Transceiver duplex filter utilizing saw filter

A composite duplex filter for a transceiver having different transmitting and receiving frequency bands comprising:

• a transmitting radio-frequency filter comprising a dielectric filter having a low impedance in the transmitting frequency band and a high impedance in the receiving frequency band;
• a first transmission line provided between the transmitting radio-frequency filter and an antenna and adapted to have a low impedance in the transmitting frequency band and a high impedance in the receiving frequency band;
• a receiving radio-frequency filter comprising a surface acoustic wave device having input and output end connections and a common ground and having a low impedance in the receiving frequency band and a high impedance in the transmitting frequency band;
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• a second transmission line provided between the receiving radio-frequency filter and said antenna and adapted to have a low impedance in the receiving frequency band and a high impedance in the transmitting frequency band;
• each of the input and output end connections of said surface acoustic wave device having a capacitor connected in series therewith and with one end of said capacitor being connected to said end connection and the other end of said capacitor being connected to an inductor which is in turn connected at one end of said inductor to said capacitor and at the other end of said inductor to said common ground to provide an impedance match for said surface acoustic wave device whereby the value of the impedance looking toward said surface acoustic wave filter at each of the connections formed by said respective capacitors and inductors is about 50 ohms.