Multilayer lc filter
AssigneeMurata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
InventorKeisuke OGAWA
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Abstract
Multiple LC parallel resonators in which inductors and capacitors are connected in parallel are located inside a multilayer body. The inductors each include a loop inductor including a line-shaped conductor pattern and at least one pair of via conductors connected to the line-shaped conductor pattern. When the multilayer body is seen through in a height direction, in all the loop inductors of the LC parallel resonators, open via conductors are closer to a center of the multilayer body, and short-circuit via conductors are closer to an outer side of the multilayer body in at least one of a width direction and a length direction.
Claims19
A multilayer LC filter to transfer a signal from an input terminal to an output terminal, the multilayer LC filter comprising:
- a multilayer body in which multiple dielectric layers are laminated;
- and
- multiple LC parallel resonators provided in the multilayer body and electromagnetically coupled to each other;
- wherein
- the multilayer body includes:
- a first line-shaped conductor pattern, a second line-shaped conductor pattern, and a third line-shaped conductor pattern between adjacent ones of the dielectric layers;
- a first capacitor conductor pattern, a second capacitor conductor pattern, and a third capacitor conductor pattern between adjacent ones of the dielectric layers;
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- at least one ground conductor pattern between adjacent ones of the dielectric layers;
- the multiple LC parallel resonators include a first LC parallel resonator, a second LC parallel resonator, and a third LC parallel resonator;
- the first LC parallel resonator includes the first line-shaped conductor pattern, a first open via conductor connecting the first line-shaped conductor pattern and the first capacitor conductor pattern, and a first short-circuit via conductor connecting the first line-shaped conductor pattern and the ground conductor pattern;
- the second LC parallel resonator includes the second line-shaped conductor pattern, a second open via conductor connecting the second line-shaped conductor pattern and the second capacitor conductor pattern, and a second short-circuit via conductor connecting the second line-shaped conductor pattern and the ground conductor pattern;
- the third LC parallel resonator includes the third line-shaped conductor pattern, a third open via conductor connecting the third line-shaped conductor pattern and the third capacitor conductor pattern, and a third short-circuit via conductor connecting the third line-shaped conductor pattern and the ground conductor pattern;
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- when the multilayer body is seen through from a lamination direction:
- the first open via conductor is closer to the second open via conductor than to the second short-circuit via conductor and closer to the third open via conductor than to the third short-circuit via conductor;
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- the second open via conductor is closer to the third open via conductor than to the third short-circuit via conductor.
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