Variable resonator

• US 7,825,754 B2
• Filed: 11/01/2006
• Issued: 11/02/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/08/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: NTT Docomo Incorporated (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
• Original Assignee: NTT Docomo Incorporated (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
• Inventors: Okazaki, Hiroshi, Fukuda, Atsushi, Narahashi, Shoichi, Kawai, Kunihiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee; Benny
• Assistant Examiner(s): STEVENS, GERALD D
• Application Number:
  US11/555,437
• Publication Number:
  US 20070103261A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,462 Days
• Field of Search: 333/32, 333/33, 333/202, 333/204, 333/205, 333/219, 333/236, 333/238, 333/22.R, 333/140, 333/161, 333/164, 333/246, 333/263, 333/101, 333/103, 333/104, 333/105
• US Class Current: 333/235
• CPC Class Codes: H01P 1/2013 Coplanar line filters
• CPC Class Codes: H01P 1/20381 Special shape resonators
• CPC Class Codes: H01P 1/2039 Galvanic coupling between Input/Output

Abstract

A variable resonator has a dielectric substrate 2, an input/output line 3 formed on the dielectric substrate 2, a first resonator 4 that has one end connected to the input/output line 3 and the other end grounded, and a second resonator that has one end connected to the input/output line 3 at the point of connection of the one end of the first resonator 4 and the other end grounded via a terminal switch 7. When the terminal switch 7 is turned off, resonance occurs at a frequency at which the sum of the line lengths of the first resonator 4 and the second resonator 6 equals to a quarter of the wavelength. When the terminal switch 7 is turned on, resonance occurs at a frequency at which a half of the sum of the line lengths equals to a quarter of the wavelength.

Claims

1. A variable resonator, comprising:

a dielectric substrate;

an input/output line formed on the dielectric substrate;

a first resonator that has one end connected directly to said input/output line and another end directly grounded; and

a second resonator that has one end connected to the point of connection of said one end of said first resonator to said input/output line and another end grounded via a terminal switch,

wherein the first and second resonators are configured so that a combined admittance of the first and second resonators seen from the point of connection is zero at both a predetermined first frequency when the terminal switch is ON and a predetermined second frequency different from the first frequency when the terminal switch is OFF.

2. A variable resonator according to claim 1, wherein a part of said second resonator close to the one end one end has a line width different from that of a part thereof close to the another end to form a step impedance resonator.

3. A variable resonator according to claim 1, wherein said one end of said second resonator is connected to the point of connection of said one end of said first resonator to said input/output line via a shut-off switch.

4. A variable resonator according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein each of said first and second resonators is composed of a first line and a plurality of second lines connected to said first line and arranged at intervals along the length of said first line.

5. A variable resonator according to claim 4, further comprising short-circuiting switches capable of interconnecting free ends of adjacent two of said second lines.

6. A variable resonator according to claim 5, further comprising a grounding switch capable of grounding the free end of at least one of said second lines.

7. A variable resonator according to claim 4, wherein said dielectric substrate comprises a first dielectric substrate and a second dielectric substrate opposed to each other, said input/output line is constituted by a conductive film and is formed as a coplanar line on one of the opposed surfaces of said first and second dielectric substrates, said first and second resonators are formed on the outer surfaces of said first and second dielectric substrates, respectively, and said first and second resonators are connected to said coplanar line via conductors penetrating said first and second dielectric substrates, respectively.

8. A variable resonator according to claim 7, further comprising third and fourth dielectric substrates opposed to the outer surfaces of said first and second dielectric substrates, respectively, wherein said plurality of second lines of said first and second resonators are formed to extend from said first line and penetrate a width of said third and fourth dielectric substrates, respectively, and the variable resonator further comprises a plurality of short-circuiting switches capable of short-circuiting adjacent two of the ends of said plurality of second lines having penetrated said third and fourth dielectric substrates.

9. A variable resonator according to claim 7, further comprising first and second shielding ground conductors opposed to said first and second dielectric substrates at a distance to cover at least regions of said first and second dielectric substrates in which said first and second resonators are formed, respectively.

10. A variable resonator according to claim 4, wherein said plurality of second lines are formed to intersect with said first line.

11. A variable resonator according to claim 10, further comprising a plurality of short-circuiting switches that short-circuit adjacent two of the tip ends of said plurality of second lines of said first and second resonators.