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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2002
Tomiya Sonoda, Yokohama, JP;
Toshiro Hiratsuka, Machida, JP;
Yutaka Sasaki, Yokohama, JP;
Kiyoshi Kanagawa, Yokohama, JP;
Keiichi Hirose, Sagamihara, JP;
Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Kyoto-fu, JP;
Abstract
A band-pass filter includes electrodes formed on both upper and lower surfaces of a dielectric plate, and a plurality of non-electrode portions on the upper and lower surfaces of the dielectric plate so that the non-electrode portions face each other across the dielectric plate to form resonators in regions confined by the non-electrode portions on the dielectric plate. The resonators other than at least input- and output-stage resonators are n&lgr;2 resonators, where &lgr; denotes one wavelength and n is an integer more than one. The first- and second-stage resonators, and the third- and fourth-stage resonators are magnetically (inductively) coupled, and the second- and third-stage resonators are capacitively or inductively coupled. The band-pass filter therefore provides satisfactory attenuation characteristic from the pass band to the stop band, and can also be compact and lightweight.