Rf filter with reduced insertion loss
AssigneeSnapTrack, Inc.
InventorsWerner RUILE, Sebastian BERTL, Markus HAUSER, Veit MEISTER
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Abstract
The invention relates to an RF filter with reduced insertion loss. The filter (F) includes a first bandpass filter (BPF1) having a passband, a circuit unit (SE) having an undesired excitation at a critical frequency (fs) and a reflector (R) that reflects RF signals of this frequency before the circuit unit is undesirably excited and the power is lost as a result.
Claims13
An RF filter (F) having reduced insertion loss, comprising
- an input port (Pin),
- a first bandpass filter (BPF1) having a first passband,
- a circuit unit (SE), in which RF signals of the frequency fs cause undesired excitations,
- a reflector (R) that reflects RF signals of a frequency fs,
- wherein
- the first bandpass filter (BPF1) and the circuit unit (SE) are connected to the input port (Pin),
- the frequency fs is within a first passband and
- the reflector (R) is connected between the input port (Pin) and the circuit unit (SE).
The RF filter according to the preceding claim, wherein the circuit unit is an RF filter.
The RF filter according to either of the preceding claims, wherein the bandpass filter (BPF1) and/or the circuit unit (SE) operate using acoustic waves.
The RF filter according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the reflector (R) is a low-pass filter, a high-pass filter or a band-stop filter.
The RF filter according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the reflector (R) operates using acoustic waves or includes LC links.
The RF filter according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the reflector (R) rotates the phase of the RF signal of the frequency fs in such a manner that the reflected signals constructively overlap the RF signals on the first bandpass filter (BPF1) and reduce the insertion loss of the RF filter (F).
The RF filter according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the undesired excitations are
- excitations of frequency fs,
- excitations of intermodulation products from signals of the frequency fs,
- excitations from harmonics,
- excitations caused by non-linear effects,
- broad-band excitations or
- excitations caused by volume waves.
The RF filter according to any of the preceding claims, additionally comprising two or more cascaded base units, each having a reflector (R) and a circuit unit (SE).
The RF filter according to any of the preceding claims,
- in which the reflector (R) is connected in a signal path,
- in which the RF filter (F) includes additional reflectors (R) that are connected in series to the reflector (R) in the signal path,
- in which these reflectors (R) are either all high-pass filters or all low-pass filters,
- in which the reflectors (R), sorted in the signal path according to their cut-off frequencies, are cascades in series.
The RF filter according to any of the preceding claims,
- in which the first bandpass filter (BPF1) is connected in a parallel path and itself has undesired excitations at a frequency f,
- in which an additional switching segment (IS) is connected in parallel to the first bandpass filter (BPF1) and in transmission creates an opposing signal to an undesired excitation of the first bandpass filter (BPF1) that destructively interferes with the undesired signal of the first bandpass filter (BPF1).
The RF filter according to any of the preceding claims,
- in which the first bandpass filter (BPF1) is connected in a parallel path and itself has undesired excitations at a frequency f,
- in which an additional filter having a stop band around the frequency f is connected in series after the first bandpass filter (BPF1).
A filter component having an RF filter according to any of the preceding claims.
A front-end circuit having a filter component according to the previous claim.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.