High-frequency switch module
AssigneeHitachi Metals, Ltd.
InventorsShigeru Kemmochi, Mitsuhiro Watanabe, Hiroyuki Tai, Keisuke Fukamachi, Satoru Yokouchi
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Abstract
A high-frequency switch module, including a laminate constituted of dielectric layers having electrode patterns, the high-frequency switch module also including a high-frequency switch circuit for switching a transmitting circuit and a receiving circuit of transmitting/receiving systems, and a filter circuit connected to a receiving side of the high-frequency switch circuit.
Claims16
A high-frequency switch module, comprising:
- a laminate comprising a plurality of dielectric layers each having an electrode pattern, said high-frequency switch module comprising a high-frequency switch circuit for switching a transmitting circuit and a receiving circuit of transmitting/receiving systems;
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- a filter circuit connected to a receiving side of said high-frequency switch circuit,
- wherein said filter circuit is a surface acoustic wave filter, and a phase shift circuit including at least one selected from the group consisting of an inductor and a capacitor is arranged between said switch circuit and said surface acoustic wave filter, thereby obtaining high isolation between the transmitting circuit and the receiving circuit at a high transmitting frequency,
- said surface acoustic wave filter and switching elements of said high frequency switch are mounted on said laminate and connected to the electrode patterns formed therewithin through via-holes, as well as a lower surface of a lowermost layer of said laminate having terminal electrodes and a ground electrode as a plurality of external terminals to be connected to said electrode patterns through via-holes, and a part of said ground electrode is formed on the lower surface of the lowermost layer of said laminate in an isolated state from other electrodes.
A high-frequency switch module constituted by a laminate constituted by a plurality of dielectric layers each having an electrode pattern, said high-frequency switch module comprising a high-frequency switch circuit for switching a transmitting circuit and a receiving circuit of transmitting/receiving systems, and a filter circuit connected to a receiving side of said high-frequency switch circuit,
- wherein said filter circuit is a surface acoustic wave filter with unbalanced input and balanced output, said surface acoustic wave filter and switching elements of said high frequency switch are mounted on said laminate and connected to the electrode patterns formed therewithin through via-holes, as well as a lower surface of a lowermost layer of said laminate having a plurality of external terminals including balanced output terminals, and the balanced output terminal of said surface acoustic wave filter is connected thereto via the adjacently arranged balanced output terminals and via-holes.
A high-frequency switch module comprising a laminate constituted by a plurality of dielectric layers each having an electrode pattern, said high-frequency switch module comprising a high-frequency switch circuit for switching a transmitting circuit and a receiving circuit of transmitting/receiving systems, a surface acoustic wave filter connected to a receiving system of said high-frequency switch circuit, and a balanced-to-unbalanced transforming circuit connected to said surface acoustic wave filter;
- wherein said high-frequency switch circuit comprises a switching element, a first transmission line and a first capacitor as main elements,
- wherein at least part of said first transmission line and said first capacitor is constituted by said electrode patterns in said laminate;
- wherein said balanced-to-unbalanced transforming circuit is a balanced-to-unbalanced transformer;
- wherein said balanced-to-unbalanced transformer comprises a second transmission line as a main element;
- and wherein said second transmission line is formed by said electrode patterns in said laminate.
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