A new compact UWB bandpass filter with sharp-rejection, low insertion-loss and flat group-delay is developed In this paper, using the transversal filtering combined with SIR(stepped impedance resonator) concept. To form the required passband, multiple out-of-band transmission zeros are created around band-edges, securing very low insertion loss in the very wide frequency range. Also it is found to be beneficial to realize a sharp rejection of higher order with a relatively small overall size and simultaneously have very smoothly varying group-delay which is proper for the UWB applications. The validity of the proposed technique is proven theoretically and experimentally.