# US 2003/0189470 A1 · Dielectric filter, dielectric duplexer, and communication apparatus

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- Number: US 2003/0189470 A1
- Document ID: US20030189470A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 10/400,621
- Filed: 2003-03-28
- Published: 2003-10-09
- Earliest claimed: 2001-02-19
- Assignees: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Takahiro Okada; Jinsei Ishihara; Hideyuki Kato
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20030189470A1

## CPC

- H01P 1/2136: {using comb or interdigital filters; using cascaded coaxial cavities (H01P1/2131, H01P1/2135 take precedence)}
- H01P 1/2056: {Comb filters or interdigital filters with metallised resonator holes in a dielectric block}
- H01P: WAVEGUIDES; RESONATORS, LINES, OR OTHER DEVICES OF THE WAVEGUIDE TYPE (operating at optical frequencies G02B)

## Abstract

In a dielectric filter, from the top surface to the bottom surface of a substantially rectangular dielectric block, inner-conductor holes are formed. On the inner surfaces of the inner-conductor holes, inner conductors are formed except where non-conductor portions are formed in proximity to one of the top and bottom surfaces, in which the apertures of the inner-conductor holes are formed. On the outer surface of the dielectric block, an outer conductor is formed substantially over the entire outer surface, and input and output electrodes isolated from the outer conductor are coupled with the non-conductor portions in the respective inner-conductor holes at the ends of the dielectric block in the direction of array of the inner-conductor holes. In one of the surfaces in which the apertures of the inner-conductor holes are formed, or in one of the surfaces at the ends of the dielectric block in the direction of array of the inner-conductor holes, a concavity is formed, the inner surface thereof being covered with the outer conductor.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A dielectric filter comprising:
a substantially rectangular dielectric block;
a plurality of inner-conductor holes having respective apertures in a first end surface of said dielectric block and in a second end surface which is opposite to said first end surface of said dielectric block;
a plurality of inner conductors formed respectively on the inner surfaces of said plurality of inner-conductor holes;
at least one concavity formed in one of a pair of opposed third and fourth end surfaces of the dielectric block which are arranged with the plurality of inner-conductor holes therebetween in the direction of array of said plurality of inner-conductor holes; and
an outer conductor formed on the outer surface of said dielectric block including the inner surface of said at least one concavity;
wherein said concavity shifts higher the resonance frequency in a TE mode in which the electric field is aligned in the direction perpendicular to both an axial direction and the direction of array of said plurality of inner-conductor holes.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A dielectric filter according to claim 1, wherein said at least one concavity is formed substantially in a central portion of at least one of the third and fourth end surfaces which are arranged at the ends of said dielectric block in the direction of array of said plurality of inner-conductor holes.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

A dielectric duplexer comprising a pair of dielectric filters, at least one of said filters being a dielectric filter according to claim 1.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

A communications apparatus comprising a transmitting circuit, a receiving circuit, and a dielectric duplexer according to claim 3, said transmitting circuit being connected to an input of one of said dielectric filters, said receiving circuit being connected to an output of the other of said dielectric filters.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

A communications apparatus comprising at least one of a transmitting circuit and a receiving circuit, said circuit including a dielectric filter according to claim 1.