摘要:
The invention relates to a resonator structure and radio frequency filter in which the resonating frequency of a transmission line resonator can be switched in a stepwise manner between at least three values. The switching is implemented as follows: a regulating element including a switch that has at least three states is arranged in connection with the resonator. The three states of the switch correspond to different values of the specific impedance and, hence, the resonating frequency of the transmission line resonator. The regulating element is in accordance with a known arrangement: it may be e.g. a coupling element formed of a strip line on the surface of a low-loss substrate or ceramic, or a side circuit including a capacitive and inductive element, coupled to the resonator. In the former example the switch is open in its first state, in its second state it grounds one end of the coupling element directly and in its other states it grounds the end of the coupling element through differently dimensioned transmission lines. In the latter implementation the switch is open in its first state, in its second state it forms at the side circuit a capacitive-inductive coupling in series and in its third state it bypasses the inductive element.
摘要:
A dielectric filter advantageously comprises a body of a dielectric material rectangular in cross-section and confining at least two parallel holes (31', 32', 33') that extend through the body parallel to each other and parallel to the side surface (34) plane. Major portions of the body are coated with a conductive material which also covers the inner surfaces of the holes (31', 32', 33'), hence forming a transmission line resonator for each hole. The resonators may be quarter-wave or half-wave resonators. According to the invention, the holes are located on at least two lines in the long direction of the body in which case the center axis of at least one hole (32') is not located on the same plane parallel to the side surface (34) as the center axes of the rest of the holes. Advantageously, the distance (D) of the center axis of a hole from the center axis of an adjacent hole is identical for all holes. In this manner it is possible to manufacture a filter that has a smaller volume than a filter with identical electrical characteristics having all the holes on one line.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a coupling element (21) by which the coupling of a resonator (24) is adjusted in a radio frequency filter. The coupling element of the invention is a strip made of flexible conductor material being shaped symmetrical relative to the normal, that is, the symmetry axis of the longitudinal axis extending via the centrepoint of the strip in the longitudinal direction. The strip (21) is fixed at least at two points of an edge in the longitudinal direction to the circuit board (25) either by surface mounting on pads (33, 35, 36) or by soldering into holes borred in the circuit board to be at appropriate space from the resonator coil (34) and from the surface of the circuit board (25). One (33) of the fixing points is grounded and another (36) is connected to the signal conductor in the filter. The coupling can easily be adjusted by bending the board relative to the symmetry axis either one-sidedly or on both sides.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a radio frequency filter the resonators (6,7) of which are made up of a wire wound into a cylindrical coil comprising a number of turns and of a surrounding casing (41). Finger-like projections (3) of an insulating plate (1) support the conical coils from the inside, and the coupling to the resonator is from a microstrip line (8), at a tap point (21), on the insulating plate. Each cylindrical coil has, adjoining the first turn, a straight portion (2) which is parallel to the axis of the cylindrical coil and extends towards the bottom plate (44) of the filter. On the inside surface of the bottom plate (44) there is a lead (51) one end (E) of which is short-circuited and the other end open, and the tip (12) of the straight portion (2) adjoining the cylindrical coil (6) is in contact with this lead (51). In this case, in spite of any rotation of the cylindrical coil relative to its own axis at the assembling stage of the filter, the distance of the tap point from the short-circuited end (E) of the lead (51) will remain unchanged, in which case the tap impedance will not change. The lead (51) is preferably a microstrip line on the surface of the insulating plate.
摘要:
In the mechanical supporting of the resonator coil it is known to use around the resonator coil an injection moulded plastic U-shaped binder ring, with the loops of the coil running through the arms in the binder ring. The resonator wire can also be wound around a plastic body. The methods of the prior art considerably weaken the Q value of the resonator. According to the invention it is possible to achieve good supporting, without a weakening of the Q value, in such a way that the resonator coil (1) is supported from at least one point by a supporting leg (6) of metal, which one end is fastened to the wire of the resonator coil (1) and the other end is fastened to an insulation piece (8) having low losses, which in turn is fastened to the installation plate.
摘要:
A dielectric filter (1) comprises a body of dielectric material, having two bores (3) running therethrough acting as resonators. The sides of the body are covered in a metallic coating apart from an upper surface (2) and one side surface (4). Electrode patterns are provided on the uncoated side surface to provide inductive and capacitive coupling between the resonators. By providing switches 8, the ratio of inductive to capacitive coupling can be changed thus allowing the filter to act as a bandstop or bandpass filter depending upon whether the switches are open or closed.
摘要:
A filter, particularly suitable for radio frequency applications comprises a first filter which, in turn, comprises at least a pair of intercoupled resonators (RES1, RES2), and a SAW filter (SAW) which is coupled between the two intercoupled resonators so that a signal input to the filter at its input (IN) is coupled through the SAW filter to provide an output signal at its output (OUT). This provides a filter with all the advantages of a SAW filter, but with the ability to withstand the high power requirements of radio frequency applications. If three or more resonators are present in the first filter, then an amplifier can also be integrated in the filter. The SAW filter (and the amplifier if present) are inductively or capacitively coupled to the resonators depending upon the type of filter that is required.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a resonator structure composed of two dielectric pieces. On the upper surface of a first piece (1) is provided a groove (7) extending across the entire surface and coated with an electrically conductive agent, said coating being at least in one end connected with an electrically conductive coating serving as a ground plane, so that the groove (7) forms a transmission line resonator. On the upper surface of the second piece (2) is provided a conductive strip (9) running in the middle of the surface, said strip forming a transmission line resonator. The pieces (1,2) are placed with the upper surfaces thereof against each other and attached to each other so that the groove (7) and the strip (9) are against one another in parallel, whereby the groove and the strip together form a resonator.
摘要:
The invention discloses a three-port filter being able to connect alternately a receiver and a transmitter to a common antenna in a ratio system operating by the time division principle. The first signal path between the first and the third ports comprises all resonators (R1, R2, R3, R4). The second port is connected to one (e.g. R3) of the resonators in the first signal path, whereby a first subset (R1, R2) of resonators lies between the first and the second ports, and a second subset (R3, R4) of resonators forming the signal path between the second and the third ports lies between the second and the third ports. The resonators of either subset are switchable resonators, whose resonance frequencies can be shifted between two frequencies by an external control (Control). At the first control value of the control (Control) the resonators of this subset pass the RF-signal substantially without attenuation, and at the second control value they strongly attenuate said signal.
摘要:
A ceramic filter can be made small in size by forming one or more strip-line resonators (5) on a side surface (4) of the ceramic resonator, the side surface additionally having contact and coupling electrodes which can be formed using the same mask as for the strip-line resonators. The strip-line resonators (5) produce zeros in the transfer function of the filter and thereby increase the attenuation at a desired frequency, e.g. the image frequency.