JP2014082700A - Antenna multicoupler - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an antenna multicoupler having excellent isolation characteristics and reduced degradation of the isolation characteristics due to environmental temperature change.SOLUTION: An antenna multicoupler of the present invention includes: a transmission filter connected between a common terminal and a transmission terminal; a reception filter connected between the common terminal and a reception terminal; and a circuit section connected between at least two terminals of the common terminal, the transmission terminal, and the reception terminal in parallel to the transmission filter or the reception filter. The circuit section has capacitance and a resonator.

Description

  The present invention relates to an antenna duplexer mainly used in mobile communication devices and the like.

  In recent years, miniaturization of wireless communication devices such as mobile phones has been promoted. For this reason, it has been studied to reduce the number of components used in the wireless communication device. In the radio circuit unit, the number of parts of the radio communication device can be reduced by reducing the interstage filters of the transmission path and the reception path. However, it is necessary to improve the isolation characteristics of the antenna duplexer in order to reduce the number of parts.

  As prior art document information relating to the invention of this application, for example, Patent Document 1 is known.

International Publication No. 2010/073377

  However, according to Patent Document 1, although the isolation characteristic of the antenna duplexer can be improved, there is a problem that the isolation characteristic deteriorates due to the environmental temperature. The problem of the conventional antenna duplexer will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a circuit configuration of a conventional antenna duplexer 1000. The conventional antenna duplexer 1000 includes a common terminal 1003 and a transmission filter 1001 connected to the transmission terminal 1004, and a common terminal 1003 and a reception filter 1002 connected to the reception terminal 1005 via a phase shift circuit 1006. Connected on the 1003 side. The antenna duplexer 1000 connects the capacitor 1007 as an external circuit between the transmission terminal 1004 and the reception terminal 1005 so that the phase difference between the signal transmitted through the path A and the signal transmitted through the path B is about 180 °. The signal transmitted from the transmission terminal 1004 to the reception terminal 1005 is canceled, and the isolation characteristic is ensured. However, since the temperature characteristics of the acoustic wave resonator constituting the transmission filter or the reception filter are different from the temperature characteristics of the capacitor 1007, if the environmental temperature changes, the phase difference between the path A and the path B changes greatly, and the isolation characteristics deteriorate. Resulting in.

  The present invention provides an antenna duplexer that has good isolation characteristics and little degradation in isolation characteristics due to environmental temperature changes.

  In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a transmission filter connected between a common terminal and a transmission terminal, a reception filter connected between the common terminal and the reception terminal, the common terminal, A circuit unit connected in parallel with the transmission filter or the reception filter is provided between at least two terminals of the transmission terminal and the reception terminal, and the circuit unit includes a capacitor and a resonator. .

  With such a configuration, there is an excellent effect that it is possible to obtain an antenna duplexer that has good isolation characteristics and little deterioration of isolation characteristics due to environmental temperature changes.

The circuit block diagram of the antenna sharing device in Embodiment 1 of this invention Characteristics of the antenna duplexer The circuit block diagram of the antenna sharing device in Embodiment 2 of this invention Characteristics of the antenna duplexer Circuit diagram of antenna duplexer Antenna duplexer wiring diagram The circuit block diagram of the antenna sharing device in Embodiment 3 of this invention The circuit block diagram of the other antenna sharing device in Embodiment 3 of this invention Circuit diagram of conventional antenna duplexer

  Hereinafter, an antenna duplexer according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

(Embodiment 1)
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a circuit configuration of an antenna duplexer 100 according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

  In FIG. 1, the antenna duplexer 100 includes a transmission filter 101 and a reception filter 102 formed on the same piezoelectric substrate, a common terminal 103, a transmission terminal 104, and a reception terminal 105.

  The transmission filter 101 is a surface acoustic wave filter, is connected to the common terminal 103 and the transmission terminal 104, and has a transmission band of 880 to 915 MHz. The reception filter 102 includes a surface acoustic wave filter, is connected to the common terminal 103 and the reception terminal 105, and has a reception band of 925 to 960 MH. In a communication device (not shown) in which the antenna duplexer 100 is used, the common terminal 103 is connected to an antenna (not shown), the transmission terminal 104 is connected to a transmission circuit (not shown), and reception is performed. Terminal 105 is connected to a receiving circuit (not shown). The transmission filter 101 and the reception filter 102 are commonly connected on the common terminal 103 side, and are connected to the phase shift circuit 106. The transmission terminal 104 and the reception terminal 105 are connected in parallel to the transmission filter 101 and the reception filter 102, and a circuit in which a capacitor 111, a resonator 113, and a capacitor 112 are connected in series in this order is connected. The capacitor 111, the resonator 113, and the capacitor 112 are formed by electrode patterns on the same surface of the piezoelectric substrate on which the transmission filter 101 and the reception filter 102 are formed. The resonator 113 is a surface acoustic wave resonator. The resonance frequency of the resonator 113 is set to 929 MHz, and is arranged in the reception band 925 to 960 MHz. A circuit in which the capacitor 111, the resonator 113, and the capacitor 112 are connected in series in this order is a circuit unit 115 for improving isolation, and the resonance frequency of the resonator 113 is set within the pass band of the reception filter 102 or the transmission filter 101. By setting the frequency to 1, it is possible to obtain an excellent antenna duplexer 100 in which the isolation characteristic is improved and the deterioration of the isolation characteristic is small with respect to a change in environmental temperature. Such an effect is obtained by setting the resonance frequency of the resonator 113 to a frequency within the pass band of the reception filter 102 or the transmission filter 101, so that the surface acoustic wave resonator and the resonator 113 that constitute the reception filter 102 or the transmission filter 101. This is obtained because the frequency drift characteristics with respect to the temperature are substantially equal.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram showing isolation characteristics of the antenna duplexer 100 according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. In FIG. 2, a solid line is the isolation characteristic of the antenna duplexer 100 in Embodiment 1 of this invention, and a broken line is the isolation characteristic of a comparative example.

  Here, in the comparative example, the antenna duplexer 100 in FIG. 1 does not have the circuit unit 115 for improving isolation, and the transmission filter, the reception filter, and the transfer circuit are the same as those in the antenna duplexer 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The circuit configuration of the comparative example has the same circuit configuration as that of the conventional antenna duplexer 1000 shown in FIG. Further, like the antenna duplexer 100 in the first embodiment of the present invention, the transmission band of the comparative example is 880 to 915 MHz, and the reception band is 925 to 960 MHz.

  In FIG. 2, the greater the value of the isolation characteristic in the negative direction, the better the characteristic. As can be seen from FIG. 2, it can be seen that the antenna duplexer 100 according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention greatly improves the isolation characteristics in the reception band at 945 to 960 MHz.

  As described above, the antenna duplexer 100 according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention includes the transmission filter connected between the common terminal and the transmission terminal, and the reception filter connected between the common terminal and the reception terminal. And a circuit unit connected in parallel with the transmission filter or the reception filter between at least two terminals of the common terminal, the transmission terminal, and the reception terminal, and the circuit unit includes a capacitor and a resonator. By doing so, the isolation characteristics can be greatly improved.

  In the antenna duplexer 100 according to the first embodiment, the transmission filter 101, the reception filter 102, and the resonator 113 are configured by a surface acoustic wave filter and a surface acoustic wave resonator. The reception filter 102 and the resonator 113 may be configured by a boundary acoustic wave filter and a boundary acoustic wave resonator, and isolation characteristics can be improved in the same manner as the antenna duplexer 100 in the first embodiment. It has the effect of being able to.

(Embodiment 2)
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a circuit configuration of the antenna duplexer 200 according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention. In the antenna duplexer 200 according to the second embodiment of the present invention, the same components as those of the antenna duplexer 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof is omitted.

  The transmission filter 101, the reception filter 102, and the phase shift circuit 106 used in the antenna duplexer 200 in the second embodiment of the present invention are those used in the antenna duplexer 100 in the first embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. The antenna duplexer 200 in the second embodiment of the present invention has the same transmission band 880 to 915 MHz and reception band 925 to 960 MHz as the antenna duplexer 100 in the first embodiment of the present invention.

  The antenna duplexer 200 according to the second embodiment of the present invention is different from the antenna duplexer 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 1 in that the resonator 114 is a connecting portion between the capacitor 111 and the resonator 113. It is connected between and ground. With such a configuration, the isolation characteristics can be further improved. Further, by setting the resonance frequency of the resonator 114 to a frequency in the vicinity of the pass band of the transmission filter or the reception filter, an excellent antenna duplexer can be obtained in which the isolation characteristic is less deteriorated with respect to a change in environmental temperature.

  In order to improve isolation in the reception band, the resonance frequency of the resonator 113 is set to 929 MHz that falls within the frequency range of the reception band, and the resonance frequency of the resonator 114 is set to 916 MHz that is a frequency in the vicinity of the transmission band. It is possible to obtain an excellent antenna duplexer in which the isolation characteristics in the reception band can be remarkably improved and the deterioration of the isolation characteristics with respect to changes in the environmental temperature is small. Such an effect is achieved by setting the resonance frequency of the resonator 113 to a frequency within the pass band of the reception filter and setting the resonance frequency of the resonator 114 to a frequency in the vicinity of the pass band of the transmission filter. This is obtained because the frequency drift characteristics depending on the temperatures of the resonators and the resonators 113 and 114 are substantially equal.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram showing isolation characteristics of the antenna duplexer 200 according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention. In FIG. 4, the solid line is the isolation characteristic of the duplexer 200 according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention, and the broken line is the isolation characteristic of the comparative example. Here, the comparative example is the same as the comparative example described in the first embodiment.

  As can be seen from FIG. 4, there is a significant improvement in the isolation characteristics in the entire frequency range of the reception band 925 to 960 MHz.

  FIG. 5 is a detailed circuit diagram of antenna duplexer 200 according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention. In FIG. 5, the transmission filter 101 has serial arm resonators S1, S2, S3, S4, and S5 connected in series to a signal line connecting the transmission terminal 104 and the common terminal 103 in order. Parallel arm resonators P1, P2, P3, P4, and P5 are connected between the signal line and the ground. In FIG. 5, the reception filter 102 has a one-terminal-pair resonator R 1, a first longitudinally coupled resonator R 2, and a second longitudinally coupled resonator R 3 connected in cascade between a common terminal 103 and a receiving terminal 105. Further, a circuit unit 215 is connected between the transmission terminal 104 and the reception terminal 105 in parallel with the transmission filter 101 and the reception filter 102. In the circuit unit 215, the capacitor 111, the resonator 113, and the capacitor 112 are connected in series in this order, and the resonator 114 is connected between the connection portion of the capacitor 111 and the resonator 113 and the ground.

  The capacitance 111 and the capacitance 112 are set to capacitance values smaller than the capacitance of the resonator 113, and the capacitance 111 closer to the transmission terminal 104 is set to be smaller than the capacitance 112 closer to the reception terminal 105. By setting in this way, the isolation characteristic can be improved.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a layout and connection when the antenna duplexer 200 according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention shown in FIG. 5 is configured on a piezoelectric substrate. In FIG. 6, the series arm resonators S1, S2, S3, S4, and S5 constituting the transmission filter and the parallel arm resonators P1, P2, P3, P4, and P5 and the reception filter are formed on one main surface of the piezoelectric substrate 1. A one-terminal-pair resonator R1, a first longitudinally coupled resonator R2, a second longitudinally coupled resonator R3, capacitors 111 and 112, and resonators 113 and 114 are formed. Thus, by forming on one piezoelectric substrate, it becomes possible to obtain a small antenna duplexer with excellent isolation characteristics. The common terminal 103 is formed on the long side of the piezoelectric substrate 1, and the parallel arm resonators P1, P2, P3, P4, and P5 constituting the transmission filter are arranged on the end surface side where the common terminal 103 is formed, and series arm resonance is performed. The devices S1, S2, S3, S4, and S5 are disposed on the end face side facing the end face on which the common terminal 103 is formed. Further, the resonators 113 and 114 forming the circuit portion for improving isolation are arranged on the end face side facing the end face on which the common terminal 103 is formed. By adopting such an arrangement, the isolation characteristics are improved.

  The common terminal 103 is disposed on the reception filter side from the center where the long side of the piezoelectric substrate 1 is equally divided. In this way, the area occupied by the series arm resonator and parallel arm resonator constituting the transmission filter can be increased and the wiring on the piezoelectric substrate can be shortened, resulting in excellent power durability and resistance loss of the wiring. A small antenna duplexer can be obtained.

  Furthermore, dummy terminals 123 and 124 not electrically connected to the resonator are provided between the common terminal 103 and the ground terminals 121 and 122 of the parallel arm resonator of the transmission filter. With such a configuration, wraparound due to electromagnetic coupling from the parallel arm resonator to the common terminal 103 can be prevented, and isolation can be improved.

  125 is a terminal for grounding the ground electrode of the first longitudinally coupled resonator R2, 126 is a terminal for grounding the ground electrode of the second longitudinally coupled resonator R3, and 125 and 126 are placed on the piezoelectric substrate. The structure is electrically separated.

  By doing so, it is possible to improve the attenuation characteristic of the reception filter and to improve the isolation characteristic.

  Reference numeral 127 denotes a ground terminal of the resonator 114, and reference numerals 123, 124, 128, and 129 denote terminals that are not connected to any resonator and are grounded.

  In addition to strengthening the adhesion of the piezoelectric substrate, these terminals have the effect of improving isolation between the transmission terminal and the common terminal, the reception terminal and the common terminal, or between the transmission terminal and the reception terminal.

(Embodiment 3)
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a circuit configuration of the antenna duplexer 300 according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention. In the antenna duplexer 300 according to the third embodiment of the present invention, the same components as those of the antenna duplexer 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof is omitted.

  The antenna duplexer 300 according to the third embodiment of the present invention is different from the antenna duplexer 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 1 in that a circuit unit 315 for improving isolation characteristics is used as a transmission filter. The capacitor 111, the resonator 113, and the capacitor 112 are connected in series between the transmission terminal 104 and the common terminal 103 so as to be connected in parallel to the terminal 101. With this configuration, the attenuation amount in the reception band of the transmission filter 101 can be increased, and as a result, the isolation characteristics in the reception band can be improved.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a circuit configuration of another antenna duplexer 400 according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention. In another antenna duplexer 400 according to the third embodiment of the present invention, the same components as those of the antenna duplexer 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof is omitted.

  Another antenna duplexer 400 according to the third embodiment of the present invention is different from the antenna duplexer 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 1 in that a circuit unit 415 for improving isolation characteristics is provided. The capacitor 111, the resonator 113, and the capacitor 112 are connected in series between the reception terminal 105 and the common terminal 103 so as to be connected in parallel to the reception filter 102. With such a configuration, the attenuation amount in the transmission band of the reception filter can be increased, and as a result, the isolation characteristics in the transmission band can be improved.

  The antenna duplexer according to the present invention is useful as an electronic component constituting various communication devices.

100, 200, 300, 400 Antenna duplexer 101 Transmission filter 102 Reception filter 103 Common terminal 104 Transmission terminal 105 Reception terminal 106 Phase shift circuit 111, 112 Capacitance 113, 114 Resonator 115, 215, 315, 415 Circuit section

Claims (4)

Between a transmission filter connected between a common terminal and a transmission terminal, a reception filter connected between the common terminal and a reception terminal, and at least two terminals of the common terminal, the transmission terminal, and the reception terminal And a circuit unit connected in parallel with the transmission filter or the reception filter, and the circuit unit includes a capacitor and a resonator. The antenna duplexer according to claim 1, wherein the circuit unit includes a capacitor and a resonator connected in series. The circuit unit includes two capacitors and two resonators, and is a series arm resonator connected in series so that one of the two resonators is sandwiched between the two capacitors, 2. The antenna duplexer according to claim 1, wherein the resonator is a parallel arm resonator connected to the series arm resonator and a ground. 4. The antenna duplexer according to claim 1, wherein the transmission filter, the reception filter, and the circuit unit are configured on the same substrate.

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