JP2002305463A - Equipment for sharing antenna switch - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an antenna switch for incorporating a compact, high- performance reception filter, using simple structure. SOLUTION: Antenna switch sharing equipment for digital communication, that connects the antenna to a transmitter or a receiver selectively comprises a laminate that is made of at least two layers of dielectric substrate, a switching apparatus that is mounted to the uppermost surface of the laminate, an antenna terminal that is provided at the laminate, a transmission terminal that is electrically connected to the transmitter for transmitting a transmission signal at a transmission frequency, a reception terminal that is electrically connected to a receiver for receiving a reception signal at a reception frequency that differs from the transmission frequency, and a filter. The filter, antenna terminal, and switch apparatus are electrically connected between the transmission terminal and the reception terminal, and at least a stripline electrode, an inductor electrode, and a capacitor electrode out of components for composing the antenna switch-sharing equipment are formed at the inner layer of the laminate.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a stacked digital communication system used in a radio communication apparatus of a type in which transmission and reception are temporally switched and a single antenna is shared, such as a digital portable telephone. Related to an antenna switch duplexer.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, with the digitization and miniaturization of portable telephones and the like, the practicality of the antenna switch duplexer has attracted attention, and a small, high-performance and multifunctional antenna switch has been required. Hereinafter, an example of the conventional antenna switch duplexer will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 16 shows a conventional antenna switch duplexer 300. Referring to FIG. 16, the anode electrode of the PIN diode 70 is electrically connected via a coupling capacitor 74 to a transmission terminal 79 which is electrically connected to a transmitter 101 having a transmission frequency ft. It is grounded via a high frequency choke circuit composed of a capacitor 75. The cathode electrode of the PIN diode 70 is connected to a receiving terminal 81 that is electrically connected to a receiver 102 having a receiving frequency fr by strip lines 73 and 83.
And a coupling capacitor 77. Here, when the propagation wavelength at the transmission frequency ft is λgt, each of the strip lines 73 and 83 has λgt
It has a length of / 4.

Further, a cathode electrode of the PIN diode 70 is electrically connected to an antenna terminal 80 electrically connected to the antenna 100 via a coupling capacitor 76. The connection point between the two strip lines 73 and 83 is connected to the ground through the anode and cathode electrodes of the PIN diode 71. The connection point between the strip line 83 and the coupling capacitor 77 is a PIN diode 7
2 is connected to ground through the anode and cathode electrodes. Further, a connection point between the inductor 78 and the capacitor 75 is electrically connected to the bias terminal 82. The bias terminal 82 is electrically connected via a switch 200 to a power supply 201 for supplying a positive bias voltage to the PIN diodes 70 to 72 used as a switch device.

The operation of the antenna switch duplexer 300 configured as described above will be described below.

First, the switch 200 is turned off, that is,
When the forward bias voltage is not applied to the bias terminal 82, the PIN diodes 70 to 72 are turned off, and the impedances of the PIN diodes 70 to 72 become almost infinite. Therefore, the antenna terminal 8
Since the impedance in the direction from 0 to the transmission terminal 79 becomes almost infinite, the transmission terminal 79 is electrically disconnected from the antenna terminal 80, while the antenna terminal 80 and the reception terminal 81 are electrically connected. I have.

On the other hand, the switch 200 is turned on, that is, the switch 2 is supplied from the power supply 201 to the bias terminal 82.
00, a positive bias voltage is applied via
Each of the IN diodes 70 to 72 is turned on, and the impedance of each of the PIN diodes 70 to 72 is substantially zero. Therefore, the connection point between the two strip lines 73 and 83 is electrically shorted to the ground via the PIN diode 71. Therefore, the phase at the antenna terminal 80 is shifted by a quarter wavelength of the transmission frequency ft by the strip line 73 and short-circuited. As a result, the antenna terminal 80
Since the impedance when viewed from the direction of the receiving terminal 81 becomes almost infinite, the receiving terminal 81 is separated from the antenna terminal 80 in a high frequency, while the PIN diode 70 is turned on. Electrically connected.

[0008]

However, in the above-described structure, a high isolation characteristic between the transmission terminal and the reception terminal is realized, and the transmission characteristic is not affected by the frequency characteristic on the reception side. In this case, it is necessary to increase the number of strip lines and PIN diodes between the antenna terminal and the receiving terminal. Therefore, there is a problem that it is difficult to reduce the size because the strip line in the antenna switch duplexer becomes long and large. In addition, since the insertion loss on the receiving side increases, a high-performance reception filter with low insertion loss is required to obtain high-performance reception characteristics. As a result, the reception filter becomes large. Had.

An object of the present invention is to provide an antenna switch duplexer having a simple structure, a small size, a high performance, and a built-in reception filter in view of the above problems.

[0010]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above problems, an antenna switch duplexer according to the present invention is a digital communication antenna switch duplexer for selectively connecting an antenna to either a transmitter or a receiver. A laminate comprising two or more dielectric substrates, a switch device mounted on the uppermost surface of the laminate, an antenna terminal provided on the laminate, and transmission for transmitting a transmission signal of a transmission frequency. A transmission terminal electrically connected to a receiver, a reception terminal electrically connected to a receiver that receives a reception signal having a reception frequency different from the transmission frequency, a filter, and the transmission terminal and the reception terminal. The filter, the antenna terminal, and the switch device are electrically connected therebetween, and at least a stripline electrode among components constituting the antenna switch duplexer, Inductor electrode, those having a structure that a capacitor electrode is formed on the inner layer of the laminate.

According to the present invention, by combining the switch device, the receiving filter, and the impedance adjusting element with the above-described configuration, the present invention has a small, high-performance and simple structure, has a built-in receiving filter, and has an antenna for either a transmitter or a receiver. An antenna switch duplexer for selectively connecting the crabs is provided.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An antenna switch duplexer according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In each embodiment, an antenna switch duplexer that selectively connects an antenna to either a transmitter having the transmission frequency ft or a receiver having a reception frequency fr different from the transmission frequency ft is presented.

(Embodiment 1) An antenna switch duplexer according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1A is an external top view of the substrate of the antenna switch duplexer 301 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1A, the same parts as those shown in FIG. 16 are denoted by the same reference numerals as those in FIG.

In FIG. 1A, electrode patterns 14a to 14h are formed on the upper surface of a dielectric substrate 13. PIN diode 1 used as switch device
Is electrically connected to the coupling chip capacitor 2 and one end of the air-core coil 5 via an electrode pattern 14a.
The other end of the coupling chip capacitor 2 is electrically connected to the transmission terminal 9 via the electrode pattern 14e. A transmitter 1 for transmitting a transmission signal having a transmission frequency ft is provided at a transmission terminal 9.
01 is electrically connected.

One end of the chip capacitor 3 and one end of the chip resistor 7 are electrically connected to the other end of the air-core coil 5 through an electrode pattern 14b, and the other end of the chip capacitor 3 is electrically grounded through the electrode pattern 14c. And chip resistance 7
Is connected to the bias terminal 12 via the electrode pattern 14h.
Is electrically connected to The positive electrode of the power supply 201 is electrically connected to the bias terminal 12 via the switch 200, and the negative electrode of the power supply 201 is electrically grounded.

Further, the cathode electrode of the PIN diode 1 is provided with an input terminal of the coupling chip capacitor 4 and one end of the air-core coil 6 and an input terminal of a planar dielectric reception band-pass filter 8 for band-passing a reception signal having a reception frequency fr. They are electrically connected via the pattern 14d. Air core coil 6
Is electrically grounded via the electrode pattern 14c. The other end of the coupling chip capacitor 4 is an antenna 10
The antenna terminal 10 is electrically connected to the antenna terminal 10 via the electrode pattern 14f. Further, the output terminal of the reception band-pass filter 8 receives the reception frequency fr.
Is electrically connected to the receiving terminal 11 to which the receiver 102 is electrically connected via the electrode pattern 14g.

In the reception band pass filter 8, 4
The two capacitors 121 to 124 are electrically connected in series between the input and output terminals. A connection point between the capacitors 121 and 122 is electrically connected to a strip line 111 having a length of λgr / 4 and grounded, and a connection point between the capacitors 122 and 123 is connected to a λgr / 4
Is electrically connected to the strip line 112 having a length of λgr / 4, and the connection point between the capacitors 123 and 124 is electrically connected to the strip line 113 having a length of λgr / 4 and is grounded. Here, λgr is a guide wavelength at the reception frequency fr.

In the antenna switch duplexer 301,
The admittance Yf as viewed from the input terminal to the output terminal of the reception bandpass filter 8 is

[0019]

(Equation 1)

In the expression, the inductance L of the air-core coil 6 is determined so as to satisfy the following equation at the transmission frequency ft.

[0021]

(Equation 2)

Therefore, the admittance Yr as seen from the connection point P1 of the PIN diode 1, the coupling capacitor 4, and the air-core coil 6 toward the receiving bandpass filter 8 is represented by the following equation at the transmission frequency ft.

[0023]

(Equation 3)

By substituting (Equation 2) for (Equation 3), the following equation is obtained.

[0025]

(Equation 4)

FIG. 1B shows an equivalent circuit diagram of the antenna switch duplexer 301 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The operation of the antenna switch duplexer 301 configured as described above will be described below with reference to FIG.

First, the switch 200 is turned off, that is,
When no forward bias voltage is applied to the bias terminal 12, the PIN diode 1 is turned off, and the impedance of the PIN diode 1 becomes almost infinite. Therefore, the impedance when viewing the direction from the antenna terminal 10 to the transmission terminal 9 becomes almost infinite, so that the transmission terminal 9 is electrically disconnected from the antenna terminal 10, while the reception frequency is between the antenna terminal 10 and the reception terminal 11. It is electrically connected at fr.

On the other hand, the switch 200 is turned on, that is, the switch 2 is connected to the bias terminal 12 from the power supply 201.
00, a positive bias voltage is applied via
The IN diode 1 is turned on, and the impedance of the PIN diode 1 becomes almost zero. As is apparent from (Equation 4), since the air-core coil 6 is electrically connected to the connection point P1, the admittance Yr when the direction of the reception bandpass filter 8 is viewed from the connection point P1, ie, the antenna terminal 10, is equal to the transmission frequency. It becomes almost zero at ft. That is, the impedance viewed from the connection point P1 toward the reception bandpass filter 8 becomes almost infinite at the transmission frequency ft. Therefore, the receiving terminal 11 has the transmission frequency ft.
Is electrically disconnected from the antenna terminal 10 and the PIN diode 1 is turned on, so that the transmission terminal 9 is electrically connected to the antenna terminal 10.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the impedance viewed from the antenna terminal 10 toward the reception bandpass filter 8 becomes almost infinite at the transmission frequency ft. There is no effect on frequency characteristics. Further, since there is no need to cascade the reception bandpass filters, the insertion loss between the antenna terminal 10 and the reception terminal 11 is not only smaller than that of the conventional antenna switch duplexer 300 shown in FIG. The isolation characteristics between the transmission terminal 9 and the reception terminal 11 are improved. Further, as is clear from FIGS. 1A and 1B, the antenna switch duplexer 3 of the conventional example
The antenna switch duplexer 301 having a small and simple circuit configuration as compared with the antenna switch 00 can be easily realized.

In the first embodiment, a PIN diode is used as a switch device, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, FET
(Field effect transistor).

(Embodiment 2) Hereinafter, an antenna switch duplexer according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 2A is an external top view of the substrate of the antenna switch duplexer 302 according to the second embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2B is the substrate of the antenna switch duplexer 302 according to the second embodiment of the present invention. It is an external appearance bottom view. 2 (a) and 2 (b), the same components as those shown in FIGS. 1 (a), 1 (b) and 16 are shown in FIG.
(A), FIG. 1 (b), and FIG. 16 are denoted by the same reference numerals.

In FIG. 2A, on the upper surface of the dielectric substrate 15, electrode patterns 16a to 16c and 17a to 17c are formed.
g is formed. An electrode pattern 18 is formed on the lower surface of the dielectric substrate 15. Parts 1, 2, 3,
5 and 7 are electrically connected to the terminals 9, 10 and 12 via the electrode patterns 17a to 17g in the same manner as in the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an equivalent circuit diagram of the antenna switch duplexer 302 shown in FIGS. 2 (a) and 2 (b). As is clear from the comparison between the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1B and the second embodiment shown in FIG. 3, the second embodiment includes (a) the air-core coil 21 and , (B) a dielectric receiving bandpass filter 23 is added. This will be described later in detail.

In FIG. 2A, one end of the air-core coil 21 is electrically connected to the coupling capacitor 4 via the electrode pattern 17d. The other end of the air-core coil 21 is electrically connected to the input terminal of the reception band-pass filter 23 via the electrode pattern 16a.

The reception band-pass filter 23 is provided between the air-core coil 21 and the reception terminal 11 for passing a reception signal of the reception frequency fr, and has three capacitors 122 to 124 connected in series with each other and having a length of λgr. / 4 of 3
It is composed of two dielectric coaxial resonators 111a, 112a, 113a. Here, λgr is a guide wavelength at the reception frequency fr.

The gap on the dielectric substrate 15 formed between the electrode patterns 16a and 16b forms a capacitor 122, and the gap on the dielectric substrate 15 formed between the electrode patterns 16b and 16c forms the capacitor 123. Constitute. Further, the dielectric substrate 15 between the electrode patterns 16c and 18
Constitutes the capacitor 124. Therefore, the three capacitors 122 to 124 are electrically connected between the input and output terminals of the reception bandpass filter 23.

The electrode pattern 16a of the input terminal of the reception band-pass filter 23 is electrically grounded via the dielectric coaxial resonator 111a, and the two capacitors 122 and 123
The electrode pattern 16b at the connection point of the dielectric coaxial resonator 11
1b, electrically grounded through two capacitors 12
The electrode pattern 16c at the connection point between 3 and 124 is electrically grounded via the dielectric coaxial resonator 111c.

In the antenna switch duplexer 302,
The impedance Zf as viewed from the input terminal to the output terminal of the reception bandpass filter 23 is

[0039]

(Equation 5)

In this case, the inductance L of the air-core coil 21 is determined so as to satisfy the following equation at the transmission frequency ft.

[0041]

(Equation 6)

Therefore, the impedance Zr as seen from the connection point P1 of the PIN diode 1, the coupling capacitor 4, and the air-core coil 21 toward the reception bandpass filter 23 at the transmission frequency ft is expressed by the following equation.

[0043]

(Equation 7)

By substituting (Equation 6) for (Equation 7), the following equation is obtained.

[0045]

(Equation 8)

FIG. 3 is an equivalent circuit diagram of the antenna switch duplexer 302 according to the second embodiment of the present invention. Antenna switch duplexer 3 configured as above
02 will be described below with reference to FIG.

First, the switch 200 is turned off, that is,
When no forward bias voltage is applied to the bias terminal 12, the PIN diode 1 is turned off, and the impedance of the PIN diode 1 becomes almost infinite. Therefore, the impedance when viewing the direction from the antenna terminal 10 to the transmission terminal 9 becomes almost infinite, so that the transmission terminal 9 is electrically disconnected from the antenna terminal 10, while the reception frequency is between the antenna terminal 10 and the reception terminal 11. It is electrically connected at fr.

On the other hand, the switch 200 is turned on, that is, the power supply 201
00, a positive bias voltage is applied via
The IN diode 1 is turned on, and the impedance of the PIN diode 1 becomes almost zero. As is apparent from (Equation 8), since the air-core coil 21 is electrically connected to the connection point P1 as an input coupling element, the impedance when the direction of the reception bandpass filter 23 is viewed from the connection point P1, that is, the antenna terminal 10. Zr becomes almost infinite at the transmission frequency ft. Therefore, the reception terminal 11 is electrically disconnected from the antenna terminal 10 at the transmission frequency ft, and the PIN diode 1 is turned on, so that the transmission terminal 9 is electrically connected to the antenna terminal 10.

As described above, the antenna switch duplexer 302 according to the second embodiment has the same effect as that of the first embodiment, and a bias current flows from the air-core coil 21 to the dielectric coaxial resonator 111a. Therefore, one capacitor 121 of the reception band-pass filter 8 is not required as compared with the first embodiment. As a result, an antenna switch duplexer 302 having a smaller and simpler circuit configuration than the above-described antenna switch duplexers 300 and 301 can be easily realized.

(Embodiment 3) Hereinafter, an antenna switch duplexer according to a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 4 is an external top view of the substrate of the antenna switch duplexer 303 according to the third embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 4, FIG. 1 (a), FIG. 1 (b), FIG.
(A), FIG. 2 (b), FIG. 3, and FIG. 16 show the same parts as those shown in FIG. 1 (a), FIG. 1 (b), FIG. 2 (a), FIG.
(B), with the same reference numbers as in FIGS.

In FIG. 4, on the upper surface of the dielectric substrate 24, electrode patterns 25a to 25i and an electrode pattern 26 used as microstrip lines 31 and 32 connected in series to each other are formed. Further, a ground electrode pattern (not shown) is formed on the entire lower surface of the dielectric substrate 24. The components 1, 2, 3, 5, and 7 are connected to the terminals 9, 10, 1 through the electrode patterns 25a to 25c, 25i, and 25f in the same manner as in the first embodiment.
2 are electrically connected.

FIG. 5 is an equivalent circuit diagram of the antenna switch duplexer 303 shown in FIG. As is apparent from a comparison between the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1B and the third embodiment shown in FIG. 5, the third embodiment includes:
(A) an air-core coil 28 for supplying a bias current instead of the air-core coil 6 of the first embodiment, and (b) a length l
e1 a microstrip line 32; (c) a microstrip line 31 and two capacitors 27 and 29.
Is added.
This will be described later in detail.

In FIG. 4, microstrip lines 31 and 32 connected in series to each other
6. One end of the air-core coil 28 is connected to PI through a center point of the electrode pattern 26 corresponding to the connection point P1.
The cathode electrode of the N diode 1 and one end of the low-pass filter 33 are electrically connected. On the other hand, the other end of the air core coil 28 is electrically grounded via the electrode pattern 25e. The other end of the low-pass filter 33 is the electrode pattern 26
Is electrically connected to one end of the capacitor 4 through one end of the capacitor 4. The other end of the microstrip line 32 is electrically connected to the reception band pass filter 8.

In the low-pass filter 33, the microstrip line 31 has a length of λga / 4. Here, λga is a guide wavelength higher than the higher one of the transmission frequency ft and the reception frequency fr by a predetermined margin frequency and corresponding to the cutoff frequency fc of the low-pass filter 33.

In the antenna switch duplexer 303,
The impedance Zf as viewed from the input terminal to the output terminal of the reception bandpass filter 8 is

[0056]

(Equation 9)

When the length le1 of the microstrip line 32 is expressed as follows, the impedance Zr as viewed from the connection point P1 in the direction of the reception bandpass filter 8 indicates that the phase at the transmission frequency ft is the same as the Smith chart at the connection point P1. Around the center

[0058]

(Equation 10)

The rotation is determined to be almost infinite by rotating only the rotation.

FIG. 5 is an equivalent circuit diagram of the antenna switch duplexer 303 according to the third embodiment of the present invention. Antenna switch duplexer 3 configured as above
The operation of No. 03 will be described below with reference to FIG.

First, the switch 200 is turned off, that is,
When no forward bias voltage is applied to the bias terminal 12, the PIN diode 1 is turned off, and the impedance of the PIN diode 1 becomes almost infinite. Therefore, the impedance when viewing the direction from the antenna terminal 10 to the transmission terminal 9 becomes almost infinite, so that the transmission terminal 9 is electrically disconnected from the antenna terminal 10, while the reception frequency is between the antenna terminal 10 and the reception terminal 11. It is electrically connected at fr.

On the other hand, the switch 200 is turned on, that is, the power supply 201
00, a positive bias voltage is applied via
The IN diode 1 is turned on, and the impedance of the PIN diode 1 becomes almost zero. As described above, since the microstrip line 32 is electrically connected as an input coupling element between the connection point P1 and the input terminal of the reception bandpass filter 8, the direction from the connection point P1 to the reception bandpass filter 8 is Is almost infinite at the transmission frequency ft. Therefore, the reception terminal 11 is connected to the antenna terminal 10 at the transmission frequency ft.
And the transmission terminal 9 is electrically connected to the antenna terminal 10 because the PIN diode 1 is turned on.

As described above, the antenna switch duplexer 303 of the third embodiment has the same effects as those of the first embodiment, and also has a low-pass filter inserted between the coupling capacitor 4 and the connection point P1. As a result, unnecessary high-order harmonics having a frequency component higher than the cutoff frequency fc of the low-pass filter 33 are sufficiently suppressed on both the transmitting side and the receiving side. Will be improved.

Although the third embodiment uses the microstrip lines 31 and 32, the present invention is not limited to this. A transmission line such as a strip line or a coplanar line may be used instead of the microstrip lines 31 and 32.

(Embodiment 4) An antenna switch duplexer according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 6 is an external top view of the substrate of the antenna switch duplexer 304 according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 6, FIG. 1 (a), FIG. 1 (b), FIG.
(A), FIG. 2 (b), FIG. 3, FIG. 4, FIG. 5, FIG. 16 show the same parts as FIG. 1 (a), FIG. 1 (b), FIG.
(A), FIG. 2 (b), FIG. 3, FIG. 4, FIG. 5, and FIG.

In FIG. 6, on the upper surface of the dielectric substrate 34, electrode patterns 35a to 35f and 37, and electrode patterns 36a used as microstrip lines 111, 112 and 113 each operating as a microstrip line resonator. , 36b, 36c are formed. Further, a ground electrode pattern (not shown) is formed on the entire lower surface of the dielectric substrate 34. The parts 4, 8, 32 are constructed in the same way as in the third embodiment,
The terminals 10 and 11 are electrically connected.

FIG. 7 is an equivalent circuit diagram of the antenna switch duplexer 304 shown in FIG. As is clear from the comparison between the third embodiment shown in FIG. 5 and the fourth embodiment shown in FIG. 7, the fourth embodiment has (a) a micro-wavelength λgr / 4. Strip line 46 (where λ
(gr is a guide wavelength at the reception frequency fr), (b) a coupling capacitor 39, (c) an N-channel FET 38 used as a switch device, (d) an air core coil 45 used as a high frequency choke, and (e) a high frequency choke. A capacitor 41 used as a capacitor is added. This will be described later in detail.

In FIG. 6, the microstrip lines 46 and 32 connected in series to each other
7. The center point of the electrode pattern 37 corresponding to the connection point P1 is electrically connected to the transmission terminal 9 via the microstrip line 46 and the coupling capacitor 39. The connection point between the microstrip line 46 at one end of the electrode pattern 37 and the capacitor 39 is an FET.
38 are electrically connected to the source electrodes. FET3
The drain electrode 8 is electrically grounded via the electrode pattern 35a, and the gate electrode is electrically connected to the bias terminal 12 via the electrode pattern 35b and the air-core coil 45. The bias terminal 12 is electrically grounded via the capacitor 41 and the electrode pattern 35a.

FIG. 7 is an equivalent circuit diagram of the antenna switch duplexer 304 according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention. Antenna switch duplexer 3 configured as above
The operation of the device 04 will be described below with reference to FIG.

First, the switch 200 is turned on, that is,
When a positive bias voltage is applied to the bias terminal 12, the FET 38 turns on, and the impedance between the source electrode and the drain electrode of the FET 38 becomes almost zero. One end of the microstrip line 46 to which the capacitor 39 is connected is short-circuited via the FET 38 and is electrically grounded. That is, the phase at the other end of the microstrip line 46 is shifted by λgr / 4 by the microstrip line 46,
And, it is electrically grounded via the FET 38.
Therefore, the impedance Zt when viewing the direction from the antenna terminal 10 to the transmission terminal 9 becomes almost infinite, so that the transmission terminal 9 is electrically disconnected from the antenna terminal 10, while the reception terminal 11 is connected between the antenna terminal 10 and the reception terminal 11. Frequency f
It is electrically connected at r.

On the other hand, the switch 200 is turned off, that is, the switch 201 is connected to the bias terminal 12 from the power supply 201.
If no forward bias voltage is applied via 00,
The FET 38 is turned off, and the impedance between the source electrode and the drain electrode of the FET 38 becomes almost infinite.
Further, as described above, the microstrip line 32
Is electrically connected to the connection point P1 as an input coupling element, so that the impedance Z as viewed from the connection point P1, ie, the antenna terminal 10, toward the reception bandpass filter 8 is
r becomes almost infinite at the transmission frequency ft. Therefore, the reception terminal 11 is electrically disconnected from the antenna terminal 10 at the transmission frequency ft, while the FET 38 is turned off, so that the transmission terminal 9 is electrically connected to the antenna terminal 10.

As described above, the antenna switch duplexer 304 according to the fourth embodiment has the same effect as the third embodiment.

Although the microstrip lines 32 and 46 are used in the fourth embodiment, the present invention is not limited to this. A transmission line such as a strip line or a coplanar line may be used instead of the microstrip lines 32 and 46.

FIG. 8 shows an antenna switch duplexer 304 according to a first modification of the fourth embodiment of the present invention.
It is an equivalent circuit diagram of a. As shown in FIG. 8, as compared with the fourth embodiment of FIG. 7, the air-core coil 21 and the reception band used in the second embodiment instead of the microstrip line 32 and the reception band-pass filter 8 are used. Each of the pass filters 23 is used.

FIG. 9 shows an antenna switch duplexer 304 according to a second modification of the fourth embodiment of the present invention.
It is an equivalent circuit diagram of b. As shown in FIG. 9, as compared with the fourth embodiment of FIG.
ET38a is used. In this case, the FET 38a
Gate electrode is connected to the bias terminal 1 via the air-core coil 45.
2 are electrically connected. Also, the bias terminal 12
Are electrically grounded via a capacitor 41. In a second variant, the electrical connection between antenna terminal 10 and transmission terminal 9 is switched by FET 38a.

FIG. 10 shows an antenna switch duplexer 30 according to a third modification of the fourth embodiment of the present invention.
It is an equivalent circuit diagram of 4c. As shown in FIG. 10, the microstrip line 32 in the second modification described above is used.
The air-core coil 21 and the reception band-pass filter 23 used in the second embodiment are used instead of the reception band-pass filter 8 and the reception band-pass filter 8, respectively.

(Embodiment 5) Hereinafter, an antenna switch duplexer according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 11A is a top view of an external appearance of a substrate of the antenna switch duplexer 305 according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 11B is a substrate of the antenna switch duplexer 305 according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention. It is an external appearance bottom view. 11A and FIG. 11B, FIG.
(A), FIG. 1 (b), FIG. 2 (a), FIG. 2 (b), FIG.
The same parts as shown in FIGS. 4, 5, 6 to 10, and 16 are shown in FIGS. 1 (a), 1 (b), 2 (a), 2
(B), which are indicated by the same reference numerals as in FIGS. 3, 4, 5, 6 to 10 and 16.

In FIG. 11A, on the upper surface of a dielectric substrate 52, electrode patterns 53a to 53c, 54 and 55
55 g are formed from a. Also, the dielectric substrate 52
A ground electrode pattern 57 is formed on the lower surface of the substrate, and an electrode pattern 56 is formed on another portion of the lower surface of the dielectric substrate 34. Parts 39, 46, 41, 45,
38, 4, 21, and 23 are electrically connected to the terminals 9 to 12 in a manner similar to the first modification of the fourth embodiment shown in FIG.

FIG. 12 is an equivalent circuit diagram of the antenna switch duplexer 305 shown in FIGS. 11 (a) and 11 (b). As is apparent from a comparison between the first modification of the fourth embodiment shown in FIG. 8 and the fifth embodiment shown in FIG. 12, the fifth embodiment has a length λgr / 4. Two capacitors 58 and 59 are respectively added to both ends of the microstrip line 46 of the electrode pattern 54 having. Here, λgr is a guide wavelength at the reception frequency fr. As a result, the microstrip line 46 and the two capacitors 58 and 59 constitute a low-pass filter 60. Here, the cut-off frequency of the low-pass filter 60 is set to a frequency higher than the transmission frequency ft by a predetermined margin frequency.

FIG. 12 is an equivalent circuit diagram of the antenna switch duplexer 305 according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention. The operation of the antenna switch duplexer 305 configured as described above will be described below with reference to FIG.

First, the switch 200 is turned on, that is,
When a positive bias voltage is applied to the bias terminal 12, the FET 38 turns on, and the impedance between the source electrode and the drain electrode of the FET 38 becomes almost zero. One end of the microstrip line 46 to which the capacitor 39 is connected is short-circuited via the FET 38 and is electrically grounded. That is, the phase at the other end of the microstrip line 46 is shifted by λgr / 4 by the microstrip line 46,
And, it is electrically grounded via the FET 38.
Therefore, the impedance Zt when viewing the direction from the antenna terminal 10 to the transmission terminal 9 becomes almost infinite, so that the transmission terminal 9 is electrically disconnected from the antenna terminal 10, while the reception terminal 11 is connected between the antenna terminal 10 and the reception terminal 11. Frequency f
It is electrically connected at r.

On the other hand, the switch 200 is turned off, that is, the power supply 201
If no forward bias voltage is applied via 00,
The FET 38 is turned off, and the impedance between the source electrode and the drain electrode of the FET 38 becomes almost infinite.
Further, as described above, since the air-core coil 21 is electrically connected to the connection point P1 as an input coupling element, the impedance Zr as viewed from the connection point P1, that is, the antenna terminal 10 toward the reception bandpass filter 23 is transmitted. It becomes almost infinite at the frequency ft. Therefore, the reception terminal 11 is electrically disconnected from the antenna terminal 10 at the transmission frequency ft, while the FET 38 is turned off, so that the transmission terminal 9 is electrically connected to the antenna terminal 10.

As described above, the antenna switch duplexer 305 according to the fifth embodiment has the same effect as the fourth embodiment, and the low-pass filter 60 is inserted between the connection point P 1 and the capacitor 39. Therefore, unnecessary high-order harmonics are sufficiently suppressed.

Although the microstrip line 46 is used in the fifth embodiment, the present invention is not limited to this. A transmission line such as a strip line or a coplanar line may be used instead of the microstrip line 46.

(Embodiment 6) Hereinafter, an antenna switch duplexer according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 13 is an equivalent circuit diagram of the antenna switch duplexer 306 according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 13, FIG. 1 (a), FIG. 1 (b), FIG.
(A), FIG. 2 (b), FIG. 3, FIG. 4, FIG. 5, FIG.
0, FIG. 11 (a), FIG. 11 (b), FIG. 12, and FIG. 16 are the same parts as those shown in FIG. 1 (a), FIG. 1 (b), FIG.
(A), FIG. 2 (b), FIG. 3, FIG. 4, FIG. 5, FIG.
0, 11 (a), 11 (b), 12 and 16 are denoted by the same reference numerals.

As is clear from the comparison between FIG. 1B and FIG. 13, the antenna switch duplexer 306 is the antenna switch duplexer 30 of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1B.
It is characterized in that it includes a low-pass filter 61 in addition to 1. Here, the cutoff frequency of the low-pass filter 61 is set to a frequency higher than the transmission frequency ft by a predetermined margin frequency.

The antenna switch duplexer 306 performs the same operation as the antenna switch duplexer 301 of the first embodiment. However, since the low-pass filter 61 is inserted between the connection point P1 and the transmission terminal 9, the transmission is performed. Unnecessary high-order harmonics of the signal are sufficiently suppressed.

Hereinafter, an antenna switch duplexer according to a seventh embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 14 is an exploded perspective view of the antenna switch duplexer 307 according to the seventh embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 15 is an antenna switch duplexer 3 according to the seventh embodiment of the present invention.
It is an equivalent circuit diagram of 07. In FIGS. 14 and 15, FIGS. 1 (a), 1 (b), 2 (a), 2 (b), 3, 4, 5 and 6 to 10 and 11 (a) ), FIG.
1 (b), FIG. 12, FIG. 13, and FIG. 16, the same parts are shown in FIG. 1 (a), FIG. 1 (b), FIG. 2 (a), FIG.
(B), FIG. 3, FIG. 4, FIG. 5, FIG. 6 to FIG. 10, FIG.
(A), FIG. 11 (b), FIG. 12, FIG. 13, and FIG.

As is clear from the comparison between the fourth embodiment shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 and the seventh embodiment shown in FIGS. 14 and 15, the antenna switch duplexer 307 has the following features. have. (A) the microstrip line 32 is not included; (b) the capacitor 40 is used instead of the capacitor 4; (c) the antenna terminal 1
A low-pass filter 62 composed of a coil 70 and two capacitors 71 and 72 connected to both ends of the coil 70 exists between the zero and the capacitor 40. Here, similarly to the low-pass filter 33 of the third embodiment, the cut-off frequency fc of the low-pass filter 62 is a margin frequency set in advance from the higher of the transmission frequency ft and the reception frequency fr. The frequency is set higher by the amount.

The antenna switch duplexer 307 has the following features. The upper and lower dielectric substrates 63a and 63b are stacked. Although not shown, an electrode pattern is formed on the bottom surface of the upper dielectric substrate 63b, and electrode patterns 64 and 65 are formed on the upper surface of the lower dielectric substrate 63a. Here, the electrode pattern 64 constitutes the microstrip line 46,
The electrode pattern 65 constitutes two electrodes used as two capacitors 71 and 72 and a microstrip line used as the coil 70. Further, a ground electrode pattern 80 is formed on the entire lower surface of the lower dielectric substrate 63a. That is, the antenna switch duplexer 307
Is characterized by being constituted by electrode patterns 64 and 65 formed in the inner layer of the laminated dielectric substrates 63a and 63b.

(Embodiment 7) FIG. 15 is an equivalent circuit diagram of an antenna switch duplexer 307 according to a seventh embodiment of the present invention. The operation of the antenna switch duplexer 307 configured as described above will be described below with reference to FIG.

First, the switch 200 is turned on, that is,
When a positive bias voltage is applied to the bias terminal 12, the FET 38 turns on, and the impedance between the source electrode and the drain electrode of the FET 38 becomes almost zero. One end of the microstrip line 46 to which the capacitor 39 is connected is short-circuited via the FET 38 and is electrically grounded. That is, the phase at the other end of the microstrip line 46 is shifted by λgr / 4 by the microstrip line 46,
And, it is electrically grounded via the FET 38.
Therefore, the impedance Zt when viewing the direction from the antenna terminal 10 to the transmission terminal 9 becomes almost infinite, so that the transmission terminal 9 is electrically disconnected from the antenna terminal 10, while the reception terminal 11 is connected between the antenna terminal 10 and the reception terminal 11. Frequency f
It is electrically connected at r.

On the other hand, the switch 200 is turned off, that is, the power supply 201
If no forward bias voltage is applied via 00,
The FET 38 is turned off, and the impedance between the source electrode and the drain electrode of the FET 38 becomes almost infinite.
Further, as described above, since the air-core coil 6 is electrically connected to the connection point P1, the impedance Zr as viewed from the connection point P1 toward the reception bandpass filter 8 becomes almost infinite at the transmission frequency ft. . Therefore, the reception terminal 11 is connected to the antenna terminal 10 at the transmission frequency ft.
The transmission terminal 9 is electrically connected to the antenna terminal 10 because the FET 38 is turned off.

As described above, the antenna switch duplexer 307 of the seventh embodiment has the same effects as those of the first and fourth embodiments. Because of the low-pass filter 62 inserted therebetween, high-order harmonic characteristics in both the transmission signal and the reception signal are sufficiently suppressed.

Further, since the microstrip line 46 and the low-pass filter 62 are formed in the inner layers of the dielectric substrates 63a and 63b laminated by the electrode patterns 65 and 66, the mounting area of the antenna switch duplexer 307 can be reduced. , A smaller antenna switch duplexer 307 can be provided.

Hereinafter, an antenna switch duplexer according to another embodiment of the present invention will be described.

In the embodiment described above, the planar dielectric reception band-pass filter 8 and the dielectric coaxial reception band-pass filter 23 are used, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a filter such as a SAW (surface acoustic wave) filter can be used, and (a) various types of band-pass filters that pass a reception signal having a reception frequency fr and prevent transmission signals from passing;
(B) Various types of bandstop filters that block transmission signals can be used.

Further, the fourth embodiment and the first embodiment are described.
In the variations of the fifth and seventh embodiments, the FET 38 is used as a switch device. However, the present invention is not limited to this. FET
Instead of 38, a PIN diode may be used.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the drawings and in connection with the embodiments thereof, various rearrangements and modifications of the configuration will be apparent to the expert. It should be understood that such rearrangements and modifications are included in the scope of the present invention unless they depart from the definitions set forth in the claims.

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As described above, the present invention is a digital communication antenna switch duplexer for selectively connecting an antenna to either a transmitter or a receiver, and comprises a dielectric substrate having two or more layers. A stack, a switch device mounted on the uppermost surface of the stack, an antenna terminal provided on the stack, a transmission terminal electrically connected to a transmitter for transmitting a transmission signal of a transmission frequency, the transmission A reception terminal electrically connected to a receiver that receives a reception signal having a reception frequency different from the frequency, a filter, and the filter, the antenna terminal, and the switch device between the transmission terminal and the reception terminal. At least the strip line electrode, the inductor electrode, and the capacitor electrode, which are electrically connected and constitute the antenna switch duplexer, are formed in the inner layer of the laminate. The configuration of, and characterized in that it is has a simple structure in small size high performance, it is possible to provide an antenna switch duplexer having a built-in receiver filter.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1A is a top view of an external appearance of a substrate of an antenna switch duplexer according to a first embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 1B is an equivalent circuit diagram of the antenna switch duplexer according to the first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2A is a top view of an external appearance of a board of a duplexer for an antenna switch according to a second embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 2B is a bottom view of an external appearance of a board of a duplexer for an antenna switch according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is an equivalent circuit diagram of an antenna switch duplexer according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a top view of an external appearance of a board of an antenna switch duplexer according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an equivalent circuit diagram of an antenna switch duplexer according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a top view of an external appearance of a board of an antenna switch duplexer according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an equivalent circuit diagram of an antenna switch duplexer according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an equivalent circuit diagram of an antenna switch duplexer according to a first modification of the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is an equivalent circuit diagram of an antenna switch duplexer according to a second modification of the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is an equivalent circuit diagram of an antenna switch duplexer according to a third modification of the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 (a) is a top view of an external appearance of a board of a shared antenna switch according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 11 (b) is a bottom view of an external appearance of a board of the shared antenna switch according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is an equivalent circuit diagram of an antenna switch duplexer according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is an equivalent circuit diagram of an antenna switch duplexer according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is an exploded perspective view of an antenna switch duplexer according to a seventh embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is an equivalent circuit diagram of an antenna switch duplexer according to a seventh embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 16 is an equivalent circuit diagram of a conventional antenna switch duplexer.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 PIN diode 6 Air-core coil 8 Reception filter 9 Transmission terminal 10 Antenna terminal 11 Reception terminal 12 Bias terminal 100 Antenna 101 Transmitter 102 Receiver

Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Hiroaki Kosugi 1006 Kazuma Kadoma, Kadoma City, Osaka Prefecture Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. Incorporated (72) Inventor Shogo Iizuka 1006 Kazuma Kadoma, Kazuma, Osaka Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.F-term (reference)

Claims (5)

[Claims] An antenna switch duplexer for digital communication for selectively connecting an antenna to either a transmitter or a receiver, comprising: a laminate comprising two or more dielectric substrates; A switch device mounted on the top surface, an antenna terminal provided on the laminate, a transmission terminal electrically connected to a transmitter for transmitting a transmission signal of a transmission frequency, a reception signal of a reception frequency different from the transmission frequency A receiving terminal electrically connected to a receiver that receives the filter, a filter, and the filter, the antenna terminal, and the switch device are electrically connected between the transmitting terminal and the receiving terminal, and the antenna Among the components constituting the switch duplexer, at least a strip line electrode, an inductor electrode, and a capacitor electrode are formed on an inner layer of the laminate. Antenna switch duplexer for digital communications that. 2. The antenna switch duplexer according to claim 1, wherein said filter is electrically connected between said antenna terminal and said receiving terminal. 3. A ground electrode is formed on an inner layer of the laminate,
The antenna switch according to claim 1, wherein the stripline electrode, the inductor electrode, the capacitor electrode, and the ground electrode are electrically connected to an electrode pattern formed on an uppermost surface of the multilayer body. Shared device. 4. The antenna switch duplexer according to claim 1, wherein said filter is a low-pass filter formed by said inductor electrode and said capacitor electrode which are layered on said laminate. 5. The antenna switch duplexer according to claim 1, wherein the filter is a SAW filter mounted on the uppermost surface of the multilayer body.