Resonant line constructed by microstrip line which is easy to be trimmed

• US 6,448,874 B1
• Filed: 02/07/2000
• Issued: 09/10/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 02/08/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: ALPS Electric Company Limited (Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: ALPS Electric Company Limited (Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Shiino, Ikuhiro, Ishigaki, Isao
• Primary Examiner(s): Pascal, Robert
• Assistant Examiner(s): NGUYEN, PATRICIA T
• Application Number:
  US09/499,485
• Time in Patent Office: 946 Days
• Field of Search: 333/219, 333/204, 333/246, 333/221, 333/238
• US Class Current: 333/219
• CPC Class Codes: H01P 5/02 with invariable factor of coupling H01P5/12 takes precedence choke joints H01P1/04, H01P1/06
• CPC Class Codes: H03B 2201/0208 the means being an element with a variable capacitance, e.g. capacitance diode
• CPC Class Codes: H03B 5/1847 the active element in the amplifier being a semiconductor device

Abstract

This resonant line comprises a plurality of microstrip lines. The length of each of the microstrip lines is set so that the reactance between one end of each of the microstrip lines and the ground is equivalently inductive and one ends of the microstrip lines are connected to each other.

Claims

1. A resonant line comprising a plurality of microstrip lines, wherein one end of each of said plurality of microstrip lines are connected to each other, the length of at least one of said plurality of microstrip lines is set to a value longer than a quarter of a wavelength at a predetermined frequency and shorter than a half of the wavelength, the other end of said at least one of the microstrip lines is opened, the length of another of the microstrip line is set to a value shorter than a quarter of the wavelength, and the other end of said another of the microstrip lines is connected to a ground, and the length of each of said plurality of microstrip lines is set so that the reactance between said one end of the microstrip line and the ground is equivalently inductive at a predetermined frequency.

2. A resonant line comprising a plurality of microstrip lines and a print coil, wherein one end of each of said plurality of microstrip lines are connected to each other, the length of each of said plurality of microstrip lines is set to a value longer than a quarter of a wavelength at a predetermined frequency and shorter than a half of the wavelength, the other end of each of the microstrip lines are connected to a ground, said print coil is connected in parallel with said plurality of microstrip lines, and the length of each of said plurality of microstrip lines is set so that the reactance between said one end of the microstrip line and the ground is equivalently inductive at a predetermined frequency.

4. A resonant line according to claim 2, wherein said print coil is formed in a zigzaq shape and includes a short-circuited side, and said short-circuited side is cut so as to change the inductance, thereby easily adjusting the frequency.

3. A resonant line comprising a plurality of first microstrip lines which have the same length and are connected in parallel with each other and a second microstrip line connected to one end of each of said plurality of first microstrip lines, wherein the other ends of said plurality of first microstrip lines are connected to a ground, when the length of each of the first microstrip lines is L1 , the length of the second microstrip line is L2, and the number of the first microstrip lines is N, L1/N+L2 is set to a value shorter than a quarter of the wavelength at a predetermined frequency, and the lengths of said plurality of first microstrip lines and said second microstrip line are set so that the reactance between the other end of said second microstrip line and the ground is equivalently inductive at a predetermined frequency.