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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Masahiro Mimura, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsuo Makimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/112 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/112 ;
Abstract
Two conducting lines are arranged in a ring form in a TEM-mode transmission line. The end of one of the lines is connected to the end of the other line with opposite polarity, thus forming a resonator for resonation in a half-wavelength mode. This structure, free of line discontinuity which lowers the Q value, can provide a resonator having a high Q value equivalent to that of the one-wavelength resonator. Moreover, it is satisfactory to provide a half of a length of the one-wavelength resonator. Accordingly, the structure of the resonator has reduced size but little Q-value deterioration.