Dielectric filter

• US 6,707,353 B1
• Filed: 09/14/2001
• Issued: 03/16/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 11/02/1999
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Ishizaki, Toshio, Enokihara, Akira, Nakamura, Toshiaki, Tachibana, Minoru, Yamada, Toru, Yamakawa, Takehiko
• Primary Examiner(s): Tan, Vibol
• Application Number:
  US09/868,651
• Time in Patent Office: 914 Days
• Field of Search: 333/202, 333/219.1, 333/212, 333/230, 333/202.DR
• US Class Current: 333/202
• CPC Class Codes: H01P 1/2084 with dielectric resonators

Abstract

In order to prevent filter characteristics from being deteriorated due to generation of a spurious pulse is unnecessary resonance at a high level in a passing band at the frequency in a microwave region used in a portable telephone system or the like, at least two types of dielectric resonators having different frequency characteristics in unnecessary harmonic modes except for a main mode near the passing band of a filter are arranged in spaces partitioned by partition walls in a shielding unit constituted by a metal case and a lid, so that a dielectric filter which can obtain preferable spurious suppressing characteristics.

Claims

1. A dielectric filter having a metal case, a metal lid, a plurality of dielectric resonators mounted on support members in spaces partitioned by a metal partition wall inside said metal case, and metal tuning plates positioned above said plurality of dielectric resonators to adjust resonance frequencies of said plurality of dielectric resonators, wherein coupling degrees between said plurality of dielectric resonators are adjusted by gaps between said metal case and said metal partition wall and adjusting screws extending into said gaps, and wherein the dielectric filter comprises a combination of at least two types of dielectric resonators having different frequency characteristics in unnecessary spurious modes except for a the TE_01δ

mode which is a main mode of a passing band of said dielectric filter, so that said unnecessary spurious modes of said plurality of dielectric resonators are adjustable by metal rod members provided at positions near a wall surface inside said metal case,

wherein said dielectric resonators having different frequency characteristics in said unnecessary spurious modes comprise a combination of dielectric resonators having at least two different shapes, and

wherein said dielectric resonators comprise a dielectric resonator with an inner hole and a dielectric resonator without an inner hole.

2. The dielectric filter of claim 1, wherein said dielectric resonators having different frequency characteristics in unnecessary spurious modes comprise a combination of dielectric resonators having at least two different dielectric constants.

3. A dielectric filter having a metal case, a metal lid, a plurality of dielectric resonators mounted on support members in spaces partitioned by a metal partition wall inside said metal case, and metal tuning plates positioned above said plurality of dielectric resonators to adjust resonance frequencies of said plurality of dielectric resonators, wherein coupling degrees between said plurality of dielectric resonators are adjusted by gaps between said metal case and said metal partition wall and adjusting screws extending into said gaps, and wherein the dielectric filter comprises a combination of at least two types of dielectric resonators having different frequency characteristics in unnecessary spurious modes except for a the TE_01δ

mode which is a main mode of a passing band of said dielectric filter, so that said unnecessary spurious modes of said plurality of dielectric resonators are adjustable by metal rod members provided at positions near a wall surface inside said metal case,

wherein said dielectric resonators having different frequency characteristics in said unnecessary spurious modes comprise a combination of dielectric resonators having at least two different shapes, and

wherein said dielectric resonators have inner holes having at least two different diameters.

4. The dielectric filter of claim 3, wherein said dielectric resonators having different frequency characteristics in unnecessary spurious modes comprise a combination of dielectric resonators having at least two different dielectric constants.

5. A dielectric filter having a metal case, a metal lid, a plurality of dielectric resonators mounted on support members in spaces partitioned by a metal partition wall inside said metal case, and metal tuning plates positioned above said plurality of dielectric resonators to adjust resonance frequencies of said plurality of dielectric resonators, wherein coupling degrees between said plurality of dielectric resonators are adjusted by gaps between said metal case and said metal partition wall and adjusting screws extending into said gaps, and wherein the dielectric filter comprises a combination of at least two types of dielectric resonators having different frequency characteristics in unnecessary spurious modes except for a the TE_01δ

mode which is a main mode of a passing band of said dielectric filter, so that said unnecessary spurious modes of said plurality of dielectric resonators are adjustable by metal rod members provided at positions near a wall surface inside said metal case,

wherein said plurality of dielectric resonators are supported by cylindrical support members having at least two different thicknesses.

6. A dielectric filter having a metal case, a metal lid, a plurality of dielectric resonators mounted on support members in spaces partitioned by a metal partition wall inside said metal case, and metal tuning plates positioned above said plurality of dielectric resonators to adjust resonance frequencies of said plurality of dielectric resonators, wherein coupling degrees between said plurality of dielectric resonators are adjusted by gaps between said metal case and said metal partition wall and adjusting screws extending into said gaps, and wherein the dielectric filter comprises a combination of at least two types of dielectric resonators having different frequency characteristics in unnecessary spurious modes except for a the TE_01δ

mode which is a main mode of a passing band of said dielectric filter, so that said unnecessary spurious modes of said plurality of dielectric resonators are adjustable by metal rod members provided at positions near a wall surface inside said metal case,

wherein said plurality of dielectric resonators comprise a combination of at least two different aspect ratios, one of a presence and an absence of inner holes and diameters of the inner hole, dielectric constants, and a thickness of cylindrical support members.

7. A dielectric filter having a metal case, a metal lid, a plurality of dielectric resonators mounted on support members in spaces partitioned by a metal partition wall inside said metal case, and metal tuning plates positioned above said plurality of dielectric resonators to adjust resonance frequencies of said plurality of dielectric resonators, wherein coupling degrees between said plurality of dielectric resonators are adjusted by gaps between said metal case and said metal partition wall and adjusting screws extending into said gaps, and wherein the dielectric filter comprises a combination of at least two types of dielectric resonators having different frequency characteristics in unnecessary spurious modes except for a the TE_01δ

mode which is a main mode of a passing band of said dielectric filter, so that said unnecessary spurious modes of said plurality of dielectric resonators are adjustable by metal rod members provided at positions near a wall surface inside said metal case,

wherein said metal case and at least one of an input and an output terminal are connected to a first duct, and a low-pass filter is provided in said first duct with an inner diameter smaller than an inner diameter of a second duct for use as an input and output portion.