WO2012105337A1 - 分波器および通信用モジュール部品 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a duplexer and a communication module component.
- a demultiplexer that demultiplexes transmission and reception frequencies is used in the front end of communication terminals such as mobile phones.
- the duplexer has an antenna terminal, a transmission terminal, and a reception terminal, a transmission filter is disposed between the antenna terminal and the transmission terminal, and a reception filter is disposed between the antenna terminal and the reception terminal.
- a transmission circuit and a reception circuit are arranged after the duplexer.
- the duplexer demultiplexes the transmission signal from the transmission circuit to the antenna terminal and the reception signal received at the antenna terminal to the reception circuit. It has a function to do.
- the transmission filter and the reception filter should be matched so that the transmission signal does not flow into the reception circuit or the reception signal does not flow into the transmission circuit. Yes.
- the impedance to the reception filter is slightly lower than the impedance from the transmission filter to the antenna, or the impedance from the antenna to the reception filter
- the impedance to the transmission filter may be slightly lower.
- the isolation characteristic deteriorates due to a signal originally flowing from the transmission filter to the antenna flowing to the reception filter or a signal that should have been input from the antenna to the reception filter flowing to the transmission filter. It will be.
- a transmission filter and a reception filter used in a duplexer are constituted by a surface acoustic wave filter in which an IDT electrode is formed on a piezoelectric substrate.
- the isolation characteristic has been improved by adjusting the impedance of each filter by changing the number of electrode fingers or the like (for example, see Patent Document 1).
- attenuation characteristics are also important as required specifications required for the duplexer. This is because if either the isolation characteristic or the attenuation characteristic is poor, there arises a problem such as deterioration of the call quality of the mobile phone.
- the adjustable range is limited, and it is difficult to satisfy both the required specifications of the isolation characteristic and the attenuation characteristic.
- the present invention has been devised to solve the above problems, and provides a duplexer capable of improving isolation characteristics while suppressing deterioration of attenuation characteristics, and a communication module component using the same. Is.
- a duplexer includes a terminal group including an antenna terminal, a first terminal, a second terminal, and a ground terminal, and a resonator connection wiring positioned between the antenna terminal and the first terminal. And a first filter having a series resonator and a parallel resonator connected in a ladder shape via the resonator connection wiring, and the passage of the first filter located between the antenna terminal and the second terminal.
- a second filter having a pass frequency band different from the frequency band, a first connection wiring connecting the parallel resonator and the ground terminal, and a second connection wiring connecting the second filter and the ground terminal.
- a third connection line that connects the first connection line and the second connection line and is electromagnetically coupled to at least one of the resonator connection line, the series resonator, and the parallel resonator. Is shall.
- a communication module component includes a module substrate and the duplexer described above.
- the isolation characteristic can be improved while suppressing the deterioration of the attenuation characteristic of the duplexer.
- FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of a duplexer according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a plane perspective view of the piezoelectric substrate used for the duplexer of the embodiment. It is an equivalent circuit diagram of the duplexer of the embodiment. It is a top view of each layer of the circuit board used for the duplexer of the embodiment.
- FIG. 5A to FIG. 5C are plan views of the first layer of the circuit board for explaining the operation of the duplexer of the embodiment. 6 is a graph showing the isolation characteristics of the duplexer shown in FIG. 5.
- FIGS. 7A to 7C are plan views of the first layer of the circuit board for explaining the operation of the duplexer according to the embodiment. It is a graph which shows the isolation characteristic of the duplexer shown in FIG. FIGS.
- FIGS. 9A to 9C are plan views of the first layer of the circuit board for explaining the operation of the duplexer of the embodiment.
- 10 is a graph showing isolation characteristics of the duplexer shown in FIG. 9.
- FIGS. 11A and 11B are plan views of the first layer of the circuit board for explaining the operation of the duplexer according to the embodiment.
- 12 is a graph showing isolation characteristics of the duplexer shown in FIG. 11. It is a graph which shows the insertion loss characteristic of the duplexer of a comparative example, and the duplexer of embodiment. It is a graph which shows the isolation characteristic of the duplexer of a comparative example, and the duplexer of embodiment.
- FIG. 1 is a block circuit diagram of a communication device using a duplexer according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- a perspective view of a duplexer 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIG.
- a duplexer 200 shown in FIG. 1 mainly includes a circuit board 100 formed by laminating a plurality of dielectric layers and a piezoelectric substrate 101 mounted on the circuit board 100.
- the piezoelectric substrate 101 is mounted on the second main surface 100 ⁇ / b> B of the circuit substrate 100.
- the transmission filter 5 as the first filter and the reception filter 6 as the second filter are formed on the surface (the third main surface 101A) facing the second main surface 100B of the circuit substrate 100 of the piezoelectric substrate 101. Has been.
- the piezoelectric substrate 101 is set to a size slightly smaller than the circuit substrate 100, and is entirely covered and protected by a sealing resin 103 (indicated by a dotted line in the figure).
- the circuit board 100 has a thickness of 350 ⁇ m to 400 ⁇ m, for example, and the piezoelectric substrate 101 has a thickness of 230 ⁇ m to 280 ⁇ m, for example.
- FIG. 2 is a plan perspective view of the piezoelectric substrate 101 used in the duplexer according to the present embodiment when viewed from the fourth main surface 101B side opposite to the third main surface 101A.
- the transmission filter 5 and the reception filter 6 in the present embodiment are composed of surface acoustic wave filters.
- approximate regions corresponding to the transmission filter 5 and the reception filter 6 are indicated by alternate long and short dash lines.
- the transmission filter 5 forms a ladder filter circuit by connecting a plurality of surface acoustic wave resonators in series or in parallel as shown in FIG. Specifically, in the path from the antenna pad 4 ′ to the transmission signal pad 1 ′, the series resonators 61, 62, 63, 64 are connected in series via the resonator connection wiring 80, and the series resonator 61 , 62, 63, 64 are arranged between the resonator connection wiring 80 and the ground pads GP1, GP2, GP3, and parallel resonators 65, 66, 67, 68 are arranged.
- the reception filter 6 constitutes a longitudinal multimode filter circuit, and as shown in FIG. 2, two dual-mode surface acoustic wave elements 71 and 72 and three surface acoustic wave resonators.
- the surface acoustic wave filter includes 73, 74, and 75.
- the wiring 81 that connects the surface acoustic wave element 72 and the surface acoustic wave resonator 74 and the wiring 81 that connects the surface acoustic wave element 72 and the ground pad GP 5 include the insulator 90. Crossing three-dimensionally by sandwiching between both wires. Even in other parts, the wirings having different potentials intersect with each other through a three-dimensional insulator 90.
- a first annular wiring 83 is formed on the third main surface 101 A of the piezoelectric substrate 101 so as to surround the transmission filter 5 and the reception filter 6.
- the first annular wiring 83 is joined to the second annular wiring 19 provided on the second main surface 100B of the circuit board 100 via a joining material such as solder.
- the transmission filter 5 and the reception filter 6 are joined to the first annular wiring 83 and the second annular wiring 19, the second main surface 100B of the circuit board 100, and the third main surface 101A of the piezoelectric substrate 101. It will be hermetically sealed in the space surrounded by.
- the transmission signal pad 1 ′ is electrically connected to the transmission signal terminal 1 of the circuit board 100, and the reception signal pads 2 ′ and 3 ′ are electrically connected to the reception signal terminals 2 and 3 of the circuit board 100, respectively.
- the antenna pad 4 ′ is electrically connected to the antenna terminal 4 of the circuit board 100.
- the transmission filter 5 and the reception filter 6 may be manufactured on the same piezoelectric substrate or may be manufactured on separate piezoelectric substrates.
- the transmission filter 5 and the reception filter 6 are arranged on the same piezoelectric substrate as shown in FIG. Due to the manufacture of the duplexer, manufacturing variations may occur in each of the transmission filter 5 and the reception filter 6, but when each filter is manufactured on a separate substrate, there is a manufacturing variation in the manufacturing variations. Since the filter and the reception filter are combined, the optimum inductance value of the line pattern of the matching circuit may be different depending on the combination. On the other hand, when two filters are fabricated on the same piezoelectric substrate, the filters are fabricated at substantially the same location on the wafer. In this case, the optimum inductance value is almost the same for any substrate cut out from the wafer, and variations due to combinations can be reduced.
- the transmission filter 5 and the reception filter 6 shown in the equivalent circuit diagram of FIG. 3 are formed.
- the transmission filter 5 is disposed between the antenna terminal 4 and the transmission signal terminal 1
- the reception filter 6 is disposed between the antenna terminal 4 and the reception signal terminals 2 and 3.
- the transmission filter 5 and the reception filter 6 are set to have different passband frequencies.
- the pass frequency band of the reception filter 6 is set to be higher than the pass frequency band of the transmission filter 5.
- the pass frequency band of the reception filter 6 is 869 to 894 MHz.
- the pass frequency band of the transmission filter 5 is 824 to 849 MHz.
- the transmission filter 5 is an unbalanced signal filter for both input and output signals
- the reception filter 6 is an unbalanced signal input signal and a balanced signal output signal. That is, in FIG. 3, an unbalanced signal is input to the transmission signal terminal 1, and a balanced signal is output from the reception signal terminals 2 and 3.
- the parallel resonators 65 to 68 of the transmission filter 5 are each connected to the ground terminal via the first connection wiring 51.
- the first connection wiring 51 has an inductance of a predetermined size, and the inductance and the capacitance of the parallel resonator resonate at a predetermined frequency, thereby forming an attenuation pole outside the band, and attenuation outside the band. The amount is increased.
- the surface acoustic wave elements 71 and 72 of the reception filter 6 are connected to the ground terminal via the second connection wiring 52.
- the first connection wiring 51 and the second connection wiring 52 are connected by a third connection wiring 53.
- the third connection wiring 53 is electromagnetically coupled to at least one of the series resonators 61 to 64 and the parallel resonators 65 to 68 constituting the transmission filter 5 and the resonator connection wiring 80 that connects these resonators. ing.
- FIG. 3 shows a mode in which the third connection wiring 53 is capacitively coupled to the series resonator 63 and the parallel resonators 66 and 67.
- the electromagnetic field coupling is a coupling including at least one of capacitive coupling and inductive coupling.
- the first connection wiring 51 and the second connection wiring 52 are connected by the third connection wiring 53, and the third connection wiring 53 is connected to the series resonators 61 to 64, the parallel resonators 65 to 68, and their resonances.
- the isolation characteristics can be improved with almost no deterioration in insertion loss.
- connection portion between the first connection wiring 51 and the third connection wiring 53 is connected to the parallel resonators 67 and 68 in the first connection wiring 51. It is located in a portion closer to the other end E2 that is a connection portion with the ground terminal than the one end E1 that is a portion.
- FIG. 4 shows each dielectric layer constituting the circuit board 100.
- the circuit board 100 used in the duplexer 200 is formed by laminating two dielectric layers.
- 4A is a plan view of the first layer, assuming that the layer on the second main surface 100B side of the circuit board 100 is the first layer and the layer on the first main surface 100A side is the second layer.
- C is a plan view of the second layer, and (d) of FIG. 4 corresponds to a plan perspective view of the second layer.
- 4B is a diagram showing the positions of vias formed in the first layer connecting the first-layer wiring pattern and the second-layer wiring pattern, and FIG.
- the main surface of the first layer corresponds to the second main surface 100B of the circuit board, and the back surface of the second layer corresponds to the first main surface 100A of the circuit board.
- the region T indicated by the alternate long and short dash line generally corresponds to the region where the transmission filter 5 is disposed oppositely, and the region R illustrated by the alternate long and short dashed line is disposed opposite to the reception filter 6. Generally corresponds to the area.
- a terminal group including a transmission signal terminal 1, reception signal terminals 2, 3, an antenna terminal 4, and a plurality of ground terminals G is formed on the first main surface 100A of the circuit board. ing. These terminal groups are connected to the transmission filter 5 and the reception filter 6 through wiring patterns and vias provided in each layer of the circuit board 100.
- the transmission signal input from the transmission signal terminal 1 is input to the transmission filter 5 via the via 40, the wiring pattern 30, the via 20, and the wiring pattern 10.
- the transmission signal output from the transmission filter 5 is output from the antenna terminal 4 via the wiring pattern 11, the via 21, the wiring pattern 31, and the via 41.
- the reception signal input from the antenna terminal 4 is input to the reception filter 6 via the via 41, the wiring pattern 31, the via 21, and the wiring pattern 11.
- the reception signal input to the reception filter 6 is output from the reception signal terminals 2 and 3 through the wiring patterns 12 and 13, the vias 22 and 23, the wiring patterns 32 and 33, and the vias 42 and 43.
- the first connection wiring 51 that connects the parallel resonators 67 and 68 of the transmission filter 5 and the ground terminal G includes a first wiring pattern 15, a first via 24, a second wiring pattern 34, and It consists of a second-layer via 44.
- the wiring pattern 34 in the second layer is formed in a spiral shape, thereby giving an inductance having a predetermined size to the first connection wiring 51.
- the second connection wiring 52 that connects the reception filter 6 and the ground terminal G is from the first layer wiring pattern 18, the first layer via 25, the second layer wiring pattern 35, and the second layer via 45. Become.
- the third connection wiring 53 that connects the first connection wiring 51 and the second connection wiring 52 includes the first-layer wiring pattern 16 and the first-layer vias 26 and 27, and the via 26 is the first connection wiring 51.
- the via 27 is connected to the second-layer wiring pattern 35 constituting a part of the second connection wiring 52.
- the wiring pattern 16 that constitutes a part of the third connection wiring 53 is located on the second main surface 100B of the circuit board 100, and the series resonators 61 to 64 and the parallel resonator that constitute the transmission filter 5. 65 to 68 are opposed to at least one of the resonator connection wirings 80 for connecting these resonators. As a result, the third connection wiring 53 and the resonators and wirings constituting the transmission filter 5 can be electromagnetically coupled.
- the dielectric material constituting the circuit board 100 for example, ceramics mainly composed of alumina, glass ceramics that can be sintered at a low temperature, or glass epoxy resins mainly composed of organic materials are used.
- a green sheet was produced by forming a slurry in which a metal oxide such as ceramics and an organic binder were homogeneously kneaded with an organic solvent into a sheet, and a desired conductor pattern or via was formed. Thereafter, these green sheets are laminated and pressure-bonded to form an integrated body, and then fired.
- Each wiring pattern is made of a conductor on the surface of each dielectric layer, and the dielectric layers are connected by vias filled with the conductor.
- silver, an alloy obtained by adding palladium to silver, tungsten, copper, gold, or the like can be used as the conductor.
- These wiring patterns are formed by forming a metal conductor by screen printing or a combination of a film forming method such as vapor deposition or sputtering and etching.
- Ni or Au is further formed on the surface if necessary for good bonding with the connection terminal of the filter. You may perform plating, such as.
- FIGS. 5A to 5C are plan views of the first layer of the circuit board 100 used in each of the duplexers of Comparative Examples 1 and 2 and the duplexer 200 of the embodiment. The position of the first-layer via is superimposed on this wiring pattern. Note that the second-layer wiring pattern, vias, and terminal group are the same as those shown in FIG. 4 in FIGS.
- FIG. 5A shows the first layer plane of the duplexer of the first comparative example in which the third connection wiring 53 is connected to the second connection wiring 52 but is not connected to the first connection wiring 51.
- the via 26 connected to one end of the wiring pattern 16 provided in FIG. 4 is not provided.
- FIG. 5B shows the first layer plane of the duplexer of the comparative example 2 in which the third connection wiring 53 is connected to the first connection wiring 51 but is not connected to the second connection wiring 52. It is a figure and the via
- FIG. 5C is a plan view of the first layer of the duplexer 200 shown in FIG. 4, in which the first connection wiring 51 and the second connection wiring 52 are connected via the third connection wiring 53. Has been.
- the horizontal axis represents frequency (MHz) and the vertical axis represents isolation (dB).
- the duplexer 200 of the embodiment has improved isolation characteristics in the reception band as compared with the duplexers of Comparative Examples 1 and 2. From this result, it was confirmed that it is effective to connect the first connection wiring 51 and the second connection wiring 52 to improve the isolation characteristics of the duplexer.
- FIG. 7 is a plan view of the first layer of the circuit board 100, and shows the via positions superimposed on the wiring pattern of the first layer.
- the shape of the wiring pattern 16 constituting the third connection wiring 53 is changed.
- the shaded area is an area corresponding to the transmission filter 5. Note that the wiring patterns, vias, and terminal groups in the second layer are the same as those shown in FIG. 4 in FIGS.
- FIG. 7A is a plan view of the first layer of the duplexer 201 when the area of the wiring pattern 16 facing the transmission filter 5 is smaller than the area of the wiring pattern 16 facing the reception filter 6. It is.
- FIG. 7B is a plan view of the first layer of the duplexer 202 when the area of the wiring pattern 16 facing the transmission filter 5 is equal to the area of the wiring pattern 16 facing the reception filter 6. is there.
- FIG. 7C is a plan view of the first layer of the duplexer 203 when the area of the wiring pattern 16 facing the transmission filter 5 is larger than the area of the wiring pattern 16 facing the reception filter 6. It is.
- the horizontal axis represents frequency (MHz) and the vertical axis represents isolation (dB).
- the duplexer 201 having a small facing area between the wiring pattern 16 and the transmitting filter 5 does not have a large attenuation pole, whereas the facing area facing the transmitting filter 5 is not formed. It can be seen that in the duplexers 202 and 203 having a large value, a relatively large attenuation pole is formed in the reception band, and the isolation characteristics are improved.
- FIG. 9 is a plan view of the first layer of the circuit board 100, and shows the positions of vias superimposed on the wiring pattern of the first layer.
- the shape of the wiring pattern 16 constituting the third connection wiring 53 is changed.
- the hatched area is an area corresponding to the transmission filter 5. Note that the wiring patterns, vias, and terminal groups in the second layer are the same as those shown in FIG. 4 in FIGS. 9A to 9C.
- FIG. 9A shows a duplexer 204 in which the area of the wiring pattern 16 facing the transmission filter 5 is relatively large.
- FIG. 9B shows the area of the wiring pattern 16 facing the transmission filter 5.
- 9C is a demultiplexer 206 in which the area of the wiring pattern 16 facing the transmission filter 5 is smaller than that of the demultiplexer 205.
- FIG. That is, the facing area of the wiring pattern 16 to the transmission filter 5 is gradually reduced in the order of the duplexer 204, the duplexer 205, and the duplexer 206.
- the horizontal axis represents frequency (MHz) and the vertical axis represents isolation characteristics (dB).
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- FIG. 11 is a plan view of the first layer of the circuit board 100, and shows via positions superimposed on the first-layer wiring pattern.
- the shape of the wiring pattern 16 constituting the third connection wiring 53 is changed. Note that the wiring patterns, vias, and terminal groups in the second layer are the same as those shown in FIG. 4 in both (a) and (b) of FIG.
- FIG. 11A and 11B are duplexers in which the inductance of the wiring pattern 16 is changed with the facing area of the wiring pattern 16 facing the transmission filter 5 being equal
- FIG. 11B shows a duplexer 207 in which the portion of the wiring pattern 16 facing the transmission filter 5 is a solid pattern and the inductance of the wiring pattern 16 is reduced
- FIG. 11B is a diagram of the wiring pattern 16 facing the transmission filter 5. This is a duplexer 208 in which the part to be spiraled is formed and the inductance of the wiring pattern 16 is increased.
- duplexer 207 and duplexer 208 were examined by simulation calculation. The result is shown in FIG.
- the horizontal axis represents frequency (MHz) and the vertical axis represents isolation (dB).
- the branching filter 208 has improved isolation characteristics than the branching filter 207. From this result, it was confirmed that the isolation characteristics were improved by increasing the inductance of the third connection wiring 53 that is electromagnetically coupled to the transmission filter 5.
- FIG. 13 is a graph showing insertion loss characteristics of the duplexer 200 of the embodiment having the wiring pattern 16 shown in FIG. 4 and the duplexer of Comparative Example 3 in which only the wiring pattern 16 is deleted from the duplexer of the embodiment 200. is there. 13A shows the insertion loss in the transmission band, and FIG. 13B shows the insertion loss in the reception band.
- the duplexer 200 showed almost no difference in insertion loss characteristics from the duplexer of Comparative Example 3.
- FIG. 14 is a graph showing the isolation characteristics of the duplexer 200 and the duplexer of Comparative Example 3. As can be seen from this graph, the duplexer 200 is more isolated than the duplexer of Comparative Example 3. The characteristics have improved.
- the insertion loss characteristic is obtained by connecting the first connection wiring 51 and the second connection wiring 52 by the third connection wiring 53 and electromagnetically coupling the third connection wiring 53 to the transmission filter 5. It was confirmed that the isolation characteristics of the duplexer can be improved while suppressing deterioration of the duplexer.
- FIG. 15 is a perspective view of the communication module component 400 according to the present embodiment.
- the communication module component 400 includes, in addition to the duplexer 200, a power amplifier PA, a bandpass filter BPF, and the like, and is used as a transmission module such as a mobile phone.
- the communication module component 400 is obtained by mounting the duplexer 200, the power amplifier PA, and the bandpass filter BPF on the upper surface of the module substrate 300, and coating these components with a resin 301.
- the communication module of the present embodiment is excellent in electrical characteristics by mounting the duplexer 200 described above. It is also possible to form the internal pattern of the circuit board 100 of the duplexer 200 inside the module substrate 300 and mount the piezoelectric substrate 101 directly on the module substrate 300.
- FIG. 16 is a block diagram of a communication apparatus according to the present embodiment. 16 includes an antenna ANT, an RF circuit 600 connected to the antenna ANT, an IF circuit 700 connected to the RF circuit 600, a signal processing circuit DSP connected to the IF circuit, and a signal processing circuit. And an interface unit 800 connected to the DSP.
- the RF circuit 600 includes a duplexer 200, a power amplifier PA, a transmission bandpass filter BPF1, a low noise amplifier LNA, a reception bandpass filter BPF2, and a local oscillator LO.
- the IF circuit 700 includes a modulator MOD, a low-pass filter LPS, and a demodulator De-MOD.
- the user interface unit 800 includes a control unit CONT, an operation unit KB, a microphone MIC, and a speaker SP.
- the audio signal input from the microphone MIC is A / D converted by a DSP (Digital Signal Processor), then modulated by the modulator MOD, and further, the frequency is output by the mixer using the oscillation signal of the local oscillator LO. Converted.
- the output of the mixer passes through the transmission bandpass filter BPF1 and the power amplifier PA, passes through the duplexer 200, and is output to the antenna ANT.
- a reception signal from the antenna ANT passes through the duplexer 200, and is input to the mixer through the low noise amplifier LNA and the reception band pass filter BPF2.
- the mixer converts the frequency of the received signal using the oscillation signal of the local oscillator LO, and the converted signal passes through the low-pass filter LPF, is demodulated by the demodulator De-MOD, and further D / A converted by the DSP, and the speaker An audio signal is output from. Since the communication device illustrated in FIG. 10 includes the duplexer 200, a call with less noise is possible.
- the transmission signal terminal 1 is an example of a “first terminal”
- the reception signal terminals 2 and 3 are examples of a “second terminal”.
- the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and may be implemented in various modes.
- the configuration of the filter is not limited to this, and a thin film acoustic resonator may be used.
- the duplexer in which the pass frequency band of the transmission filter 5 is lower than the pass frequency band of the reception filter 6 has been described.
- the pass frequency band of the transmission filter 5 is higher than the pass frequency band of the reception filter 6.
- the present invention is also applicable to a duplexer.
- Second connection wiring 53 Third connection wiring 61-64: Series resonator 65-68: Parallel resonator 80: Resonator connection wiring
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ところで分波器に求められる要求スペックとしては、アイソレーション特性以外に減衰特性も重要となってくる。アイソレーション特性、減衰特性のいずれかの特性が悪いと、携帯電話器の通話品質が劣化するなどの問題が生じるためである。
本発明の実施形態にかかる分波器200の斜視図を図1に示す。図1に示す分波器200は、複数の誘電体層を積層することにより形成された回路基板100と、回路基板100に実装された圧電基板101とから主に構成されている。圧電基板101は、回路基板100の第2主面100Bに実装されている。また、圧電基板101の回路基板100の第2主面100Bと向い合う面(第3主面101A)には、第1フィルタとしての送信用フィルタ5および第2フィルタとしての受信用フィルタ6が形成されている。
次に、本発明の通信用モジュール部品の実施形態について説明する。図15は、本実施形態にかかる通信用モジュール部品400の斜視図である。通信用モジュール部品400は、分波器200の他にパワーアンプPA、バンドパスフィルタBPFなどを含み、例えば、携帯電話機などの送信用モジュールとして使用される。
次に、上述した分波器200を使用した通信装置の実施形態について説明する。図16は、本実施形態にかかる通信装置のブロック図である。図16に示す通信装置は、アンテナANTと、アンテナANTに接続されるRF回路600と、RF回路600に接続されるIF回路700と、IF回路に接続される信号処理回路DSPと、信号処理回路DSPに接続されるインターフェース部800とを備えたものである。
2、3・・・受信信号端子(第2端子)
4・・・アンテナ端子
5・・・送信用フィルタ(第1フィルタ)
6・・・受信用フィルタ(第2フィルタ)
51・・・第1接続配線
52・・・第2接続配線
53・・・第3接続配線
61~64・・・直列共振子
65~68・・・並列共振子
80・・・共振子接続配線
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- アンテナ端子、第1端子、第2端子およびグランド端子を含む端子群と、
前記アンテナ端子と前記第1端子との間に位置した、共振子接続配線ならびに該共振子接続配線を介してラダー型に接続された直列共振子および並列共振子を有する第1フィルタと、
前記アンテナ端子と前記第2端子との間に位置した、前記第1フィルタの通過周波数帯域とは異なる通過周波数帯域を有する第2フィルタと、
前記並列共振子と前記グランド端子とを接続する第1接続配線と、
前記第2フィルタと前記グランド端子とを接続する第2接続配線と、
前記第1接続配線と前記第2接続配線とを接続し、前記共振子接続配線、前記直列共振子および前記並列共振子の少なくとも1つと電磁界結合している第3接続配線と
を備える分波器。 - 前記第1接続配線と前記第3接続配線との接続部は、前記第1接続配線のうち前記並列共振子との接続部である一方端よりも前記グランド端子との接続部である他方端に近い部分に位置している請求項1に記載の分波器。
- 前記第2フィルタの通過周波数帯域は、前記第1フィルタの通過周波数帯域よりも高い請求項1または2に記載の分波器。
- 前記第1端子には不平衡信号が入力され、前記第2端子からは平衡信号が出力される請求項1乃至3のいずれか1項に記載の分波器。
- 回路基板と、
該回路基板の第1主面に位置する、アンテナ端子、第1端子、第2端子およびグランド端子を含む端子群と、
前記回路基板の前記第1主面とは反対側の面である第2主面に実装された、該第2主面に向い合う面である第3主面を有する圧電基板とを備えた分波器であって、
前記圧電基板は、前記第3主面に位置した、共振子接続配線ならびに該共振子接続配線を介してラダー型に接続された直列共振子および並列共振子を有する第1フィルタと、前記第3主面に位置した、前記第1フィルタの通過周波数帯域とは異なる通過周波数帯域を有する第2フィルタとを有し、
前記回路基板は、前記並列共振子と前記グランド端子とを接続する第1接続配線と、前記第2フィルタと前記グランド端子とを接続する第2接続配線と、前記第2主面に位置した、前記第1接続配線と前記第2接続配線とを接続するとともに一部が前記共振子接続配線、前記直列共振子および前記並列共振子の少なくとも1つと対向している第3接続配線とを有する分波器。 - 前記第1接続配線と前記第3接続配線との接続部は、前記第1接続配線のうち前記並列共振子との接続部である一方端よりも前記グランド端子との接続部である他方端に近い部分に位置している請求項5に記載の分波器。
- 前記第3接続配線は、渦巻状に形成された部分および蛇行状に形成された部分の少なくとも一方を有する請求項5または6に記載の分波器。
- 前記第1接続配線は、渦巻状に形成された部分および蛇行状に形成された部分の少なくとも一方を有する請求項5乃至7のいずれか1項に記載の分波器。
- モジュール基板と、該モジュール基板に実装された請求項1乃至8のいずれか1項に記載の分波器と
を備えた通信用モジュール部品。
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