JPH0514010A - Strip line filter - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To realize a small sized resonator and filter requiring no adjustment, which is used for a high frequency band over 100MHz. CONSTITUTION:Conductor strip lines 11-14 each having one turn or over are formed to one side or both sides of a dielectric board 10 whose dielectric constant is comparatively high and a line capacitor is formed by making the conductor strip lines 11-14 close to each other or opposite to each other on the front side and the rear side so as to generate line capacity. One terminal is connected to an input/output terminal and the other end connects to ground, the strip lines are prolonged from conductor patterns 15, 16 being the input output terminals in an opposite way to form a capacitor between the input terminal and the output terminal. An LC parallel resonance circuit is formed by an inductance component of the conductor strip lines 11-14 and the line capacitor of the conductor strip lines 11-14 and the filter is obtained by forming the circuits in multi-stage. Thus, the filter is obtained, in which has an attenuation pole is provided by the forming of the capacitance between the input terminal and the output terminal.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a stripline filter usable in a high frequency band exceeding 100 MHz, and more particularly to a stripline filter having a conductor pattern of one turn or more formed on the surface of a dielectric substrate. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art There is an increasing demand for resonators and filters that can be used in a band of several hundred MHz for mobile communication devices. Conventionally, helical resonator (filter), dielectric resonator (filter)
Etc. are used, but there is a limit to miniaturization because the size is restricted by the wavelength of the resonance frequency. Further, adjustment is often necessary due to the problem of processing accuracy. In addition, a resonator and a filter that require a lot of man-hours in the assembling process and the like and that are accurate and easy to manufacture are desired.

Further, the helical filter and the dielectric filter have a problem that a harmonic wave three times as high as the fundamental frequency is generated, and how to remove the harmonic wave is a big problem.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a resonator that can be miniaturized, is easy to manufacture, and can be used in a high frequency region.
It provides a filter. Further, it is possible to obtain a filter having a stable characteristic, which can obtain high processing accuracy, requires almost no adjustment of the resonance frequency and the like.

Another object of the present invention is to obtain a stripline filter having attenuation poles on both sides of the pass band.

[0006]

According to the present invention, a conductor pattern having at least one turn is formed on the surface of a dielectric substrate having a relatively high dielectric constant, and a plurality of such conductor patterns are arranged to capacitively or inductively. The above problem is solved by constructing a resonator and a filter by mechanically coupling them.

That is, it comprises two inductor conductor patterns that circulate on at least one surface of the dielectric substrate, and the respective conductor patterns are arranged close to each other.
One of the features is that one end of each conductor pattern is connected to the input / output end via a capacitor, the other end is grounded, and a capacitor is formed between the input / output terminals by another conductor pattern.

As a concrete example of the embodiment, two dielectric conductor patterns are provided on the front and back surfaces of the dielectric substrate and connected by through holes to circulate. The respective conductor patterns are arranged so as to overlap on the front and back surfaces. In addition, one end of each conductor pattern is connected to the input / output end via a capacitor, the other end is grounded, and a capacitor is formed between the input / output terminals by another conductor pattern. It is a thing.

[0009]

The self-resonance generated by the inductance component of the conductor pattern (strip line) and the line (distributed) capacitance component between the conductor patterns is positively used as a filter. Further, an attenuation pole can be formed by adding a capacitance between the input and the output.

[0010]

EXAMPLES Examples of the present invention will be described below.

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an embodiment of the present invention.
(A) shows the upper surface and (b) shows the lower surface. On the front and back of the ceramic substrate 10 with a relatively high dielectric constant of about 90,
Conductor striplines 11, 12 are formed. The conductor strip lines 11 and 12 are connected to each other by through holes formed in the substrate 10 to form one continuous strip line. In this example, a stripline of connected conductors
The length of 11 and 12 was 35.4 mm. The width of the conductor strip lines was 0.2 mm, and the spacing was also 0.2 mm.

The conductor strip line 11 is formed as a conductor pattern that circulates on the surface side for about one and a half turns. The conductor strip line 12 on the back surface, which is connected by a through hole, is also formed as a conductor pattern that slightly circulates for two turns, and the end portion is extended to the side surface of the substrate. The front and back conductor patterns are formed so as to overlap and oppose each other on the front and back surfaces. Since the conductor patterns are formed so as to extend in the same direction, it is impossible that all the conductor patterns completely overlap and face each other, but most of them can be overlapped. This is to give capacitance between the conductor patterns. Of course, it is desirable to arrange the conductor patterns close to each other so that capacitance can be obtained between the conductor patterns on the same surface. In addition, in order to increase the capacity,
As mentioned above, it is necessary to use a substrate made of a material having a relatively high dielectric constant.

In the example shown in FIG. 1, the conductor strip lines 13 and 12 are arranged in a pattern symmetrical to the conductor strip lines 11 and 12.
14 was formed on the front and back surfaces of the same substrate. These dimensions are the same as above. In addition, the conductor patterns 15, 16 facing the end portions of the conductor strip line 11 and the conductor strip line 13 are formed.
Is formed to obtain the input / output coupling capacitance. At the ends of the conductor strip line 11 and the conductor strip line 13, 0.
A 16 mm ² conductor pattern was formed, and a capacitance was obtained between these and the back surface conductor patterns 15 and 16. The spacing between the two conductor strip lines was 0.6 mm. The end of the strip line opposite to the input / output end was grounded.

LC by the conductor strip lines 11 and 12
A parallel tank circuit is formed, and the conductor strip lines 13 and 14 form an LC parallel tank circuit.
Between these, capacitive and inductive coupling occurs,
A filter is constructed.

In the present invention, conductor strip lines are further extended from the conductor patterns 15 and 16 serving as input / output terminals so as to face each other, the width is 0.2 mm, and the interval is also 0.2 mm. As a result, the capacitance is directly added between the input / output terminals.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of pass band characteristics of the filter having the above configuration. It was confirmed that the center frequency was 254 MHz, the insertion loss was 3 dB or less, and excellent attenuation characteristics were obtained. It was also confirmed that the characteristics differ depending on the shape of the conductor pattern. It has been found that when the conductor pattern is formed line-symmetrically as shown in FIG. 1, the inductive coupling becomes large, and when it is point-symmetrical (rotationally symmetric), the capacitive coupling becomes large.

In the present invention, the capacitance is formed by forming the conductor patterns facing each other between the input and output terminals,
As a result, attenuation poles are formed on both sides of the pass band as shown in FIG. This attenuation pole was not seen without the addition of capacitance. The position of the attenuation pole can be changed by changing the value of the capacitance.

When the stripline filter according to the present invention is actually used, a substrate having a high dielectric constant having conductor patterns formed on the front and back surfaces is sandwiched between high Q dielectric substrates, and conductors are formed on the front and side surfaces of this laminate. It is good to form a pattern.
It is desirable to separate only the portions corresponding to the input / output terminals and cover the other portions with a conductor pattern that is grounded. As a result, the shield effect can be obtained.

Further, although the embodiment shows an example in which two sets of strip lines are provided, it is also possible to form three or more sets of conductor strip lines on one substrate, or the dielectric substrate is provided with spacers interposed therebetween. It is also possible to form a multi-stage filter by stacking them. The thickness of each dielectric substrate is about 0.2 mm, and it is possible to obtain small and thin filters even if they are stacked with spacers.

[0020]

According to the present invention, it is possible to obtain a compact resonator and filter which can be used in a high frequency range. Moreover, it is possible to obtain a filter in which three times higher harmonics do not appear. Furthermore,
Attenuation poles are obtained on both sides of the pass band, and a filter having excellent pass band characteristics can be obtained.

Further, since the conductor can be formed on the fired ceramic substrate by etching, high accuracy can be obtained and desired characteristics can be obtained without adjustment.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of characteristics of a filter according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 Dielectric substrate 11-14 conductor strip line

[Procedure amendment]

[Submission date] January 14, 1992

[Procedure Amendment 1]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0016

[Correction method] Change

[Correction content]

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of pass band characteristics of the filter having the above configuration. It was confirmed that the center frequency was 258 MHz and the insertion loss was 3 dB or less, and that excellent attenuation characteristics were obtained. It was also confirmed that the characteristics differ depending on the shape of the conductor pattern. It has been found that when the conductor pattern is formed line-symmetrically as shown in FIG. 1, the inductive coupling becomes large, and when it is point-symmetrical (rotationally symmetric), the capacitive coupling becomes large.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A conductor pattern for two inductors, which circulates on at least one surface of a dielectric substrate, wherein the conductor patterns are arranged close to each other, and one end of each conductor pattern is input / output via a capacitor. A stripline filter characterized in that it is connected to one end, the other end is grounded, and a capacitance is formed between the input and output terminals by another conductor pattern. 2. A dielectric substrate is provided with two conductor patterns for inductors, which are connected by through holes and circulate on the front and back surfaces of a dielectric substrate, and the respective conductor patterns are arranged so as to overlap on the front and back surfaces, and One end is connected to the input / output end via a capacitor, the other end is grounded,
A stripline filter having a capacitance formed by another conductor pattern between the input and output terminals.