# US 9,882,254 B2 · Microstrip line filter > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,882,254 B2 - Document ID: US9882254B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/791,719 - Filed: 2015-07-06 - Published: 2016-01-14 - Granted: 2018-01-30 - Earliest claimed: 2014-07-10 - Assignees: Sercomm Corporation - Applicants: Sercomm Corporation - Inventors: Meng-Chien Chiang; Chien-Ming Chen - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9882254B2 ## CPC - H01P 1/20372: {Hairpin resonators} - H01P 7/08: Strip line resonators - H01P 7/082: {Microstripline resonators (H01P7/088 takes precedence)} - H01P: WAVEGUIDES; RESONATORS, LINES, OR OTHER DEVICES OF THE WAVEGUIDE TYPE (operating at optical frequencies G02B) ## Abstract Disclosed herein is a microstrip line filter including a dielectric substrate, a first hairpin resonator, and a metal ground layer. The first hairpin resonator is disposed on a first layer of the dielectric substrate. The metal ground layer is disposed on a second layer of the dielectric substrate. The metal ground layer includes a first defected ground structure. The first defected ground structure includes a first defected area, a second defected area, and a third defected area. The projection of the first defected area on the first layer is located inside the hairpin structure of the first hairpin resonator. The projection of the second defected area on the first layer is located in a direction opposite to an opening direction of the first hairpin resonator. The third defected area connects the first defected area and the second defected area. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A microstrip line filter, comprising: a dielectric substrate; a first hairpin resonator disposed on a first layer of the dielectric substrate, wherein the first hairpin resonator comprises a first metal strip, a second metal strip, and a U-shaped metal strip; and a metal ground layer disposed on a second layer of the dielectric substrate, wherein the metal ground layer comprises a first defected ground structure, the first defected ground structure comprising: a first defected area, wherein a projection of the first defected area on the first layer is located inside a hairpin structure of the first hairpin resonator; a second defected area, wherein a projection of the second defected area on the first layer is located in a first direction opposite to an opening direction of the first hairpin resonator; and a third defected area connecting the first defected area and the second defected area, the third defected area having a length along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, wherein the length is smaller than a maximum length of the first defected area along the second direction; wherein the U-shaped metal strip comprises a first metal segment, a second metal segment, and a third metal segment, the second segment connects the first metal segment and the third metal segment, and a projection of the third defected area on the first layer is perpendicular to the second metal segment of the U-shaped metal strip. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The microstrip line filter according to claim 1, wherein the first defected area is rectangular, the second defected area is rectangular, and the second defected area and the first defected area have the same size. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The microstrip line filter according to claim 1, wherein the first defected area is rectangular, the second defected area is C-shaped, one end of the second defected area is connected to the third defected area, and the third defected area is connected to a corner of the first defected area. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The microstrip line filter according to claim 1, wherein the second metal strip is parallel to the first metal strip, one end of the U-shaped metal strip is connected to the first metal strip, and the other end of the U-shaped metal strip is connected to the second metal strip. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The microstrip line filter according to claim 4, wherein the first metal segment is connected to the first metal strip, the second metal segment is perpendicular to the first metal segment, and the third metal segment is perpendicular to the second metal segment and connected to the second metal strip; wherein the third defected area is rectangular. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The microstrip line filter according to claim 4, wherein the first metal segment is connected to the first metal strip; the second metal segment is perpendicular to the first metal segment; and the third metal segment is perpendicular to the second metal segment and connected to the second metal strip; wherein the first metal strip is rectangular, the first metal segment of the U-shaped metal strip is rectangular, a line width of the first metal segment is smaller than a line width of the first metal strip, the third metal segment and the first metal segment have the same shape and the same size, and the second metal strip and the first metal strip have the same shape and the same size. ### Claim 7 (depends on 4) The microstrip line filter according to claim 4, further comprising a signal feed point near the one end of the U-shaped metal strip connected to the first metal strip. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The microstrip line filter according to claim 1, further comprising: a second hairpin resonator, wherein an opening direction of the second hairpin resonator is the same as the opening direction of the first hairpin resonator; and a connecting metal strip connecting the first hairpin resonator and the second hairpin resonator; wherein the metal ground layer further comprises a second defected ground structure whose projection on the first layer overlaps the second hairpin resonator. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The microstrip line filter according to claim 8, wherein the second hairpin resonator and the first hairpin resonator have the same shape and the same size, the second defected ground structure and the first defected ground structure have the same shape and the same size, a relative position between the second defected ground structure and the second hairpin resonator is the same as a relative position between the first defected ground structure and the first hairpin resonator. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The microstrip line filter according to claim 8, further comprising a high-pass filter connected to the second hairpin resonator. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The microstrip line filter according to claim 1, wherein the first hairpin resonator has a first edge and a second edge opposite to each other inside the hairpin structure of the first hairpin resonator, and the first defected area has at least one third edge aligned with the first edge. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The microstrip line filter according to claim 11, wherein the first defected area further has at least one fourth edge parallel to the at least one third edge and aligned with the second edge. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The microstrip line filter according to claim 11, wherein the first defected area comprises a plurality of first defected segments perpendicular to each other. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The microstrip line filter according to claim 11, wherein the second defected area comprises a plurality of second defected segments perpendicular to each other. ### Claim 15 A microstrip line filter, comprising: a dielectric substrate; a first hairpin resonator disposed on a first layer of the dielectric substrate, wherein the first hairpin resonator comprises a first metal strip, a second metal strip, and a U-shaped metal strip; and a metal ground layer disposed on a second layer of the dielectric substrate, wherein the metal ground layer comprises a first defected ground structure, the first defected ground structure comprising: a first defected area, wherein a projection of the first defected area on the first layer is located inside a hairpin structure of the first hairpin resonator; a second defected area, wherein a projection of the second defected area on the first layer is located in a direction opposite to an opening direction of the first hairpin resonator; and a third defected area connecting the first defected area and the second defected area; wherein the U-shaped metal strip comprises a first metal segment, a second metal segment, and a third metal segment, the second segment connects the first metal segment and the third metal segment, and a projection of the third defected area on the first layer is perpendicular to the second metal segment of the U-shaped metal strip, and wherein the first defected area is rectangular, the second defected area is rectangular, and the second defected area and the first defected area have the same size. ### Claim 16 A microstrip line filter, comprising: a dielectric substrate; a first hairpin resonator disposed on a first layer of the dielectric substrate, wherein the first hairpin resonator comprises a first metal strip, a second metal strip, and a U-shaped metal strip; and a metal ground layer disposed on a second layer of the dielectric substrate, wherein the metal ground layer comprises a first defected ground structure, the first defected ground structure comprising: a first defected area, wherein a projection of the first defected area on the first layer is located inside a hairpin structure of the first hairpin resonator; a second defected area, wherein a projection of the second defected area on the first layer is located in a direction opposite to an opening direction of the first hairpin resonator; and a third defected area connecting the first defected area and the second defected area; wherein the U-shaped metal strip comprises a first metal segment, a second metal segment, and a third metal segment, the second segment connects the first metal segment and the third metal segment, and a projection of the third defected area on the first layer is perpendicular to the second metal segment of the U-shaped metal strip, and wherein the first defected area is rectangular, the second defected area is C-shaped, one end of the second defected area is connected to the third defected area, and the third defected area is connected to a corner of the first defected area.