Hello, A good book (reference for RF filter design) is "Microwave Engineering" = by Pozar.=20 An important question is whether you are implementing it using lumped = elements or transmission lines (I suppose the former it it is around = 5GHz!). Either way RF filter design is straightfoward as long as your = specs are realistic. I am not too sure if there is any preferred configuration or method ? Arun Chandrasekhar PhD Student: RF Packaging =09 IMEC | MCP/MaRS Group =09 Phone: +32 16 28 82 28 =09 Fax: +32 16 28 10 97 =09 Email: achandra@xxxxxxx <mailto:achandra@xxxxxxx> =09 Seeds for Tomorrow's World <http://www.imec.be/> =09 =20 IMEC, Kapeldreef 75, 3001 Leuven, Belgium | Phone:+32 16 28 12 11 = Fax:+32 16 22 94 00 | Website: www.imec.be <http://www.imec.be/>=20 This e-mail and/or its attachments may contain confidential information. = It is intended solely for the intended addressee(s). Any use of the information contained herein by other persons is = prohibited. IMEC vzw does not accept any liability for the contents of = this e-mail and/or its attachments.=20 -----Original Message----- From: Wei Zhang [mailto:wezhang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 21:46 To: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; circuits@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [SI-LIST] ask for comments on high frequency filter design=20 Hi, I need some professional comments on filter design, does anyone tell me what is the major method applied to design a high frequency filter, say center f between 1GHz and 10 GHz. As I read Reinhold Ludwig's "Rf = circuit design", he explains the methodolgy of filter design as receipe-cooking, all kinds of filters can be implemented based on basic lowpass filter, such as Butterworth, Chebyshev filter, with frequency and L/C transformation. Furthermore, we can use unit elements and Kuroda's identities to implement RF filter design. Is this a real practical = method in RF circuit design? If not, which one do you use? Can you give me some detail information? =20 Thanks for your help! wei zhang ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List archives are viewable at: =20 //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages=20 Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu =20 ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu