# US 10,122,060 B2 · High-frequency electronic component > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,122,060 B2 - Document ID: US10122060B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/629,827 - Filed: 2017-06-22 - Published: 2017-12-28 - Granted: 2018-11-06 - Earliest claimed: 2016-06-27 - Assignees: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Satoshi Asada - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10122060B2 ## CPC - H01P 5/16: Conjugate devices, i.e. devices having at least one port decoupled from one other port - H01P 5/12: Coupling devices having more than two ports (H01P5/04 takes precedence) - H01P: WAVEGUIDES; RESONATORS, LINES, OR OTHER DEVICES OF THE WAVEGUIDE TYPE (operating at optical frequencies G02B) ## Abstract A high-frequency electronic component includes a multilayer body including a first input/output electrode, a second input/output electrode, and a third input/output electrode, and a first input/output path and a second input/output path. The first input/output path includes a first inductor and a first capacitor. The second input/output path includes a second inductor and the first capacitor. The first input/output electrode is located at a position deviated from a symmetric axis along a short-side direction of one main surface of the multilayer body. A distance from the first input/output electrode to a winding portion of the first inductor is larger than a distance from the first input/output electrode to a winding portion of the second inductor, and an inductance of the first inductor is larger than an inductance of the second inductor. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A high-frequency electronic component comprising: a multilayer body including a first input/output electrode provided on one main surface and one side surface of the multilayer body, and a second input/output electrode and a third input/output electrode provided on the one main surface and one other side surface, which opposes the one side surface, of the multilayer body; and a first input/output path including the first input/output electrode, the second input/output electrode, and a first inductor and a first capacitor connected between the first input/output electrode and the second input/output electrode, and a second input/output path including the first input/output electrode, the third input/output electrode, and a second inductor and the first capacitor connected between the first input/output electrode and the third input/output electrode; wherein the first input/output electrode is provided at a position deviated from a symmetric axis along a short-side direction of the one main surface of the multilayer body; a distance from the first input/output electrode to a winding portion of the first inductor is larger than a distance from the first input/output electrode to a winding portion of the second inductor; and an inductance of the first inductor is larger than an inductance of the second inductor. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The high-frequency electronic component according to claim 1, wherein an area of a region surrounded by an outer circumference of a projection view of the first inductor is larger than an area of a region surrounded by an outer circumference of a projection view of the second inductor. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The high-frequency electronic component according to claim 1, wherein the multilayer body has a rectangular or substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The high-frequency electronic component according to claim 1, wherein the high-frequency electronic component is a divider. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The high-frequency electronic component according to claim 1, wherein the high-frequency electronic component is a combiner. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The high-frequency electronic component according to claim 1, wherein the first input/output electrode is located in a vicinity of or adjacent to a first corner portion of the multilayer body; the second input/output electrode is located in a vicinity of or adjacent to a second corner portion of the multilayer body so as to oppose the first input/output electrode; and the third input/output electrode is located in a vicinity of or adjacent to a third corner portion of the multilayer body so as to oppose a ground electrode. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The high-frequency electronic component according to claim 1, wherein the second input/output electrode and the third input/output electrode are arranged at line symmetrical positions with respect to the symmetric axis along the short-side direction of the one main surface of the multilayer body. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The high-frequency electronic component according to claim 1, wherein a length of a pattern conductor of the first inductor is larger than a length of a pattern conductor of the second inductor. ### Claim 9 A high-frequency electronic component comprising: a multilayer body including a first input/output electrode provided on one main surface and one side surface of the multilayer body, and a second input/output electrode and a third input/output electrode provided on the one main surface and the other side surface, which opposes the one side surface, of the multilayer body; and a first input/output path including the first input/output electrode, the second input/output electrode, and a first inductor, and a first capacitor and a second capacitor connected between the first input/output electrode and the second input/output electrode, and a second input/output path including the first input/output electrode, the third input/output electrode, and a second inductor, and the first capacitor and a third capacitor connected between the first input/output electrode and the third input/output electrode; wherein the first input/output electrode is provided at a position deviated from a symmetric axis along a short-side direction of the one main surface of the multilayer body; a distance from the first input/output electrode to a winding portion of the first inductor is larger than a distance from the first input/output electrode to a winding portion of the second inductor; and a capacitance of the second capacitor is smaller than a capacitance of the third capacitor. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The high-frequency electronic component according to claim 9, wherein an area of a projection view of the second capacitor is smaller than an area of a projection view of the third capacitor. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The high-frequency electronic component according to claim 10, wherein an area of a region surrounded by an outer circumference of a projection view of the first inductor is larger than an area of a region surrounded by an outer circumference of a projection view of the second inductor. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The high-frequency electronic component according to claim 9, wherein the multilayer body has a rectangular or substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The high-frequency electronic component according to claim 9, wherein the high-frequency electronic component is a divider. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The high-frequency electronic component according to claim 9, wherein the high-frequency electronic component is a combiner. ### Claim 15 (depends on 9) The high-frequency electronic component according to claim 9, wherein the first input/output electrode is located in a vicinity of or adjacent to a first corner portion of the multilayer body; the second input/output electrode is located in a vicinity of or adjacent to a second corner portion of the multilayer body so as to oppose the first input/output electrode; and the third input/output electrode is located in a vicinity of or adjacent to a third corner portion of the multilayer body so as to oppose a ground electrode. ### Claim 16 (depends on 9) The high-frequency electronic component according to claim 9, wherein the second input/output electrode and the third input/output electrode are arranged at line symmetrical positions with respect to the symmetric axis along the short-side direction of the one main surface of the multilayer body. ### Claim 17 (depends on 9) The high-frequency electronic component according to claim 9, wherein a length of a pattern conductor of the first inductor is larger than a length of a pattern conductor of the second inductor.