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Old October 20th 06, 05:00 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.homebrew
Tim Wescott Tim Wescott is offline
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Default question about self resonant frequency

Scott wrote:

I want to build a low pass filter for 1296 and have scaled a design out
of the handbook. I would like to use chip inductors and chip capacitors
for the filter. I was looking at thin film chip inductors (Digi-Key)
and they list the self resonant frequency. For an inductor passing
1296, what should the minimum self resonant frequency be? Is 10 GHz
enough? The filter is a 5 element Chebyshev Low Pass Filter, inductive
input (3 coils in series with a cap at each inner junction to ground),
Fco=1290 MHz, F-20dB=2600 MHz. Any other component specs I need to be
aware of?

Scott
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Why not a microstrip filter? Is it that you must have response from DC
all the way to 1296? Would a "no-tune" bandpass filter be more appropriate?

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