Fujikura Limited

International Business Machines Corporation

Yusuke Uemichi

Bodhisatwa Sadhu

Jean-Olivier Plouchart

Ning Guan

Osamu Nakao

Takuya Aizawa

Yo Yamaguchi

A digital phase shift circuit including a first ground conductor connected to one end of each of the two inner lines and the two outer lines, a second ground conductor connected to the other end of each of the two outer lines, and two electronic switches, one thereof being provided between the other end of one of the two inner lines and the second ground conductor, the other thereof being provided between the other end of the other of the two inner lines and the second ground conductor, the first ground conductor being configured of a plurality of conductive layers; and an output circuit including an output signal line connected to the signal line and configured to increase output impedance as compared with that of an input matching load connected to an input stage of the digital phase shift circuit.

Digital phase shifter

A digital phase shift circuit includes a signal line extending in a predetermined direction, two inner lines arranged to be separated from the signal line by a predetermined distance at both one side and the other side of the signal line, two outer lines provided at positions farther from the signal line than the inner lines at both the one side and the other side of the signal line, a first ground conductor electrically connected to one ends of the inner lines and the outer lines in the predetermined direction, and a second ground conductor electrically connected to the other ends of the outer lines in the predetermined direction. On both or one of the first ground conductor and the second ground conductor, a region between the outer line and the inner line is formed in a multilayer structure.

Digital phase shift circuit and digital phase shifter

An object of this invention is to reduce the size of a filter device. Provided is a filter device () including: a substrate () including a first main surface and a second main surface (); strip-shaped conductors (to) provided to the first main surface (); and a ground conductor layer () provided at least to the second main surface (), the second main surface () having a recessed portion () provided for each strip-shaped conductor (), the recessed portion () overlapping the strip-shaped conductor () in plan view and having a surface covered with the ground conductor layer ().

Filter device

This invention can reduce the size of a filter device as compared to a conventional filter device having the same coupling degree. A filter device () includes: a substrate (); strip-shaped conductors (to); and a ground conductor layer (), an area facing an area interposed between adjacent ones of the strip-shaped conductors (betweenandand betweenand) having a first recessed portion (recessed portionsand) having a surface covered with the ground conductor layer ().

Filter device comprising a substrate having strip-shaped conductors and ground recesses of lengths longer than the strip-shaped conductors

A splitter-combiner includes a first quarter-wave line, a second quarter-wave line, an absorption resistance, a combining terminal, and a line bending circuit. The line bending circuit includes a line parallel region and a line bending region. The line parallel region has the first quarter-wave line and the second quarter-wave line. The first quarter-wave line and the second quarter-wave line are parallel to each other in the line parallel region. The line bending region has the first quarter-wave line and the second quarter-wave line. The first quarter-wave line and the second quarter-wave line are bent in the same direction as each other in the line bending region.

Splitter-combiner and cascade connection circuit

A digital phase shift circuit includes: a signal line extending in a predetermined direction; two inner lines disposed on both one side and another side of the signal line and separated a predetermined distance from the signal line; two outer lines provided at positions which are farther from the signal line than the inner lines on both the one side and the other side; a first grounding conductor electrically connected to one end of each of the inner lines and the outer lines; and a second grounding conductor electrically connected to other ends of the outer lines, and the predetermined distance is set to be less than 10 μm.

A digital phase shift circuit includes: a basic phase shift circuit including a signal line, a pair of inner lines provided on both sides of the signal line, a pair of outer lines provided outside of the inner lines, a first grounding conductor connected to one ends of the pair of inner lines and the pair of outer lines, a second grounding conductor connected to the other ends of the pair of outer lines, and a pair of electronic switches provided between the other ends of the pair of inner lines and the second grounding conductor; and an output circuit configured to decrease an output load of the basic phase shift circuit in comparison with an input load thereof.

A digital phase shifter includes a plurality of digital phase shift circuits connected in cascade and one or more bend-type connection units each configured to make a connection between two digital phase shift circuits of the plurality of digital phase shift circuits. Each of the digital phase shift circuits includes at least a signal line, a pair of inner lines provided at both sides of the signal line, a pair of outer lines provided outside of the inner lines, a first ground conductor connected to one ends of the inner lines and the outer lines, a second ground conductor connected to the other ends of the outer lines, and a pair of electronic switches provided between the other ends of the inner lines and the second ground conductor. Each of the digital phase shift circuits is a circuit set in a low-delay mode in which a return current flows through the inner line or a high-delay mode in which a return current flows through the outer line. The plurality of digital phase shift circuits connected in cascade are arranged in a spiral shape via the connection units.

A connecting portion includes a first connection line configured to connect a signal line of a first digital phase shift circuit and a signal line of a second digital phase shift circuit, second connection lines configured to connect inner lines of the first digital phase shift circuit and inner lines of the second digital phase shift circuit, ground layers disposed above and below the first connection line and the second connection lines, and first via holes configured to connect at least the second connection lines and the ground layers.

A digital phase shifter includes a first row, a second row arranged to extend in parallel to the first row, and a connection unit electrically connecting one ends of the first and second rows. Each of the first and second rows is configured by connecting a plurality of digital phase shift circuits in cascade, and each digital phase shift circuit includes an outer line and the like. For the digital phase shift circuits adjacent to each other in each of the first and second rows, outer lines adjacent to each other are separated, a first ground conductor and a second ground conductor adjacent to each other are separated, and positional relationships of the outer line to a signal line are reversed. A plurality of the outer lines included in the first row are not adjacent to a plurality of the outer lines included in the second row.

A digital phase shifter of the present invention is a digital phase shifter in which digital phase shift circuits are cascade-connected, each of the digital phase shift circuits including a signal line, a pair of inner lines provided on both sides of the signal line, a pair of outer lines provided on outer sides of the inner lines, a first ground conductor connected to one ends of the inner lines and one ends of the outer lines, a second ground conductor connected to the other ends of the outer lines, and a pair of electronic switches provided between the other ends of the inner lines and the second ground conductors. The digital phase shift circuits include a multi-row structure constituted by a front row and a rear row, and an inter-row connection structure in which the outer line in the front row and the outer line in the rear row are connected, and the number of the digital phase shift circuits from an input end of an uppermost side digital phase shift circuit in the front row to an input end of an uppermost side digital phase shift circuit in the rear row is set such that a phase of a signal input to the front row uppermost side digital phase shift circuit and a phase of a signal input to the rear row uppermost side digital phase shift circuit are anti-phase with each other.

A digital phase shift circuit includes: a signal line that extends in a predetermined direction; a first inner line that is separated from a first side of the signal line; a second inner line that is separated from a second side of the signal line; an outer line that is provided at a position which is farther from the signal line than the first inner line or the second inner line on a first side or a second side; a first grounding conductor that is provided at each of first ends of the first inner line, the second inner line, and the outer line; a second grounding conductor that is provided at a second end of the outer line; a first electronic switch that is provided between a second end of the first inner line and the second grounding conductor; and a second electronic switch that is provided between a second end of the second inner line and the second grounding conductor.

A digital phase shifter of the present invention is a digital phase shifter in which digital phase shift circuits are cascade-connected, each of the digital phase shift circuits including a signal line, a pair of inner lines provided on both sides of the signal line, a pair of outer lines provided on outer sides of the inner lines, a first ground conductor connected to one ends of the inner lines and one ends of the outer lines, a second ground conductor connected to the other ends of the outer lines, and a pair of electronic switches provided between the other ends of the inner lines and the second ground conductor. The digital phase shift circuits include a multi-row structure constituted by a front row and a rear row, the front row and the rear row are adjacent to each other, and the ground pattern is connected to the front row at one point.

The power splitter-combiner () includes one combining terminal (), two split terminals (), an absorption resistance () connected between the two split terminals, a first transmission line () connected between the combining terminal and one split terminal of the two split terminals, a second transmission line () connected between the combining terminal and the other split terminal of the two split terminals and having a length shorter than that of the first transmission line, and at least one first open stub () connected to the second transmission line.

Power splitter-combiner

A mode converter which converts between a mode of a post-wall waveguide and a mode of a line in which a strip-shaped conductor is formed on another substrate different from a substrate of the post-wall waveguide, is less likely to cause a transmission failure resulting from a change in environmental temperature. A mode converter () includes: a post-wall waveguide (PW) in which an opening () is provided in a wide wall (conductor layer); a dielectric substrate () having a main surface on which a strip-shaped conductor () is formed; and a joining member (solder) joining the wide wall (conductor layer) and the substrate (), wherein in a plan view, the opening () and the strip-shaped conductor () overlap each other.

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Sakura, Japan

Yusuke Uemichi