Multiband and concurrent matching network design

Multiband network design has become a big issue due to the current improvements in RF and MW technologies. Since the new wireless protocols come up fast such as 3G, 4G, 5G etc., the RF and MW hardware must be designed to provide services to all distinct technologies in simultaneous regimes. To avoid interference, noise, harmonics, etc., the use of multiband matching or filtering at the front-end or back-end of RF/MW devices is an inevitable work. Particularly multiband matching in a multiband system is always necessary to be sure of proper power transfer between each multiband units. In this thesis, the multiband matching network design problem is addressed under the analytical perspective. Therefore, a deep investigation on network theoretical foundations is performed. In addition, only passive networks are concerned for providing concurrent operation. One of the well-known semi-analytical network design methods, which is called real frequency technique, is taken as a main domain to develop the thesis contributions. Two main approaches are elaborated. The first approach is the generation of proper frequency mapping functions and determination of prototype networks to design multiband matching network. The proposed frequency transformation approach is useful and practical for multiband filter and matching network designs. As a second research track of the thesis; a synthesis based approach is aimed to be developed for generalized multiband matching network designs. A proper integration of the proposed approach with RFT matching techniques and examination of the implementation results are provided.