摘要:
A variable filter element and a variable filter module suitable for decreasing the drive voltage are provided. The variable filter element includes a substrate, two ground lines and a signal line between the ground lines, where these lines are disposed to extend in parallel on the substrate. The filter element further includes movable capacitor electrodes which bridge between the ground lines and have portions facing the signal line, drive electrodes which are located between the signal line and the ground lines and generate electrostatic attraction with the movable capacitor electrodes, and a ground line, which is disposed in the substrate, has a portion facing the signal line, and is electrically connected with the ground. The variable capacitor electrodes and the ground line constitute ground interconnection portions, and the signal line and ground interconnection portion constitute a distributed constant transmission line.
摘要:
An arrangement for steering the radiation lobe of an array antenna without turning the antenna itself. The radiators of the array antenna (371, 372, 373, 374) are located in the row, and two radiators (371 , 372, 373, 374) which are equidistant from the midpoint of the row, form a radiator pair (371, 372, 373, 374). To steer the radiator lobe, the phase of the signal of one radiator in the pair (371, 373, 372, 374) is e.g. advanced and the phase of the signal of the other radiator (371, 373, 372, 374) is lagged by equivalent amount. For this aim each radiator (371, 372, 373, 374) is fed through a phase shifter comprising at least one reflection line (341, 343) and a separating element (351, 352, 353, 354). The reflection lines (341, 343) for the pair radiators (371, 372, 373, 374) are implemented by a transmission line (321, 322, 323, 324), which is shared between them. The signal to be led to one radiator (371, 373, 372, 374) is fed to one end of this transmission line (321 , 322, 323, 324), and the signal to be led to the other radiator (371, 373, 372, 374) is fed to the opposite end of the same line. In the transmission line (321, 322, 323, 324) there is a reflection point (331, 332), the place of which can be moved. Said phase changes take place by moving the reflection point (331, 332) along the transmission line (321, 322, 323, 324). For moving the reflection point (331, 332), the transmission line (321, 322, 323, 324) has one movable (331, 332) or several fixed reflection circuits. In the former case, the reflection circuits (331, 332) of the different transmission lines (321, 322, 323, 324) are slides attached to one and the same movable arm (361 ). In the latter case, one of the reflection circuits of each transmission line is activated at a time. If the number of the radiator pairs (371, 372, 373, 374) is more than one, the phase adjusting for all the radiator pairs (371, 372, 373, 374) is implemented simultaneously by the common control.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a bandpass filter having a passband passband width appropriate as a bandpass filter for UWB, a high frequency module using the bandpass filter, and a radio communication device using the bandpass filter and the high frequency module. There is provided a bandpass filter including a laminate composed of a plurality of dielectric layers 11; first and second ground electrodes arranged on the bottom and top surfaces, respectively, of the laminate; resonance electrodes 30a, 30b, and 30c arranged in an inter-digital type on a first inter-layer portion of the laminate, one end of each of the resonance electrodes being grounded; an input coupling electrode 40a arranged on an inter-layer portion different from the first inter-layer portion of the laminate to face the resonance electrode 30a of the input stage in the inter-digital type; and an output coupling electrode 40b arranged on an inter-layer portion different from the first inter-layer portion of the laminate to face the resonance electrode 30b of the output stage. Accordingly, it can be possible to achieve a bandpass filter that has a flat and low-loss transmission characteristicstransmission characteristic over the entire region of the broad pass bandpassband that could not be achieved by a bandpass filter using the conventional 1/4 wavelength resonator.