MULTI-LAYERED DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT USING THEREOF

• US 20100045405A1
• Filed: 08/20/2009
• Published: 02/25/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/20/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Shimamura, Tetsuro, Hoeft, Michael
• Granted Patent: US 8,106,722 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 333/185
• CPC Class Codes: H03H 2001/0085 Multilayer, e.g. LTCC, HTCC, green sheets inside PCB filters H05K
• CPC Class Codes: H03H 7/01 Frequency selective two-port networks
• CPC Class Codes: H03H 7/09 Filters comprising mutual inductance

Abstract

A multi-layered device includes an inductor electrode layer connected between one end of a first viahole inductor conductor and a side-surface ground electrode, and arranged substantially in parallel to a dielectric sheet, when the first and second viahole inductor conductors are arranged in such a positional relation that a distance between the first and second viahole inductor conductors is smaller than 1.5 times a length of the first viahole inductor conductor.

Claims

1. A multi-layered device comprising:

an insulator including a plurality of multi-layered dielectric sheet layers;

a ground electrode layer arranged substantially in parallel to the dielectric sheet layers in a location of one of an inside part of the insulator layer and a surface of the insulator;

side-surface ground electrodes arranged on side surfaces of the insulator; and

a plurality of resonators formed in the insulator, the resonators including first and second resonators,

wherein the first resonator comprises;

a first capacitive electrode layer arranged substantially in parallel to the dielectric sheet layers; and

a first viahole inductor conductor which has one end connected to the first capacitive electrode layer and is arranged to be substantially perpendicular to the dielectric sheet layers,

wherein the second resonator comprises;

a second capacitive electrode layer arranged substantially in parallel to the dielectric sheet layers; and

a second viahole inductor conductor which has one end connected to the second capacitive electrode layer and is arranged to be substantially perpendicular to the dielectric sheet layers,

wherein the first and second viahole inductor conductors are arranged in such a positional relation that a distance between the first and second viahole inductor conductors is smaller than 1.5 times a length of the first viahole inductor conductor, and

wherein the multi-layered device includes an inductor electrode layer connected between another end of the first viahole inductor conductor and the side-surface ground electrode and arranged substantially in parallel to the dielectric sheet layers.

2. The multi-layered device as claimed in claim 1,

wherein the length of the first viahole inductor conductor is equal to or smaller than 60% of a length of the second viahole inductor conductor.

3. The multi-layered device as claimed in claim 1,

wherein each of the first and second viahole inductor conductors has a radius of equal to or larger than 40 μ

m.

4. The multi-layered device as claimed in claim 1,

wherein the side-surface ground electrodes are arranged on opposite side surfaces of the insulator, respectively, and

wherein at least one of the first and second viahole inductor conductors is arranged at a position equidistant from two of the side-surface ground electrodes.

5. The multi-layered device as claimed in claim 1,

wherein the inductor electrode layer has a shape of a single straight line.

6. The multi-layered device as claimed in claim 5,

wherein an angle between a straight line on which the inductor electrode layer is formed and a plane on which the side-surface ground electrode is formed is an acute angle.

7. The multi-layered device as claimed in claim 4,

wherein the inductor electrode layer has a folded shape including a part arranged in parallel to the side-surface ground electrode.

8. The multi-layered device as claimed in claim 1,

wherein the inductor electrode layer has a shape of two or more straight lines having widths different from each other.

9. The multi-layered device as claimed in claim 1,

wherein a total thickness of electrodes constituting the inductor electrode layer is equal to or larger than 10 μ

m.

10. The multi-layered device as claimed in claim 1,

wherein the inductor electrode layer comprises a plurality of electrode layers.

11. The multi-layered device as claimed in claim 1,

wherein a width of the inductor electrode is smaller than a diameter of the first viahole inductor conductor.

12. An electronic equipment comprising:

a multi-layered device; and

a signal processing circuit connected to the multi-layered device,

wherein the multi-layered device comprises;

an insulator including a plurality of multi-layered dielectric sheet layers;

a ground electrode layer arranged substantially in parallel to the dielectric sheet layers in a location of one of an inside part of the insulator layer and a surface of the insulator;

side-surface ground electrodes arranged on side surfaces of the insulator; and

a plurality of resonators formed in the insulator, the resonators including first and second resonators,

wherein the first resonator comprises;

a first capacitive electrode layer arranged substantially in parallel to the dielectric sheet layers; and

a first viahole inductor conductor which has one end connected to the first capacitive electrode layer and is arranged to be substantially perpendicular to the dielectric sheet layers,

wherein the second resonator comprises;

a second capacitive electrode layer arranged substantially in parallel to the dielectric sheet layers; and

a second viahole inductor conductor which has one end connected to the second capacitive electrode layer and is arranged to be substantially perpendicular to the dielectric sheet layers,

wherein the first and second viahole inductor conductors are arranged in such a positional relation that a distance between the first and second viahole inductor conductors is smaller than 1.5 times a length of the first viahole inductor conductor, and

wherein the multi-layered device includes an inductor electrode layer connected between another end of the first viahole inductor conductor and the side-surface ground electrode and arranged substantially in parallel to the dielectric sheet layers.