Abstract
A novel quasi-hairpin filter is presented in this letter. The filter shows ultra-compact size, steep selectivity, and deep stopband rejection with additional transmission zero points. The fourth-order filter operating at 1.69 GHz with a fractional bandwidth of 10% occupies the active area of 5.5 mm x 6.2 mm (0.031 lambda(o) x 0.035 lambda(o)).