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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 22, 1996
Michael Newell, Placitas, NM (US);
Steven S Kear, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Motorola Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
A ceramic block filter (100), having a substantially rectangular block of ceramic material having a top (102), bottom (104), and four side surfaces (106, 108, 110 and 112), and having through-holes (114) running from the top (102) to the bottom surfaces (104); a metallization layer coating on substantially an entire exterior portion of the block and the through-holes (114), with the exception of a part of the top surface (102) of the block being unmetallized; the top surface (102) being beveled at an acute angle with respect to one of the side surfaces of the ceramic block; and coupling input-outputs for providing an input and output for filtering signals.