Filter circuit and module

• US 9,294,068 B2
• Filed: 07/30/2014
• Issued: 03/22/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/06/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Taiyo Yuden Company Limited (Taiyo Yuden Co)
• Original Assignee: Taiyo Yuden Company Limited (Taiyo Yuden Co)
• Inventors: Kawachi, Osamu, Uehara, Kensei
• Primary Examiner(s): TAKAOKA, DEAN O
• Application Number:
  US14/447,304
• Publication Number:
  US 20140340168A1
• Time in Patent Office: 601 Days
• Field of Search: 333/101, 333/103, 333/105, 333/133, 333193-196, 455/78, 455/83
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H03H 7/468 particularly adapted as coupling circuit between transmitters and antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/0057 using diplexing or multiplexing filters for selecting the desired band
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/006 using switches for selecting the desired band H04B1/0057 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/18 Input circuits, e.g. for coupling to an antenna or a transmission line coupling networks between antennas or lines and receivers independent of the nature of the receiver H03H

Abstract

A filter circuit includes: a first band-pass filter, a second band-pass filter, a third band-pass filter and a fourth band-pass filter each having input and output terminals; a first terminal to which one of input and output terminals of first band-pass filter and one of input and output terminals of second band-pass filter are connected; a second terminal to which one of input and output terminals of third band-pass filter and one of input and output terminals of fourth band-pass filter are connected; a third terminal to which another one of input and output terminals of first band-pass filter and another one of input and output terminals of fourth band-pass filter are connected; and a fourth terminal to which another one of input and output terminals of second band-pass filter and another one of input and output terminals of third band-pass filter are connected.

Claims

1. A filter circuit comprising:

a first band-pass filter, a second band-pass filter, a third band-pass filter and a fourth band-pass filter each having an input terminal and an output terminal;

a first terminal to which the output terminal of the first band-pass filter and the output terminal of the second band-pass filter are connected in common;

a second terminal to which the output terminal of the third band-pass filter and the output terminal of the fourth band-pass filter are connected in common;

a third terminal to which the input terminal of the first band-pass filter and the input terminal of the fourth band-pass filter are connected in common; and

a fourth terminal to which the input terminal of the second band-pass filter and the input terminal of the third band-pass filter are connected in common,

wherein whole pass bands of the first band-pass filter, the second band-pass filter, the third band-pass filter and the fourth band-pass filter differ from each other.

2. The filter circuit according to claim 1, wherein

the pass bands of the first band-pass filter and the second band-pass filter are lower than the pass bands of the third band-pass filter and the fourth band-pass filter.

3. The filter circuit according to claim 2, wherein

the first terminal is a terminal to be connected to a first amplifier, the second terminal is a terminal to be connected to a second amplifier, and the third terminal and the fourth terminal are terminals to which a switch is connected, the switch selecting one of the third terminal and the fourth terminal and connecting the selected one of the third terminal and the fourth terminal to an antenna.

4. A module comprising:

a filter circuit according to claim 2; and

a switch that selects any one of the third terminal and the fourth terminal and connect the selected one of the third terminal and the fourth terminal to an antenna.

5. A module comprising:

a filter circuit according to claim 2;

a first amplifier connected to the first terminal; and

a second amplifier connected to the second terminal.

6. A module comprising:

a filter circuit according to claim 2;

a switch that selects any one of the third terminal and the fourth terminal and connect the selected one of the third terminal and the fourth terminal to an antenna;

a first amplifier connected to the first terminal; and

a second amplifier connected to the second terminal.

7. The filter circuit according to claim 1, wherein

at least one of the first terminal and the second terminal includes a pair of balanced terminals.

8. A module comprising:

a filter circuit according to claim 1.

9. The filter circuit according to claim 1, wherein

at least one of the first terminal and the second terminal includes an unbalanced terminal.

10. The filter circuit according to claim 9, wherein

each of the third terminal and the fourth terminal includes an unbalanced terminal.

11. A filter circuit comprising:

a first band-pass filter, a second band-pass filter, a third band-pass filter and a fourth band-pass filter each having an input terminal and an output terminal;

a first terminal to which the input terminal of the first band-pass filter and the input terminal of the second band-pass filter are connected in common;

a second terminal to which the input terminal of the third band-pass filter and the input terminal of the fourth band-pass filter are connected in common;

a third terminal to which the output terminal of the first band-pass filter and output terminal of the fourth band-pass filter are connected in common; and

a fourth terminal to which the output terminal of the second band-pass filter and the output terminal of the third band-pass filter are connected in common,

wherein whole pass bands of the first band-pass filter, the second band-pass filter, the third band-pass filter and the fourth band-pass filter differ from each other.

12. The filter circuit according to claim 11, wherein

the pass bands of the first band-pass filter and the second band-pass filter are lower than the pass bands of the third band-pass filter and the fourth band-pass filter.

13. The filter circuit according to claim 12, wherein

the first terminal is a terminal to be connected to a first amplifier, the second terminal is a terminal to be connected to a second amplifier, and the third terminal and the fourth terminal are terminals to which a switch is connected, the switch selecting one of the third terminal and the fourth terminal and connecting the selected one of the third terminal and the fourth terminal to an antenna.

14. A module comprising:

a filter circuit according to claim 11.