Detailed Description
The technical solution of the embodiment of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings of the present invention.
As shown in fig. 1, the cross-coupled filter disclosed by the present invention includes a resonant structure 1, where the resonant structure 1 specifically includes a plurality of rows of resonant units and a plurality of columns of resonant units, and each row of resonant units and each column of resonant units further include a plurality of resonators 12. In practice, as shown in fig. 12, the resonant structure 1 may be an integral frame structure (i.e. the resonator is added with the frame 6 and connected into an integral form), and the frame-integrated resonant structure 1 has the advantages of simple assembly, good assembly tolerance consistency and capability of maintaining stable product quality. Or a split structure without a frame, as shown in fig. 1 and 17, the multiple rows of resonance unit split bodies of the resonance structure 1 are fixed in a frame 6 (for example, by fixing members such as screws).
In addition, the multiple rows of resonant cells of the resonant structure 1 can be located on the same plane, i.e., on the same layer, when implemented, and the structure can greatly reduce the size of the filter in the height direction. It is also possible to arrange several rows of resonator elements in layers, i.e. not in the same plane. As shown in fig. 1 and 2, each row of resonant units is vertically fixed in the frame 6, and the multiple rows of resonant units are arranged in parallel in the longitudinal direction of the frame 6 (i.e., in the front-rear direction of the frame 6); as shown in fig. 6, 9, 10, and 15, the plurality of rows of resonant units are located on the same plane.
As shown in fig. 5, 8 and 9, the minimum resonance structure a of the filter of the present invention is a 4-order filter, and specifically, the minimum resonance structure a is composed of two rows of adjacent resonance units and two columns of adjacent resonance units, where each row of resonance units and each column of resonance units have two resonators. In the implementation, the filter may be directly the minimum resonance structure a, that is, the filter is a 4-order filter, or the minimum resonance structure a is formed in other multi-order (e.g., 6-order, 8-order, etc.) filters higher than 4-order, and the position of the minimum resonance structure a in the filter is not limited, specifically, in two adjacent rows of resonance units, two adjacent resonators in any one row of resonance units and two adjacent resonators in the other row and the two adjacent resonators in the same column respectively form the minimum resonance structure.
In practice, the coupling polarity, arrangement, etc. between other resonators 12 in the filter except for the minimum resonant structure a may not be limited in the present invention.
In addition, the shape design of the resonators 12 and their arrangement within the frame 6 determine the manner of coupling between the resonators 12. In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 1, each resonator 12 is a cylindrical structure as a whole, and specifically includes a resonant head 121, a resonant middle 122, and a resonant tail 123, where the resonant head 121 is a portion of the resonator 12 with the strongest electric coupling strength, and conversely, the resonant tail 123 is a portion of the resonator 12 with the strongest magnetic coupling strength. Preferably, the width of the resonance head 121 is wider than the widths of the resonance middle 122 and the resonance tail 123, so that the volume of the resonator 12 can be further reduced under the same frequency requirement. Of course, resonator structures having multiple bends are equally applicable to the present invention.
The plurality of rows of resonators 12 are arranged along a signal transmission path in the frame 6, and the signal transmission path may be U-shaped or S-shaped, or a curved path formed by a plurality of consecutive U-shaped or S-shaped resonators. The coupling manner of two adjacent resonators 12 on the signal transmission path is determined by the shape and mutual arrangement position of the two. It should be explained that the coupling of a general TEM (transverse electromagnetic mode) mode filter is the coexistence of electric coupling and magnetic coupling, and when the coupling amount of one of the two couplings is much larger than that of the other, the larger one is called dominant coupling, and the mode of dominant coupling in the filter of the present invention can be determined by the arrangement position of the two coupled resonators. If the coupling amount of the two is mainly generated by the resonance head, the main coupling is mainly electric coupling, if the coupling amount of the two is mainly generated by the resonance tail, the main coupling is magnetic coupling, and if the magnitude difference between the electric coupling amount and the magnetic coupling amount is not large, the electromagnetic hybrid coupling is realized.
When the resonators in the same row are transversely arranged, the resonators in the same column are longitudinally arranged, and signals can be transmitted along one direction (namely, transversely or longitudinally); when the resonators in the same row are longitudinally arranged, the resonators in the same column are transversely arranged, and signals can also be transmitted along one direction firstly.
As shown in fig. 18a, the filter is a 4-order filter, and specifically includes a first cover plate 2, a second cover plate 3, and a minimum resonance structure, where, as shown in fig. 18b, the minimum resonance structure is composed of two rows of resonance units and two columns of resonance units, that is, includes 4 resonators, which are respectively defined as 12a, 12b, 12c, and 12d, and at this time, the same row is a resonator arranged in the transverse direction, the same column is a resonator arranged in the longitudinal direction, and signals are transmitted along the longitudinal direction first. The two resonators 12 in the same row of the minimum resonant structure are mainly electrically coupled or magnetically coupled. In the minimum resonance structure shown in fig. 18a, the resonators 12a and 12d in the same row are mainly electrically coupled, and the resonators 12b and 12c in the same row are mainly magnetically coupled.
For convenience of description, two resonators 12 in the same row in this embodiment are defined as one group. And two adjacent resonators 12 in the same column are electromagnetically and mixedly coupled, and the coupling polarities of the two groups of resonators 12 in the two rows of resonance units are opposite. The coupling polarities include the above-mentioned electric coupling and magnetic coupling, that is, the coupling polarities of the two groups of resonators 12 of the two rows of resonance units, one group of coupling modes is mainly electric coupling, and the other group of coupling modes is mainly magnetic coupling. In addition, at least one cross coupling is formed in the two rows of resonators 12 of the two rows of resonance units, as shown in fig. 18 c.
As shown in fig. 5, 8 and 9, in a specific embodiment, when the resonators arranged in the same row are arranged in the transverse direction, the resonators arranged in the same column are arranged in the longitudinal direction, and signals are transmitted along the transverse direction first, the two resonators 12 in the same row of the minimum resonant structure a are mainly electrically coupled or magnetically coupled, and for convenience of description, the two resonators 12 in the same row in this embodiment are defined as a group. And two adjacent resonators 12 in the same column are electromagnetically and mixedly coupled, and the coupling polarities of the two groups of resonators 12 in the two rows of resonance units are opposite. The coupling polarities include the above-mentioned electric coupling and magnetic coupling, that is, the coupling polarities of the two groups of resonators 12 of the two rows of resonance units, one group of coupling modes is mainly electric coupling, and the other group of coupling modes is mainly magnetic coupling. In addition, at least one cross coupling is formed in the two rows of resonators 12 of the two rows of resonance units.
Specifically, in this embodiment, the resonance tails 123 of two resonators 12 in the same row of the minimum resonance structure a are connected or opposite to each other, or the resonance heads 121 are arranged oppositely to each other, and when the resonance tails 123 are connected or opposite to each other, the coupling formed is mainly magnetic coupling; when the resonant heads 121 are oppositely arranged, the coupling is mainly electrical coupling. The two resonators 12 in the same column are arranged in parallel or approximately in parallel, but the directions of the resonance heads 121 or the resonance tails 123 of the two resonators are opposite, and if the resonance head 121 of one resonator 12 faces to the left, the resonance head 121 of the other resonator faces to the right, of course, the two resonators 12 in the same column are not limited to the arrangement structure in which the resonators face opposite directions, as long as the electromagnetic hybrid coupling of the two resonators can be realized. And the coupling polarities of the two groups of resonators 12 of the two rows of resonance units are opposite, specifically, if the resonance heads 121 of the two resonators 12 (i.e., one group of resonators) in one row are arranged oppositely to form a mainly electric coupling, and the resonance tails 123 of the two resonators (i.e., the other group of resonators) in the other row are connected or opposite to form a mainly magnetic coupling, the two groups of resonators 12 of the two rows of resonance units are not limited to the arrangement structure described herein, as long as the two adjacent groups of resonators in the two adjacent rows are distributed in a structure in which the mainly electric coupling and the mainly magnetic coupling are alternated.
In addition, the other resonators 12 in the filter may be extended according to the coupling manner between the resonators 12 in this embodiment, and extended to have a filter structure with at least two rows and at least two columns of resonators 12. Specifically, two adjacent resonators 12 in the same row are mainly electrically coupled or magnetically coupled; two adjacent resonators 12 in the same column are coupled by electromagnetic mixing, the coupling polarities of two adjacent resonators 12 in the same row are opposite and/or the coupling polarities of two adjacent resonators 12 in two adjacent rows are opposite, and at least one cross coupling is formed in the resonators 12 in multiple columns of the multiple rows of resonance units.
As shown in fig. 12 and fig. 15, in another specific alternative embodiment, when the resonators arranged in the same row are arranged in the transverse direction and the resonators arranged in the same column are arranged in the longitudinal direction, and the signal starts to transmit along the longitudinal direction, the electromagnetic hybrid coupling between two resonators 12 in the same column of the minimum resonant structure a, that is, the electric coupling and the magnetic coupling of two adjacent resonators 12 reach the value of forming the electromagnetic hybrid coupling. Two adjacent resonators 12 in the same row are mainly electrically coupled or magnetically coupled, and for convenience of description, two resonators 12 in the same row are defined as a group in this embodiment. And the coupling polarities of the two groups of resonators 12 of the two rows of resonance units are opposite. In addition, at least one cross coupling is formed in the two rows of resonators 12 of the two rows of resonance units.
Specifically, two resonators 12 in the same column are arranged in parallel or approximately in parallel, but the resonant heads 121 or the resonant tails 123 of the two resonators are oriented oppositely; the resonance tail parts 123 of the two resonators in the same row are connected or the resonance head parts 121 are oppositely arranged; the arrangement of the two groups of resonators 12 of the two rows of resonance units is the same as the above explanation, and is not described herein.
Similarly, the other resonators 12 in the filter may also be extended according to the coupling manner between the resonators 12 in this alternative embodiment, so as to extend into a filter structure having at least two rows and at least two columns of resonators 12. Specifically, two adjacent resonators 12 in the same column are all electromagnetically mixed and coupled; the adjacent two resonators 12 in the same row are mainly electrically coupled or magnetically coupled, and the coupling polarities of the two adjacent groups of resonators 12 in the same row are opposite and/or the coupling polarities of the two adjacent groups of resonators 12 in two adjacent columns are opposite, and at least one cross coupling is formed. The cross-coupling generates a transmission zero on the left and right sides of the bandwidth, respectively, and the number of cross-couplings can be increased to increase the number of zeros according to the number of resonators 12. The cross coupling between the resonators 12 of the present invention can be achieved without additional structural members, but additional structural members (such as metal rods, insulators, and other supporting members, not shown) can be added between two adjacent resonators 12 forming the cross coupling according to circumstances, so as to further increase the amount of cross coupling.
Further, the filter further includes a cover plate disposed on the resonance structure, a closed filtering cavity is formed between the cover plate and the resonance structure, in implementation, the cover plate may include a first cover plate 2 and a second cover plate 3 respectively covering end surfaces on two sides of the resonance structure, the structures of the first cover plate 2 and the second cover plate 3 are substantially the same, the structure of the first cover plate 2 is specifically described herein, and the second cover plate 3 is not described in detail, which can refer to the description of the first cover plate 2 below. As shown in fig. 11, the first cover plate 2 includes a plurality of protrusions 21 disposed on a lower end surface thereof, i.e., a surface adjacent to the resonant structure 1, at least one shielding wall 23, and at least one connection post 24. The protruding portion 21 extends from the lower end surface of the first cover plate 2 toward the direction close to the resonant structure 1, and the position of the protruding portion 21 on the first cover plate 2 corresponds to the position of the resonant head 121 of the resonator 12, that is, the protruding portion 21 is disposed on the lower end surface of the first cover plate 2 corresponding to the position of the resonant head 121 of the resonator, so that the distance between the first cover plate 2 and the resonant head 121 of the resonator 12 is shortened, because the closer to the resonator 12, the larger the distributed capacitance is, the lower the resonant frequency is, so that the length of the resonator can be effectively shortened, and the size of the filter can be relatively reduced, thereby realizing the miniaturization of the filter.
The first cover 2 is formed with a plurality of recesses 22 corresponding to the protrusions 21, and the recesses 22 are formed at positions on the first cover 2 corresponding to the positions of the resonance tails 123 of the resonators 12, that is, the recesses 22 are formed at positions on the lower end surface of the first cover 2 corresponding to the positions of the resonance tails 123 of the resonators 12, so that the space between the resonance tails 123 and the first cover 2 is enlarged.
The shielding wall 23 is disposed between two adjacent resonators 12 for adjusting the coupling strength between the two resonators 12, although the coupling strength between the resonators 12 can be adjusted by the distance between the resonators 12, this may result in a larger filter volume, and the provision of the shielding wall 23 does not affect the filter volume based on the adjustable coupling strength between the resonators 12.
The connecting column 24 is disposed between two adjacent resonators 12 in the same row and connects the first and second cover plates 2 and 3. The provision of the connecting studs 24 improves the harmonic characteristics of the filter. The attachment posts 24 are implemented on either the first cover plate or the second cover plate.
In addition, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the frame 6 may further include a plurality of tuning screws 7, which pass through the upper end surface of the frame 6 and extend into the upper side of the corresponding resonator 12 at the lower end thereof, for adjusting the resonant frequency of the resonator 12; and a coupling adjusting screw 8 which penetrates through the upper end surface of the filter frame 6 and the lower end of which extends into the space between two adjacent resonators 12 and is used for adjusting the coupling amount between the resonators 12.
The signal input port 4 and the signal output port 5 are respectively provided at both ends of the above-mentioned signal transmission path, and the arrangement positions thereof may be different according to the difference of the signal transmission path.
The following description will be made of the structure of the cross-coupled filter of the present invention in terms of several embodiments.
Example 1
Referring to fig. 1 to 3, a cross-coupled filter according to embodiment 1 of the present invention includes a resonant structure 1, a first cover plate 2, and a second cover plate 3, wherein the first cover plate 2 and the second cover plate 3 are respectively covered on front and rear side surfaces of a frame 6, so as to form a closed filter cavity in the frame, and the resonant structure 1 is separately installed in the frame 6. The structures of the first cover plate 2 and the second cover plate 3 can be referred to the above description, and are not described again here. The structure of the lower resonant structure 1 will be described in detail below.
As shown in fig. 3, the filter formed by the resonant structure 1 of embodiment 1 of the present invention is a 6-order filter, which includes two rows of resonant units, where the two rows of resonant units are not on the same plane, and specifically, are layered along the front-back direction of the frame 6. Each row of resonance units is vertically arranged in the frame 6 (i.e. in the up-down direction of the frame 6), and each row of resonance units includes 3 resonators 12, i.e. 6 resonators 12 are arranged in the frame, and for convenience of description, the 6 resonators are defined as resonator 12a and resonator 12b … … resonator 12f, where resonator 12a to resonator 12c are in a row, and resonator 12d to resonator 12f are in a row. The structure of each resonator is as described above and will not be described in detail here.
The 6 resonators are arranged in the frame along a U-shaped signal transmission path, specifically, a signal is input from the resonator 12a, sequentially passes through the resonators 12b to 12e, and is finally output from the resonator 12f, that is, the signal input port of this embodiment 1 is electrically connected to the resonator 12a, and the signal output port is electrically connected to the resonator 12 f.
Wherein, an electric coupling is mainly formed and a magnetic coupling is mainly formed between the resonators 12a and 12b, and between the resonators 12b and 12c in the same row, that is, the electric coupling is mainly formed and the magnetic coupling is mainly formed; an alternating coupling in which the electric coupling is dominant and the magnetic coupling is dominant, that is, the electric coupling is dominant and the magnetic coupling is dominant, is formed between the resonators 12d and 12e in the same row and between the resonators 12e and 12f, respectively.
The resonators 12a and 12f, the resonators 12b and 12e, and the resonators 12c and 12d in the same column are all electromagnetically mixed coupled, and the coupling polarity (specifically, the electric coupling is dominant) between the resonators 12a and 12b in the two rows is opposite to the coupling polarity (specifically, the magnetic coupling is dominant) between the resonators 12f and 12e, and the coupling polarity (specifically, the magnetic coupling is dominant) between the resonators 12b and 12c in the two rows is opposite to the coupling polarity (specifically, the electric coupling is dominant) between the resonators 12e and 12 d.
And cross coupling (defined as first cross coupling) is generated between the resonators 12b and 12e in the same column. Cross coupling (defined as second cross coupling) is also generated between the resonators 12a and 12f in the same column, that is, two cross couplings are formed in the filter of this embodiment 1, and each cross coupling generates one transmission zero on the left and right sides of the bandwidth, so that four transmission zeros are generated in total, as shown in fig. 4.
Specifically, the resonance tail of the resonator 12a faces the left side wall of the frame 6 and is fixed to the frame by a fixing screw, the resonance head is opposite to the resonance head of the resonator 12b, the resonance tail of the resonator 12b is connected to the resonance tail of the resonator 12c, and the resonance head of the resonator 12c faces the right side wall of the frame 6. The resonator 12d of the other row has a resonant tail facing the right side wall of the frame 6 and a resonant head opposite the resonant head of the resonator 12e, the resonant tail of the resonator 12e is connected to the resonant tail of the resonator 12f, and the resonant head of the resonator 12f faces the left side wall of the frame 6. Thus, the resonators 12a and 12f in the same column, the resonators 12b and 12e in the same column, and the resonators 12c and 12d in the same column are oriented in opposite directions.
Preferably, a partition wall 61 is further disposed in the frame 6 between the two rows of resonant cells, and at least one coupling window 62 is disposed on the partition wall for coupling the two rows of resonant cells.
Example 2
As shown in fig. 5, a cross-coupled filter according to embodiment 2 of the present invention is an alternative implementation of embodiment 1, and the filter formed by the resonant structure 1 according to embodiment 2 of the present invention is also a 6-order filter, and includes two rows of resonant units, where the two rows of resonant units are not on the same plane, and specifically are layered along the front-back direction of the frame. Unlike embodiment 1, the resonator 12a, the resonator 12b, the resonator 12f, and the resonator 12e in embodiment 2 constitute the minimum resonance structure a described above. In the minimum resonance structure a, the resonators 12a and 12b in the same row are mainly electrically coupled, the resonators 12f and 12e in the same row are mainly magnetically coupled, and cross coupling occurs between the resonators 12a and 12 f.
The coupling mode of the other resonators except for the minimum resonance structure a is not limited.
Specifically, the resonance tail of the resonator 12a faces the right side wall of the frame 6, the resonance head is opposite to the resonance head of the resonator 12b, the resonance tail of the resonator 12b is connected to the resonance tail of the resonator 12c, and the resonance head of the resonator 12c faces the left side wall of the frame 6. The resonator 12d has a resonance head facing the left side wall of the frame 6, a resonance tail opposite to the resonance head of the resonator 12e, the resonance tail of the resonator 12e is connected to the resonance tail of the resonator 12f, and the resonance head of the resonator 12f faces the right side wall of the frame 6.
Example 3
As shown in fig. 6, a cross-coupled filter according to embodiment 3 of the present invention is also an alternative to embodiment 1 described above. Different from embodiment 1, the two rows of resonant units in embodiment 3 are located on the same plane, and the arrangement structure and the coupling manner of the other 6 resonators are the same as those in embodiment 1, and are not described herein again.
Example 4
The cross-coupling filter of embodiment 4 of the present invention includes a resonant structure 1, a frame 6, a signal input port 4, and a signal output port 5, where the resonant structure 1 is separately installed in the frame 6. The structure of the lower resonant structure 1 will be described in detail below.
As shown in fig. 7, the filter formed by the resonant structure 1 of embodiment 4 of the present invention is an 8-order filter, which includes two rows of resonant units, where the two rows of resonant units are not on the same plane, and specifically, are layered along the front-back direction of the frame 6. Each row of resonance units is vertically arranged in the frame 6 (i.e. in the up-down direction of the frame 6), and each row of resonance units includes 4 resonators 12, i.e. 8 resonators 12 are arranged in the frame 6, and for convenience of description, the 8 resonators are defined as resonator 12a and resonator 12b … … resonator 12h, where the resonators 12a to 12d are in a row, and the resonators 12e to 12h are in a row. The structure of each resonator is as described above and will not be described in detail here.
The 8 resonators are arranged in the frame according to a U-shaped signal transmission path, specifically, a signal is input from the resonator 12a, sequentially passes through the resonators 12b to 12g, and is finally output from the resonator 12h, that is, the signal input port 4 of this embodiment 4 is electrically connected to the resonator 12a, and the signal output port 5 is electrically connected to the resonator 12 h.
Magnetic coupling, mainly magnetic coupling and mainly electric coupling, namely alternative coupling mainly magnetic coupling and mainly electric coupling are respectively formed between the resonators 12a and 12b, between the resonators 12b and 12c, between the resonators 12c and 12d in the same row; alternate couplings mainly including electric coupling, magnetic coupling and electric coupling, that is, mainly including electric coupling and magnetic coupling, are formed between the resonators 12h and 12g, between the resonators 12g and 12f, and between the resonators 12f and 12e in the same row, respectively.
Electromagnetic hybrid coupling is provided between the resonators 12a and 12h, between the resonators 12b and 12g, between the resonators 12c and 12f, and between the resonators 12d and 12e in the same column, and the polarity of coupling (specifically magnetic coupling is dominant) between the resonators 12a and 12b in the two banks is opposite to the polarity of coupling (specifically electrical coupling is dominant) between the resonator 12h and the resonator 12g, and the coupling polarity (specifically, the electric coupling is dominant) between the resonator 12b and the resonator 12c located in the two banks is opposite to the coupling polarity (specifically, the magnetic coupling is dominant) between the resonator 12g and the resonator 12f, and the coupling polarity (specifically, the magnetic coupling is dominant) between the resonator 12c and the resonator 12d located in the two banks is opposite to the coupling polarity (specifically, the magnetic coupling is dominant) between the resonator 12f and the resonator 12 e.
And cross coupling (defined as first cross coupling) is generated between the resonators 12c and 12f of the same column. Cross coupling (defined as second cross coupling) also occurs between the resonators 12b and 12g in the same column. Cross coupling (defined as third cross coupling) is also generated between the resonators 12a and 12h in the same column, that is, three cross couplings are formed in the filter of this embodiment 4, and each cross coupling generates one transmission zero on the left and right sides of the bandwidth, thereby generating six transmission zeros in total, as shown in fig. 7.
Specifically, the resonance head of the resonator 12a faces the left side wall of the frame 6, the resonance tail is connected to the resonance tail of the resonator 12b, the resonance head of the resonator 12b is opposite to the resonance head of the resonator 12c, the resonance tail of the resonator 12c is connected to the resonance tail of the resonator 12d, and the resonance head of the resonator 12d faces the right side wall of the frame 6. The resonator 12e of the other row has a resonance tail facing the right side wall of the frame 6, a resonance head facing the resonance head of the resonator 12f, the resonance tail of the resonator 12f being connected to the resonance tail of the resonator 12g, the resonance head of the resonator 12g facing the resonance head of the resonator 12h, and the resonator 12h facing the left side wall of the frame 6. In this way, the resonators 12a and 12h in the same column, the resonators 12b and 12g in the same column, the resonators 12c and 12f in the same column, and the resonators 12d and 12e in the same column are oriented in opposite directions.
Also, preferably, a partition wall 6 is disposed in the frame 6 between the two rows of resonant cells, and at least one coupling window 61 for coupling the two rows of resonant cells is disposed on the partition wall 6.
Example 5
As shown in fig. 8, a cross-coupled filter according to embodiment 5 of the present invention is an alternative implementation of embodiment 4, and the filter formed by the resonant structure 1 according to embodiment 4 of the present invention is also an 8-order filter, and includes two rows of resonant units, where the two rows of resonant units are not on the same plane, and specifically are layered along the front-back direction of the frame. Unlike embodiment 4, the resonator 12a, the resonator 12b, the resonator 12h, and the resonator 12g in embodiment 5 constitute the above-described minimum resonance structure a. In the minimum resonance structure a, the resonators 12a and 12b in the same row are mainly electrically coupled, and the resonators 12h and 12g in the same row are mainly magnetically coupled.
In addition to the minimum resonance structure a, the resonators 12c and 12d in the same row are mainly electrically coupled, and the resonators 12f and 12e in the same row are mainly electrically coupled; the resonators 12f and 12g in the same row are electromagnetically coupled to each other, and the resonators 12b and 12c in the same row are mainly magnetically coupled to each other.
Specifically, the resonance tail of the resonator 12a faces the left side wall of the frame 6, the resonance head is opposite to the resonance head of the resonator 12b, the resonance tail of the resonator 12b is connected to the resonance tail of the resonator 12c, the resonance head of the resonator 12c is opposite to the resonance head of the resonator 12d, and the resonator 12d faces the right side wall of the frame 6. The resonator 12e has a resonance head facing the right side wall of the frame 6, the resonance head being opposite to the resonance head of the resonator 12f, the resonance tail of the resonator 12f being opposite to the resonance head of the resonator 12g, the resonance tail of the resonator 12g being connected to the resonance tail of the resonator 12h, and the resonance tail of the resonator 12h facing the left side wall of the frame 6.
Example 6
As shown in fig. 9, a cross-coupled filter according to embodiment 6 of the present invention is an alternative to embodiment 5. Different from embodiment 5, the two rows of resonant units in this embodiment 6 are located on the same plane, and the arrangement structure and the coupling manner of the other 6 resonators are the same as those in embodiment 1, which is not described herein again.
Example 7
Referring to fig. 10 to 12, a cross-coupled filter according to embodiment 7 of the present invention includes a resonant structure, and the resonant structure 1 is an integral frame structure. The structure of the lower resonant structure 1 will be described in detail below.
The filter formed by the resonant structure 1 of embodiment 7 of the present invention is a 6-order filter, which includes a frame 6 and three rows of resonant units integrally formed in the frame 6, each row of resonant units includes 2 resonators 12, that is, 6 resonators 12 are disposed in the frame, and for convenience of description, the 6 resonators are defined as resonator 12a and resonator 12b … … resonator 12f, respectively, where resonator 12a and resonator 12f are in a row, resonator 12b and resonator 12e are in a row, and resonator 12c and resonator 12d are in a row. The structure of each resonator is as described above and will not be described in detail here.
The three rows of resonators 12 are distributed in the frame in the front-rear direction of the front and rear side walls of the frame 6. And 6 resonators are arranged in the frame according to a U-shaped signal transmission path, specifically, a signal is input from the resonator 12a, sequentially passes through the resonators 12b to 12e, and is finally output from the resonator 12f, that is, the signal input port of this embodiment 1 is electrically connected to the resonator 12a, and the signal output port is electrically connected to the resonator 12 f.
Wherein, the resonators 12a and 12b in the same column, the resonators 12b and 12c in the same row are electromagnetically mixed coupled, the resonators 12c and 12d in the same row are mainly electrically coupled, the resonators 12d and 12e in the same column and the resonators 12e and 12f in the same row are also electromagnetically mixed coupled, the cross coupling (defined as the first cross coupling) generated between the resonators 12b and 12e in the same row is mainly magnetically coupled, the cross coupling (defined as the second cross coupling) between the resonators 12a and 12f in the same row is mainly electrically coupled, and the magnetic coupling between the resonators 12b and 12e is mainly opposite, that is, the electrical couplings between the resonators 12c and 12d, the resonators 12b and 12e, and the resonators 12a and 12f are mainly electrically coupled, respectively, The magnetic coupling is dominant and the electrical coupling is dominant, i.e. an alternating coupling in which the electrical coupling is dominant and the magnetic coupling is dominant. This embodiment 1 forms two cross-couplings, each of which generates one transmission zero on the left and right sides of the bandwidth, thereby generating four transmission zeros in total, as shown in fig. 13.
Specifically, the resonant tail 123 of the resonator 12a is integrally formed with the left side wall of the frame 6, the resonant head 121 is opposite to the resonant head 121 of the resonator 12f, a coupling gap is provided between the two resonant heads 121, and the resonant tail 123 of the resonator 12f is integrally formed with the right side wall of the frame 6; the resonator 12b and the resonance tail 123 of the resonator 12e are connected and integrally formed with the rear side wall of the frame 6, and a coupling window is arranged on the connection part of the resonator 12b and the resonator 12e with the rear side wall of the frame 6 for cross coupling between the resonator 12a and the resonance head 121 of the resonator 12f, and the resonance head 121 faces the left side wall and the right side wall of the frame 6 respectively and is not in contact with the left side wall and the right side wall; the resonance tail 123 of the resonator 12c is integrally formed with the left side wall of the frame 6, the resonance head 121 is opposed to the resonance head 121 of the resonator 12d with a coupling gap between the two resonance heads 121, and the resonance tail 123 of the resonator 12d is integrally formed with the right side wall of the frame 6.
Preferably, in order to increase the amount of cross-coupling between the resonator 12a and the resonator 12f, the above-described additional structural members connecting the resonator 12a and the resonator 12f may be added to increase the amount of coupling therebetween, as the case may be.
Example 8
Referring to fig. 14 and 15, a cross-coupled filter according to embodiment 8 of the present invention includes a resonant structure 1, an upper cover plate 2, a lower cover plate 3, a signal input port 4, and a signal output port 5, where the filter formed by the resonant structure according to embodiment 5 of the present invention is an 8-order filter, which includes a frame 6 and two rows of resonant units integrally formed in the frame 6, each row of resonant units includes 4 resonators, that is, 8 resonators are disposed in the frame, and referring to fig. 15, for convenience of description, the 8 resonators are defined as a resonator 12a and a resonator 12b … … resonator 12h, where the resonator 12a, the resonator 12d, the resonator 12e, and the resonator 12h are in a row, and the resonator 12b, the resonator 12c, the resonator 12f, and the resonator 12g are in a row. The structure of each resonator is as described above and will not be described in detail here.
The two rows of resonators are distributed in the frame along the front-back direction of the front and back side walls of the frame. And 8 resonators are arranged in the frame in a plurality of signal transmission paths formed in a continuous S-shape, specifically, a signal is input from the resonator 12a, sequentially passes through the resonators 12b to 12g, and is finally output from the resonator 12h, that is, the signal input port of this embodiment 5 is electrically connected to the resonator 12a, and the signal output port is electrically connected to the resonator 12 h.
Electromagnetic hybrid coupling is respectively performed between the resonators 12a and 12b in the same column, between the resonator 12c and 12d, between the resonator 12e and 12f, and between the resonator 12g and 12h, magnetic coupling is mainly performed between the resonators 12b and 12c in the same row, cross coupling (defined as first cross coupling) generated between the resonator 12a and the resonator 12d is mainly performed by electric coupling, and magnetic coupling between the resonator 12b and the resonator 12c is mainly opposite to that between the resonator 12b and the resonator 12 c; the resonator 12f and the resonator 12g in the same row are mainly magnetically coupled, and the cross coupling (defined as the second cross coupling) generated between the resonator 12e and the resonator 12h is mainly electrically coupled, which is mainly opposite to the magnetic coupling between the resonator 12f and the resonator 12 g. That is, a magnetic coupling, a primary electric coupling, and a primary electric coupling are formed between the resonator 12b and the resonator 12c, between the resonator 12a and the resonator 12d, between the resonator 12d and the resonator 12e, between the resonator 12c and the resonator 12f, between the resonator 12f and the resonator 12g, and between the resonator 12e and the resonator 12h, respectively, that is, the magnetic coupling and the electric coupling are alternately coupled. This embodiment 8 forms two cross-couplings, each of which generates one transmission zero on the left and right sides of the bandwidth, thereby generating four transmission zeros in total, as shown in fig. 16.
Specifically, the tail 123 of the resonator 12a is integrally formed with the left side wall of the frame 6, the head 121 of the resonator 12d is opposite to the head 121 of the resonator 12d, a coupling gap is formed between the two heads 121, and a shielding wall for adjusting the electrical coupling amount between the two heads 121 of the resonator 12a and the resonator 12d is further disposed between the two heads. The resonator 12b is connected to the two resonant tail portions 123 of the resonator 12c and is integrally formed with the front side wall of the frame 6, with the resonant head portions 121 thereof facing in opposite directions. The resonant tail 123 of the resonator 12d is connected to the resonant tail 123 of the resonator 12e and is integrally formed with the front side wall of the frame 6 with the resonant heads 123 of the two facing oppositely. The resonance head 121 of the resonator 12c is opposed to the resonance head 121 of the resonator 12f, and is separated by a connection portion where the resonator 12d and the resonator 12e are connected to the front side wall of the frame 6. The resonant tail 123 of the resonator 12f is connected to the resonant tail 123 of the resonator 12g and is integrally formed with the front side wall of the frame 6, with the resonant heads 121 of the two facing oppositely. The resonating head 121 of the resonator 12e is opposite to the resonating head 121 of the resonator 12h, a coupling gap is formed between the two resonating heads 121, and a shielding wall 23 for adjusting the electrical coupling amount of the two resonating heads 121 is further disposed between the two resonating heads 121.
Example 9
Referring to fig. 19a and 19b, a cross-coupled filter according to embodiment 9 of the present invention includes a resonant structure 1, a first cover plate 2, and a frame 6, wherein the first cover plate 2 covers front and rear side surfaces of the frame 6, so as to form a closed filter cavity in the frame 6, and the resonant structure 1 is separately installed in the frame 6. The structure of the lower resonant structure 1 will be described in detail below.
As shown in fig. 19b, the filter formed by the resonant structure 1 of embodiment 9 of the present invention is an 8-order filter, which includes two rows of resonant units, and the two rows of resonant units are disposed on the same plane, specifically, along the front-back direction of the frame 6. Each row of resonance units includes 4 resonators 12, that is, 8 resonators 12 are disposed in the frame, and for convenience of description, the 8 resonators are defined as resonator 12a and resonator 12b … … resonator 12h, where resonator 12a to resonator 12d are in a row, and resonator 12e to resonator 12h are in a row. The structure of each resonator is as described above and will not be described in detail here.
The 8 resonators are arranged in the frame according to a U-shaped signal transmission path, specifically, a signal is input from the resonator 12a, sequentially passes through the resonators 12b to 12g, and is finally output from the resonator 12h, that is, the signal input port of this embodiment 9 is electrically connected to the resonator 12a, and the signal output port is electrically connected to the resonator 12 h.
Wherein, the electric coupling is mainly and the magnetic coupling is mainly formed between the resonator 12a and the resonator 12h, and between the resonator 12b and the resonator 12g in the same column, that is, the electric coupling is mainly and the magnetic coupling is mainly alternate coupling; the resonators 12c and 12f in the same column and the resonators 12d and 12e in the same column form alternate coupling mainly including electric coupling and magnetic coupling, that is, mainly including electric coupling and magnetic coupling.
The electromagnetic hybrid coupling is performed between the resonators 12a and 12b, between the resonators 12b and 12c, and between the resonators 12c and 12d in the same row, and the coupling polarity (specifically, the electric coupling is dominant) between the resonators 12a and 12h in the two rows is opposite to the coupling polarity (specifically, the magnetic coupling is dominant) between the resonators 12b and 12g, and the coupling polarity (specifically, the electric coupling is dominant) between the resonators 12c and 12f in the two rows is opposite to the coupling polarity (specifically, the magnetic coupling is dominant) between the resonators 12d and 12 e.
And cross coupling (defined as first cross coupling) is generated between the resonators 12c and 12f of the same column. Cross coupling (defined as second cross coupling) is also generated between the resonator 12b and the resonator 12g in the same column, and cross coupling (defined as third cross coupling) is also generated between the resonator 12a and the resonator 12h in the same column, that is, three cross couplings are formed in the filter of this embodiment 9, and each cross coupling generates one transmission zero on the left and right sides of the bandwidth, respectively, so that six transmission zeros are generated in total, as shown in fig. 19 c.
Specifically, the resonance tail of the resonator 12a faces the rear side wall of the frame 6 and is fixed to the frame by a fixing screw, the resonance head is opposite to the resonance head of the resonator 12h, and the resonance tail of the resonator 12h faces the front side wall of the frame 6 and is fixed to the frame by a fixing screw; the resonant head of the resonator 12b faces the rear side wall of the frame 6, the resonant tail of the resonator 12b is connected to the resonant tail of the resonator 12g, and the resonant head of the resonator 12g faces the front side wall of the frame 6. The resonance tail part of the resonator 12c is fixed on the rear side wall of the frame 6, the resonance head part is opposite to the resonance head part of the resonator 12f, and the resonance tail part of the resonator 12f is fixed on the front side wall of the frame 6; the resonance tail of the resonator 12d is connected to the resonance tail of the resonator 12h, and the resonance heads of the resonator 12d and the resonator 12e face the rear side wall and the front side wall of the frame 6, respectively. Thus, the resonators 12a and 12b, the resonators 12b and 12c, and the resonators 12c and 12d in the same row are oriented oppositely; the resonators 12e and 12f, the resonators 12f and 12g, and the resonators 12g and 12h in the same row are oriented oppositely.
Preferably, a partition wall 61 is further disposed in the frame 6 between the two rows of resonant cells, and at least one coupling window 62 is disposed on the partition wall for coupling the two rows of resonant cells.
In addition to the 6 th order and 8 th order filters described in embodiments 1 to 8, the present invention is applicable to any filter of 4 th order and 4 th order or more.
Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the disclosure of the embodiments, but includes various alternatives and modifications without departing from the scope of the present invention, which is defined by the claims of the present patent application.