Electronic – Why is the input reflection signal very weak

band passfilterpcb

I built a PCB filter in Class "Band-pass" with center frequency of 2.4 GHz. The board has two SMA's (input 1 & output 2).

S(1,2) looks like this:

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The frequency is good, However, the attenuation is bad. My problem is that my Reflection signal S(1,1) looks like:

(I thought I would see a valley going down at the 2.4 GHz frequency)

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(Note: I am using a transmission line design)

The PCB Circuit:

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Specifications:
Filter Type: Chebychev bandpass
Ripple: 0.5 dB
Ctr. Freq.: 2.437 GHz
Att.: 50 dB @ 2.459 GHz
Tgt. BW: 20 MHz

Substrate: Rogers RO4350B
εr : 3.48 +/- 0.005
Tsx: 1.524 mm
TCu: 35 μm

Board + Layout:
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Best Answer

Thanks, everybody. I think I solved it. The reason was the wires (cables) resistance was high so it was causing the attenuation. I replaced one of them and I was able to see better spectrum.