Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

Jun Toda

Hideyuki Kato

Motoharu Hiroshima

Haruo Matsumoto

Jinsei Ishihara

Kikuo Tsunoda

Takashi Maruyama

Kiyoto Araki

A probe element includes a conduction pin, a cylindrical barrel, and a bushing. The barrel accommodates the conduction pin inside thereof such that the tip portion of the conduction pin is exposed to the outside. The bushing holds the conduction pin inside the barrel in a state in which the tip portion is movable, and has predetermined permittivity. The conduction pin includes a tip portion, an intermediate portion partially accommodating the tip portion, and a cylindrical socket portion coupled to the intermediate portion. A distance between the socket portion and the inner wall surface of the barrel, and a distance between the intermediate portion and the inner wall surface of the barrel in a direction orthogonal to an extending direction of the barrel are different from each other.

Probe element and probe unit

The present invention provides a dielectric resonator, a dielectric filter, a dielectric duplexer capable of reducing leakage of electromagnetic waves and capable of being miniaturized, and a communication apparatus incorporating the same. In each of the dielectric resonator and filter, inside a dielectric block, there is formed a L-shaped inner-conductor-formed hole having a bend at some point of the hole in a manner extending from an outer surface of the dielectric block to a surface perpendicular to the outer surface. An inner conductor is formed on the inner surface of the inner-conductor-formed hole. On the substantially entire outer surfaces of the dielectric block, there is disposed an outer conductor, with one end of the inner-conductor-formed hole open-circuited and the remaining end of the hole short-circuited. Around the edge of the open-circuited end there is formed an outer coupling electrode. This structure enables formation of the dielectric resonator and the dielectric filter having the L-shaped inner-conductor-formed holes.

Dielectric resonator, dielectric filter, dielectric duplexer, and communication apparatus incorporating the same

A dielectric filter includes a dielectric block having inner-conductor-formed holes extending from a first face of the dielectric block to a second face opposed to the first face. Inner conductors are formed inside the inner-conductor-formed holes such that both ends of the inner-conductor-formed holes are open-circuited. On the exterior surface of the dielectric block, balanced input/output terminals are capacitively coupled to the open ends of the inner-conductor-formed holes. A metal cover is provided so as to cover one of the first or second face of the dielectric block. The metal cover functions as a short-circuit conductor in a spurious mode such as a TE mode other than a TEM mode, and hence the influence of the spurious mode is avoided.

Dielectric filter, dielectric duplexer, and communication apparatus

In a dielectric block, an array of three excitation holes, in each of which one opening is a short-circuited end and the other opening is an open-circuited end, are disposed so as to be interdigitally coupled and balanced input-output terminals are provided at the opening of the excitation holes at both ends of the array. A resonator hole is provided so as to be coupled to one excitation hole of the excitation holes at either end of the array. Thus, a compact dielectric filter with balanced input-output terminals is constructed.

Dielectric filter, dielectric duplexer, and communication device

A dielectric filter and a dielectric duplexer, which obviate the need to change the design of a circuit board when the dielectric filter or the dielectric duplexer are to be changed and in which the degree of freedom of design is improved, and a communication apparatus using them are constructed. Resonator holes having internal conductor formed on the respective inner surfaces thereof, and excitation holes are provided in a dielectric block, and electrodes and an external conductor are formed on the outer surface of the dielectric block. The positions of input/output coupling electrodes on the mounting surface with respect to the circuit board are aligned with the positions of the input/output coupling electrodes on the circuit board. At least one of the electrodes provided on the opening surfaces of the resonator holes is disposed in a direction which is not perpendicular to the mounting surface.

Inner-conductor holes whose internal surfaces are coated with inner conductors are provided in a dielectric block. Input/output electrodes are provided on the outside of the dielectric block, coupled to the inner conductors by electrostatic capacitance. Gap portions are provided between the input/output electrodes and an outer conductor. The input/output electrodes may be formed to extend from a bottom surface (mounting surface) and onto a side surface of an external surface of the dielectric block. Filter characteristics are determined depending on a width or a depth of the gap portion on the side surface of the dielectric block.

Dielectric filter, dielectric duplexer, communication system, and method of producing dielectric filter

The present invention provides a dielectric filter capable of increasing a designing freedom for obtaining a desired filter characteristic and capable of producing an attenuation pole in the vicinity of passing frequency band, also to provide a duplexer and communication apparatus formed by using the dielectric filter and the duplexer. In a dielectric block there are formed two through holes of rectangular cross section extending from a first end face to a predetermined depth, with the internal sizes thereof being different from each other. In this way, it is possible to enlarge the ranges obtainable by mutual capacitances on an open face side and a short circuit face side, thereby making it sure to dispose an attenuation pole in the vicinity of a passing frequency band.

Dielectric filter, duplexer and communication apparatus

There is provided a band pass filter comprising three or more resonant-line holes disposed in a dielectric block, a resonant line formed on each inner surface of the holes, and an outer conductor disposed on the outer surfaces of the dielectric block so that a dielectric filter is formed; wherein one end of the resonant line is a short-circuited end, and the other end thereof is an open end; the sectional area size of each of the resonant-line holes is changed at a certain point in the axial direction of the resonant-line hole; the sectional area size on the short-circuited-end side or open-end side of at least one of the plurality of resonant-line holes is made differently from those of the other resonant-line holes; and regarding the resonant-line holes symmetric with respect to a symmetry axis made at the center in a direction in which the plurality of resonant-line holes is aligned, the sectional area sizes of the short-circuited-end side or open-end side thereof are made the same so as to form coupling between adjacent resonant lines.

Band pass filter, antenna duplexer, and communication apparatus

The invention provides a dielectric filter, comprising: a dielectric block including a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other; a resonator hole extending between the first surface and second surface of the dielectric block, said resonator hole including a large-sectional area portion, a small-sectional area portion and a step portion between the large-sectional area portion and the small-sectional area portion; an inner conductor provided on the inner surface of the resonator hole; an outer conductor provided on the outer surface of the dielectric block; the inner conductor being electrically left unconnected to the outer conductor at the first surface of the dielectric block and being electrically connected to the outer conductor at the second surface of the dielectric block; and a seat portion provided on the first surface of the dielectric block such that the first surface serves as a mounting surface of the dielectric filter.

Dielectric filter, dielectric duplexer, mounting structure thereof, and communication device

The invention provides a dielectric filter, comprising: a dielectric block having substantially rectangular shape, said dielectric block including a first and a second opposed to each other and a third and a fourth opposed to each other and extending between said first and second surfaces; a plurality of through holes extending between said first and second surfaces; an inner conductor provided on an inner surface of said through holes except for a non-conductive portion, said non-conductive portion being disposed on said inner surface of said through holes in the vicinity of said first surface of said dielectric block; an outer conductor provided on said third and fourth surfaces of said dielectric block; and a line conductor provided on said first surface of said dielectric block, a part of said outer conductor provided on said third surface of said dielectric block and a part of said outer conductor provided on said fourth surface of said dielectric block being connected to each other via said line conductor; thereby a plurality of resonators comprising a combination of a TEM mode resonator and a TE mode resonator, and a combination of a TEM mode resonator or a TM mode resonator being provided.

Dielectric filter and dielectric duplexer

Antenna side through-holes pass through to the internal surfaces of neighboring resonator holes from an antenna side electrode. The antenna side through-holes (transverse holes) have their axes in a direction substantially at a right angle to the axial direction of the resonator holes and on the internal surface of the antenna side through-holes an inner conductor is formed. The transmission side filter and the antenna side electrode of a duplexer are electrically connected through an antenna side through-hole. The reception side filter and the antenna side electrode are also electrically connected through an antenna side through-hole.

Dielectric duplexer and a communication device including such dielectric

A dielectric filter and a dielectric duplexer having a dielectric block with resonator holes formed therein, each having a large-sectional-area portion and a small-sectional-area portion so that the resonator hole has different respective inner diameters at an open-circuited end and a short-circuited end. Each large-sectional-area portion is formed with the cross-sectional shape of an elongated circle, an ellipse, or a rectangle, for example, the cross-sectional shape defining a longitudinal axis which is disposed at an angle against with respect to a plane in which the resonator holes are arranged. The invention increases the degree of freedom in providing a desired resonant frequency and a desired degree of coupling between resonators, in order to be able to easily provide desired filter characteristics, even in a case in which the external dimensions of the required dielectric block are restricted. Also disclosed is a method of manufacturing the dielectric filter and dielectric duplexer, as well as a radio transceiver utilizing the dielectric duplexer.

Dielectric filter having at least one stepped resonator hole with an

A dielectric filter having plural resonator cavities in a dielectric block, at least one resonator cavity comprising a large inner-diameter portion, a small inner-diameter portion and a diameter-changing portion formed between the large and small portions, an inner conductor being formed on the inner surface of each of the resonator cavities. The large and small inner-diameter portions of the stepped resonator cavity may have different sectional shapes, and may be either coaxial or non-coaxial. One of the portions may have an elongated cross-sectional shape and/or be arranged obliquely with respect to the dielectric block. One of the portions may moreover be arranged eccentrically with respect to the other portion.

Dielectric filter having obliquely oriented stepped resonators

A dielectric filter with a shorting conductor for improving a spurious response characteristic in a mode other than a fundamental mode (TEM mode). Two resonator holes having inner conductors formed on their inner surfaces are formed through a dielectric block between a pair of end surfaces. An outer conductor is formed on outer surfaces of the dielectric block. A through hole is formed through a central portion of the dielectric block between two major surfaces of the block, and a shorting conductor is formed on the inner surface of the through hole to be connected to outer conductor portions on the two major surfaces of the dielectric block. The shorting conductor is disposed at a location where the electric field strength of the undesired mode is high.

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Jun Toda