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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 09, 1997
Seiji Hidaka, Nagaokakyo, JP;
Norifumi Matsui, Kyoto, JP;
Kazuhiko Kubota, Muko, JP;
Tomoyuki Ise, Nagaokakyo, JP;
Abstract
A dielectric resonator device has a dielectric member. Electrodes are respectively formed on the upper and lower surfaces of the dielectric member. The dielectric resonator device resonates at a mode having electric field components in a direction perpendicular to the upper and lower surface of the dielectric member. The electrodes formed on the dielectric member are each formed of a thin film multi layered electrode produced by alternately laminating thin film electrode layers and thin film dielectric layers. Each thin film dielectric layer which is sandwiched between the thin film multi layered electrode layers serves as a dielectric resonator. Accordingly, the thin film multi layered electrode acts as a laminated structure of a plurality of dielectric resonators. Thus, a current distributes over the plurality of thin film electrode layers, thereby alleviating the current concentration on the surface of the dielectric member. As a consequence, conduction losses of the overall resonator unit are reduced.