Filter circuit

• US 20050017824A1
• Filed: 12/04/2002
• Published: 01/27/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Hirabayashi, Takayuki
• Granted Patent: US 6,975,186 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 333/204
• CPC Class Codes: H01P 1/203 Strip line filters

Abstract

This invention is a filter circuit provided in a radio communication module. First to third conductor patterns (8 to 10) having a length shorter than λ/4 of a passing wavelength λ and electromagnetically coupled with each other are formed as distributed line patterns parallel to each other in a dielectric board (2), and a first capacitor (16) and a second capacitor (17) add parallel capacitance to the first conductor pattern (8) and the second conductor pattern (9) having their distal ends short-circuited. The third conductor pattern (10) has its both end opened. As the first conductor pattern (8) and the second conductor pattern (9) carry out inductive operation and the third conductor pattern (10) is capacitive-coupled with these conductor patterns, resonance is made in a band lower than a frequency band prescribed by the length of the lines.

Claims

1. A filter circuit characterized by comprising:

a dielectric board;

a first conductor pattern formed as a distributed line pattern in the dielectric board and having one end grounded and the other end opened, the first conductor pattern having high-frequency signals inputted thereto;

a second conductor pattern formed as a distributed line pattern parallel to the first conductor pattern in the dielectric board and having one end grounded and the other end opened, the second conductor pattern being electromagnetically coupled with the first conductor pattern and thus outputting a high-frequency signal of a predetermined frequency band selected from the high-frequency signals inputted to the first conductor pattern;

a third conductor pattern formed as a distributed line pattern parallel to the first conductor pattern and the second conductor pattern in the dielectric board and having both ends opened; and

a first capacitor and a second capacitor for adding parallel capacitance based on a concentrated constant to the first conductor pattern and the second conductor pattern;

wherein as each of the first to third conductor patterns is formed with a length shorter than λ

/4 with respect to a passing wavelength λ

, inductive electromagnetic coupling is carried out between the first conductor pattern and the second conductor pattern, and capacitive electromagnetic coupling is carried out between the first and second conductor patterns and the third conductor pattern.

2. The filter circuit as claimed in claim 1, characterized by comprising a third capacitor for adding serial capacitance based on a lumped constant to the first conductor pattern and the second conductor pattern.

3. The filter circuit as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that the first to third capacitors are capacitor elements formed as thin films in the dielectric board, capacitor chip elements mounted on the dielectric board, or a combination of capacitor elements formed as thin films in the dielectric board and capacitor chip elements mounted on the dielectric board.

4. The filter circuit as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that a capacitor for capacitance adjustment is connected to the first capacitor and the second capacitor via switching means.

5. The filter circuit as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that, on an inner layer of the dielectric board, the first to third conductor patterns are formed and the first capacitor and the second capacitor are formed as thin films,

plural capacitance adjusting circuits, each including switching means and a capacitance adjustment capacitor and connected parallel to the first capacitor or the second capacitor through a via-hole, are provided on an outer layer of the dielectric board, and

each of the switching means is switched to adjust parallel capacitance to be added to the first capacitor or the second capacitor by each of the capacitance adjustment capacitors.

6. The filter circuit as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the first to third capacitors are formed on a first outer layer of the dielectric board, and

a metal plate for covering and shielding the first outer layer is provided on the dielectric board and a ground pattern is formed on a second outer layer, so that the first to third conductor patterns form a strip line structure.

7. The filter circuit as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the dielectric board is formed by a buildup layer including a dielectric insulating layer and a wiring pattern stacked on a buildup forming surface of a base board part in which multiple wiring layers are formed on a base board made of an organic board and an uppermost layer is flattened to form the buildup forming surface, and

in the buildup layer, the first to third conductor patterns are patterned and the first capacitor and the second capacitor are formed as thin films.