Toko, Inc.

Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

Yukikazu Yatabe

Kazuhiro Ito

Kazuhisa Sano

Hiroshi Kojima

Hiroyuki Katou

A dielectric waveguide includes a dielectric of a rectangular parallelepiped in shape, an input/output electrode formed on a first face of the dielectric, and a conductor film formed on an outer face of the dielectric. The input/output electrode extends from a first end which is a vertex or a neighborhood of the vertex of a first face (bottom face) of the dielectric inward on the bottom face; and environs along both sides and the first end of the input/output electrode include a conductor-unformed section in which there is no conductor film.

Dielectric waveguide, mounting structure for a dielectric waveguide, dielectric waveguide filter and massive MIMO system

The present invention provides a dielectric waveguide resonator comprising a pair of rectangular parallelepiped-shaped dielectric blocks being in contact with each other through respective contact surfaces thereof. The dielectric waveguide resonator has an outer periphery coated with an electrically conductive film except for the contact surfaces, and is configured to resonate in a TE mode. A probe composed of an electrically conductive film is formed on at least one of the contact surface. Thus, it becomes possible to provide a dielectric waveguide resonator having a simple structure, requiring no adjustment structure, and comprising a structure for conversion between a dielectric waveguide and a coaxial line.

Dielectric waveguide resonator and filter comprised of a pair of dielectric blocks having opposing surfaces coupled to each other by a probe

Dielectric waveguide comprising dielectric body having an exterior coated with an electrically conductive film. Region in one side surface couples to another dielectric waveguide, and slot in bottom surface exposes the dielectric body in an L-shape in two adjacent side surfaces, except for the one side surface. Front surface of printed circuit board has a ground pattern opposed to the slot, which includes opening with outer shape greater than slot, and a back surface having a ground pattern surrounding a strip line disposed to cross through the slot. A distal end of the strip line and the front surface-side ground pattern are coupled together by a via hole. The opening is surrounded by a via hole group which couples the front and the back surface-side ground patterns together. The dielectric waveguide is disposed to allow the opening and the slot to be opposed to each other.

Input/output coupling structure of dielectric waveguide

[Technical problem] A conventional dielectric waveguide input/output structure has a strength of coupling which is adjusted by a length of an input/output electrode. However, there is a limitation in an adjustable range of the coupling, which makes it impossible to have an input/output structure with wider bandwidth. [Solution to the technical problem] A dielectric waveguide input/output structure is provided, which comprises an input/output point provided near the center on one side of a bottom surface of a rectangular parallelepiped-shaped dielectric body, wherein an outer periphery of the dielectric body is covered with an electrically conductive film, except for an L-shaped lateral part extending along an edge of the bottom surface from opposite sides of the input/output point and for a surrounding part of the input/output point in a lateral surface with which the input/output point is in contact.

Dielectric waveguide input/output structure and dielectric waveguide filter using the same

The present invention provides a dielectric waveguide input/output structure for connecting to a coaxial connector a plurality of dielectric waveguide resonators each comprising an approximately parallelepiped-shaped dielectric block, wherein the plurality of dielectric waveguide resonators include a first dielectric waveguide resonator and a second dielectric waveguide resonator each having an exterior coated with an electrically conductive film, except for a coupling window, wherein each of the coupling window is formed with a probe composed of an electrically conductive film, the probe having one end connected to a feeding point, and the other end connected to the electrically conductive film, and wherein the first dielectric waveguide resonator and the second dielectric waveguide resonator are arranged in such a manner that the one side surfaces thereof are located in opposed relation to each other.

Dielectric waveguide input/output structure and dielectric waveguide duplexer using the same

A waveguide slot antenna utilizing a waveguide as a feeding line and having a linear slot provided in a wall of the waveguide, the waveguide slot antenna comprising a flat-shaped conductor plate which has a first through-hole formed in a shape approximately identical to that of the slot and provided at a position opposed to the slot, and a second through-hole provided at a position intersecting the first through-hole.

Waveguide slot antenna

Provided is an input/output structure for a dielectric waveguide, comprising a rectangular-parallelepiped-shaped dielectric block, a plate-shaped dielectric plate, and a feeder line comprising a line-shaped electrically conductive foil sandwiched between the dielectric block and the dielectric plate.

Dielectric waveguide comprised of a dielectric block and a dielectric plate sandwiching an input/output feeder line

A dielectric waveguide slot antenna which is capable of radiating a circularly-polarized wave comprises: a dielectric waveguide having a slot through which a dielectric is exposed in a part of an electrically conductive film formed on a surface of the dielectric waveguide; a printed circuit board having a via hole opposed to the slot with the same shape as that of the slot; and a conductor plate having a first through-hole opposed to and having approximately the same shape as the via hole, and a pair of second through-holes in a vicinity of the first through-hole. The dielectric waveguide, the printed circuit board and the conductor plate are joined together with aligning the slot, the via hole and the first through-hole with each other. The printed circuit board has a conductor layer formed in positions facing to the second through-holes, and the second through-holes are arranged point-symmetrically with each other.

Dielectric waveguide slot antenna

The present invention provides a waveguide slot antenna which utilizes a waveguide as a feeding line and has a linear-shaped slot provided in a wall of the waveguide. The waveguide slot antenna is characterized in that it comprises a pair of polarized wave conversion members surrounding an outer periphery of the slot and divided by a slit intersecting the slot. The present invention can provide a waveguide slot antenna capable of radiating a circularly polarized wave with a satisfactory axial ratio characteristic, over a wide band, only by adding a simple component to a conventional waveguide slot antenna.

Disclosed is a waveguide-type dielectric filter, which comprises a dielectric block, a plurality of resonators formed in the dielectric block, and a coupling portion for adjusting the coupling between the adjacent resonators. The dielectric block includes a pair of dielectric substrates which are divided in the arranging direction of the resonators and joined together through joint surfaces thereof, and a slot formed between the joint surfaces. The slot defines a through-hole severing as the coupling portion between the adjacent resonators. The slot may be formed in each of the joint surfaces or may be formed in only one of the joint surfaces. The above dielectric filter may include input and output sections, and a conductive film may be formed between the joint surfaces to provide a coupling portion of the input or output section. The present invention can provide a waveguide-type dielectric filter capable of being readily produced without causing any problem of mechanical strength.

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Tsurugashima, Japan

Yukikazu Yatabe