Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

Michiaki Ota

Seiji Hidaka

Shin Abe

Yasuo Fujii

Yohei Ishikawa

A transmission line, a resonator, a filter, a duplexer, and a communication apparatus efficiently minimize power losses due to edge effects, thereby having superior loss-reduction characteristics. A continuous line and a plurality of thin lines each having a predetermined length and branching from both sides of the continuous line are formed on a dielectric substrate. With this structure, edges of the individual thin lines substantially do not exist, so that losses due to edge effects can be efficiently minimized.

Transmission line, resonator, filter, duplexer, and communication apparatus

Continuous transmission line with branch elements, resonator, filter, duplexer, and communication apparatus formed therefrom

A resonator includes a hollow dielectric element having a hole therein, a helical line unit including a plurality of helical lines formed in the hole, and a ground electrode formed on an outer surface of the dielectric element.

Resonator, filter, duplexer, and communication device

A resonator, a filter, and a duplexer are provided which are capable of very effectively suppressing the power loss caused by the edge effect, and which allow a great reduction in the overall size to be achieved. Also, a communication device including the above-mentioned filter or duplexer is provided. A ground electrode is formed over the bottom surface of a dielectric substrate, and a multiple spiral line pattern is formed on the top surface thereof. A radial line pattern is further formed on this surface with an insulation layer interposed therebetween. By thus disposing the radial pattern adjacently to the multiple spiral resonator constituted of the above-mentioned multiple spiral line, an electrostatic capacitance is added to the multiple spiral resonator. This reduces the occupation area of the resonator on the substrate, and improves the loss reduction effect.

A filter and a duplexer in which power loss due to the edge effect in resonator lines, is very effectively suppressed, which allow more reduction in overall size to be achieved, and which have desired filter characteristics, and a communication device including either or both of the filter and the duplexer. Three multiple spiral resonator stages are constructed by disposing three multiple spiral lines on the top surface of a dielectric substrate, and forming a ground electrode on the bottom surface thereof. If the first stage is set to be a right-handed spiral resonator, and the second and third stages are set to be left-handed spiral resonators, an attenuation pole is thereby created on the higher frequency side of a pass band.

Filter, duplexer, and communication device

A filter, duplexer, and a communications device have significantly reduced power loss due to the edge effect, and the coupling structure between a resonator and an input or output terminal does not negatively affect the reduction of power loss. A plurality of resonators is provided on a dielectric substrate. Each of the resonators is constituted of a multiple spiral transmission line assembly. At the centers of the multiple spiral transmission assemblies at the input end and the output end, respectively, there are formed coupling pads which are capacitively coupled to associated multiple transmission line assemblies.

Filter, duplexer, and communications device

A resonator can provide good loss characteristics by effectively suppressing power losses due to an edge effect. In addition, a filter, a duplexer, and a communication device incorporating the resonator are formed. In the resonator, a plurality of spiral lines are disposed on a surface of a dielectric substrate in such a manner that the inner and outer ends of the lines are aligned respectively along an inner periphery and an outer periphery which are centered around a central point on the substrate so that the lines do not cross each other. With this arrangement, the edge effect in the spiral lines is substantially canceled, by which power losses due to the edge effect can be effectively suppressed.

A high frequency low loss electrode includes a main conductor and at least one sub-conductors formed along a side of the main conductor. At least one of the at least one sub-conductor has a multi-layer structure in which thin-film conductors and thin-film dielectrics are alternately laminated.

High frequency low loss electrode having laminated main and sub conductors

A high frequency electrode includes a main conductor and at least two sub-conductors formed along a side of the main conductor. The sub-conductors are formed so that a sub-conductor thereof positioned nearer to the outside has a smaller width.

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