A new microstrip ultra-wideband (UWB) bandpass filter (BPF) with dual sharply rejected notched bands based on E-shaped resonator is proposed in this paper. The basic UWB BPF is designed using two microstrip interdigital coupled lines and one rectangular patch multiple-mode resonator (MMR). Then, to achieve dual band-notched performance, the proposed dual-mode E-shaped resonator is investigated and coupled to the rectangular patch multiple-mode resonator of the basic UWB BPF. To validate the design theory, a microstrip UWB BPF with two notch-bands centered at the frequencies of 5.8 GHz and 8.0 GHz, respectively, is designed and fabricated. Both simulation and experimental results are provided with good agreement.
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