Wave transmission lines and networks – Plural channel systems – Having branched circuits
Reexamination Certificate
2000-10-03
2004-04-20
Lee, Benny (Department: 2817)
Wave transmission lines and networks
Plural channel systems
Having branched circuits
C333S202000, C333S206000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06724279
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention enables development and production of high electrical performance filters in sizes much smaller than what is capable with existing technologies, using an improved equivalent circuit.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
A ceramic body with a coaxial hole bored through its length forms a resonator that resonates at a specific frequency determined by the length of the hole and the effective dielectric constant of the ceramic material. The holes are typically circular, or elliptical. A dielectric ceramic filter is formed by combining multiple resonators. The holes in a filter must pass through the entire block, from the top surface to the bottom surface. This means that the depth of hole is the exact same length as the axial length of a filter. The axial length of a filter is set based on the desired frequency and available dielectric constant of the ceramic.
The ceramic block functions as a filter because the resonators are coupled inductively and/or capacitively between every two adjacent resonators. These components are formed by the electrode pattern which is designed on the top surface of the ceramic block couplings and plated with a conductive material such as silver or copper.
Ceramic filters are well known in the art and are generally described for example in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,692,726, 4,823,098, 4,879,533, 5,250,916 and 5,488,335, all of which are hereby incorporated by reference as if fully set forth herein.
With respect to its performance, it is known in the art that the band pass characteristics of a dielectric ceramic filter are sharpened as the number of holes bored in the ceramic block are increased. The number of holes required depends on the desirable attenuation properties of the filter. Typically a simplex filter requires at least two holes and a duplexer needs more than three holes. This is illustrated in
FIG. 9
where graph
10
represents the filter response with fewer holes than graphs
12
and
14
. It is apparent that graph
14
which is the response of the filter with the most holes, is the sharpest of the three responses shown. Referring to
FIG. 10
, it can be seen that the band pass characteristic of a particular dielectric ceramic filter is also sharpened with the use of trap holes bored into the ceramic block. Solid line graph
21
represents the response of a filter without a high end trap. Dashed line graph
23
represents the response of the same filter with a high end trap.
Trap holes, or traps as they are commonly referred to, are resonators which resonate at a frequency different from the primary filter holes, commonly referred to simply as holes. They are designed to resonate at undesirable frequencies. Thus, the holes transmit signals at desirable frequencies while the traps remove signals at the undesirable frequencies, whether low end or high end. In this manner the characteristic of the filter is defined, i.e. high pass, low pass, or band pass. The traps are spaced from holes a distance greater than the spacing between holes so as to avoid mutual interference between the holes and traps. As shown in
FIG. 11
, whereas holes
31
are separated from each other a distance equal to D, a distance of 2D is placed between trap
33
and the transmission hole nearest to trap
33
. The precise distance between trap and transmission pole is one of design choice for achieving a specified performance, but it is preferably 1 to 10 mm. Traditionally, the traps will be spaced from 1.5D to 2D from the holes.
Conventionally the holes
41
and traps
43
in a ceramic filter are positioned along a straight line. This design together with the spacing requirements addressed above limits the extent to which a filter may be reduced in size. Specifically, the performance characteristics of a given filter are a function of its width, length, number of holes and diameter of holes. The usual axial length L is 2 to 20 mm. The width w is determined by the number of holes. The usual width of the block filter is 2 to 70 mm. Reducing the number of holes, the diameter of the holes, or the spacing between holes, will effect the performance. Accordingly, it is desirable to have a design for a dielectric ceramic filter which can effectively reduce the size of a given filter while maintaining its given performance characteristics.
Equivalent circuits are generally those circuits with the same overall current, impedance, phase, and voltage relationships as a more-complicated counter part that it usually replaces.
There is a need for dielectric ceramic filters used in advanced communication applications such as CDMA and TDMA cellular phones with higher electrical performances and a smaller physical size. However the existing methods to develop a filter with higher electrical performance is to add additional transmission poles and/or trap resonators in a filter, which causes an increase in the size of the new filter.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
This invention describes a new design for increasing the electrical performance without increasing the size of a high performance ceramic filter. To achieve this purpose, this invention describes a new equivalent circuit of dielectric ceramic filter with a new printed pattern on the filter to realize the new equivalent circuit.
REFERENCES:
patent: 5488335 (1996-01-01), Agahi-Kesheh et al.
patent: 5675301 (1997-10-01), Nappaet et al.
patent: 5864264 (1999-01-01), Hino
Kitajima Masahiko
Nakamura Hiroshi
Nishimura Kosuke
Lee Benny
Salans
Ube Electronics Ltd.
Waldbaum, Esq. Maxim H.
Weate Kimberly K.
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