INPUT/OUTPUT APPARATUS OF MULTIPLEXER, AND MULTIPLEXER

• US 20200136583A1
• Filed: 12/31/2019
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 04/29/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: ZHANG, Xiaofeng, QIU, Lixia, CHEN, Ke
• Granted Patent: US 10,917,066 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H01P 1/213 combining or separating two or more different frequencies H01P1/215 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01P 1/2136 using comb or interdigital filters; using cascaded coaxial cavities H01P1/2131, H01P1/2135 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H03H 7/461 particularly adapted for use in common antenna systems

Abstract

An input/output apparatus of a multiplexer is provided, including: a main tap and at least two branch taps of the main tap, where each of the at least two branch taps is configured to couple to a different resonant cavity in the multiplexer, and the at least two branch taps include a first branch tap and a second branch tap; a coupling polarity of the first branch tap is opposite to that of the second branch tap; and a coupling calculation frequency of the second branch tap is closest to a coupling calculation frequency of the first branch tap. The input/output apparatus of the multiplexer enables two channels with closest frequencies to use different coupling polarities. Because the coupling polarities are different, signals naturally do not interfere with each other, and signal interference between channels is eliminated in principle. The embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a corresponding multiplexer.

Claims

1. An input/output apparatus of a multiplexer, the input/output apparatus comprising:

a main tap; and

at least two branch taps of the main tap, wherein each branch tap of the at least two branch taps is configured to couple to a different resonant cavity in the multiplexer, and the at least two branch taps comprise a first branch tap and a second branch tap;

wherein a coupling polarity of the first branch tap is opposite to a coupling polarity of the second branch tap.

2. The input/output apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an arrangement of the at least two branch taps comprises at least two layers in a vertical direction.

3. The input/output apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first branch tap is capacitively coupled, and the second branch tap is inductively coupled.

4. The input/output apparatus according to claim 1, wherein each branch tap of the at least two branch taps includes a coupling calculation frequency, and a coupling calculation frequency of the first branch tap is closest to a coupling calculation frequency of the second branch tap among the branch taps included in the at least two branch taps.

13-1. An radio unit, comprising:

the input/output apparatus according to claim 1.

5. A multiplexer, comprising:

an input/output apparatus comprising a main tap and at least two first-level branch taps of the main tap, wherein each first-level branch tap of the at least two first-level branch taps is coupled to a different first-level resonant cavity, and the at least two first-level branch taps comprise a first first-level branch tap and a second first-level branch tap;

wherein a coupling polarity of the first first-level branch tap is opposite to a coupling polarity of the second first-level branch tap.

6. The multiplexer according to claim 5, wherein:

at least one first-level resonant cavity is connected to at least two second-level branch taps, wherein each of the at least two second-level branch taps is coupled to a different second-level resonant cavity, and the at least two second-level branch taps comprise a first second-level branch tap and a second second-level branch tap; and

a coupling polarity of the first second-level branch tap is opposite to that of the second second-level branch tap, and a coupling calculation frequency of the second second-level branch tap is closest to a coupling calculation frequency of the first second-level branch tap among the second-level branch taps included in the at least two second-level branch taps.

7. The multiplexer according to claim 5, wherein an arrangement of the first-level branch taps comprises at least two layers in a vertical direction.

8. The multiplexer according to claim 5, further comprising:

a mounting plate; and

a boss, wherein the boss is disposed on the mounting plate, and the boss is configured to physically connect to a first-level branch tap directly when the first-level branch tap is capacitively coupled to a first-level resonant cavity.

9. The multiplexer according to claim 8, wherein an adjustment screw is further disposed on the mounting plate, and the adjustment screw is configured to adjust coupling strength of capacitive coupling.

10. The multiplexer according to claim 5, wherein the first first-level branch tap is capacitively coupled, and the second first-level branch tap is inductively coupled.

11. The multiplexer according to claim 5, wherein each first-level branch tap of the at least two first-level branch taps includes a coupling calculation frequency, and a coupling calculation frequency of the first first-level branch tap is closest to a coupling calculation frequency of the second first-level branch tap among the first-level branch taps included in the at least two first-level branch taps.

12. A multiplexer, comprising:

resonant cavities;

wherein there are at least two levels of the resonant cavities, each first-level resonant cavity of at least one first-level resonant cavity is coupled to a different second-level resonant cavity via at least two taps;

wherein the at least two taps include a first tap and a second tap; and

wherein a coupling polarity of the first tap is opposite to a coupling polarity of the second tap, and a coupling calculation frequency of the second tap is closest to a coupling calculation frequency of the first tap.

13. The multiplexer according to claim 12, wherein the multiplexer further comprises:

an input/output apparatus, wherein taps of the input/output apparatus are connected to the resonant cavities.

14. A base station, comprising:

the radio unit according to claim 13.

15. A communications system, comprising:

the base station according to claim 14.