Based on multi-mode resonator (MMR) and λ/4 resonators, a miniaturized microstrip quint-band bandpass filter (BPF) with mixed electric and magnetic coupling (MEMC) has been presented. The proposed MMR is employed to generate the 1st, 2nd, and 5th passbands, while the 3rd and 4th ones of close band proximity are achieved by using four coupled λ/4 uniform impedance resonators (UIRs). Due to MEMC cancelling effect, virtual grounds in feed lines, and source-load cross coupling, multiple transmission zeros (TZs) can be yielded to obtain sharp passband roll-off skirts. To verify the validity of the design approach, a quint-band BPF centering at 2.1, 3.0, 4.0, 4.7, and 7.2 GHz (denoted as f 1 , f 2 , f 3 , f 4 , and f 5 ) with respective 3 dB fractional bandwidths of 13.7%, 5.6%, 10.5%, 5.1%, and 2.9% has been designed and fabricated, whose measured results show good consistence with the predicted frequency responses.Index Terms-Mixed electric and magnetic coupling (MEMC), multi-mode resonator (MMR), quint-band BPF.
Little is known as the effects of mobile connected dermatoscope services on diagnostic accuracy for sensitive skin. Confocal laser scanning microscope (CLSM) can non-invasively measure the thickness of epidermis. Combination of the two devices to observe sensitive skin may receive unexpected effects. To evaluate the application effect on sensitive skin with the combination of Handyscope and confocal laser scanning microscope. Twenty simple sensitive-skinned patients and 20 volunteers participated in the study. Cheek, typically, dermoscopic images were obtained from patients, and the changes in the skin texture were observed. Their epidermis thicknesses as well as the volunteers' were measured so that the thicknesses of the two groups were compared. Dermoscopic pictures of the skin texture obviously showed that dilated capillaries looked like earthworms with pigmented patches more or less floating above, and skin roughness as well as deepened dermatoglyph were also conspicuously present in some patients. The mean epidermal thickness of the patients was 79.01 μm and the volunteers' was 85.78 μm. The difference between the two groups reached 6.77 μm. There was a statistical significance (P = 0.001). Mobile connected dermatoscope and confocal laser scanning microscope might be the choice for simple sensitive skin investigation.
On the basis of a single multimode resonator (MMR), a miniaturised microstrip sext‐band bandpass filter (BPF) with high band‐to‐band isolations has been presented. The proposed MMR is an stepped impedance resonator (SIR) with one short‐circuited stub loaded in the middle and two identical open‐circuited stubs located at two sides. Transmission poles (TPs) and transmission zeros (TZs) can be excited when the electrical lengths of two open stubs increase. The TZs introduced by open stubs separate the TPs into multiple groups; therefore, the design of a sext‐band BPF becomes available. Moreover, two input/output tapped branches and radical stub‐loaded short‐circuited lines are treated as perturbation structures in order to increase design freedoms for improving filter performance. Good agreement between simulated and measured results validates the design method.
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