two mirror symmetry planes is proposed to synthesize bidirectional absorption common-mode filters (A-CMFs). In contrast to the literature, this proposed circuit first realizes bidirectional A-CMFs in only one stage (also called a single cell) featuring a compact size. Based on the symmetry property, bidirectional common-mode (CM) noise absorption can be achieved in the proposed single-cell circuit. Analytical design formulas have been found; thus, all circuit parameters can be straightforwardly determined. To validate the proposed circuit, two configurations are developed for CM noise absorption in the 2.4-GHz industrial, scientific, and medical (ISM) band. One uses a meander differential pair with a slotline, and the other applies a straight differential pair with a meander asymmetrical coplanar strip (MACPS). To obtain a better differential-mode (DM) signal integrity and 43% size reduction, the latter one, MACPS-type A-CMF, is fabricated and measured. The measurement results show that |Scc21|, |Scc12|, |Scc11|, and |Scc22| are less than -10 dB from 2.37 to 2.76 GHz to have the bidirectional CM absorption efficiency of more than 80%, and the -3-dB bandwidth of DM insertion loss reaches 7.83 GHz. In the time domain, the measured eye diagram of the proposed A-CMF is identical to that of a reference board for data rates up to 20 Gb/s. Above all, having a cost advantage, a compact size of 0.0317 λ2g in a two-layer printed circuit board (PCB) is presented. © 2011-2012 IEEE.