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US 8,014,731 B2Granted
Electric circuit module, circuit module arrangement and use of said circuit module and of said circuit module arrangement
AssigneeEpcos AG
InventorsChristian Block, Holger Fluehr
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Abstract
Circuitry includes a voltage-controlled switch having a transmitter input, a receiver input, and an output that connects to one of the transmitter input and the receiver input. Passive components form a low-pass filter that is electrically connected to the transmitter input. The passive components are part of a multilayer ceramic passive module that includes a base body made of superimposed dielectric layers and electrically conductive layers. The voltage-controlled switch is on an upper portion or a lower portion of the base body.
Claims19
Circuitry comprising:
- a voltage-controlled switch having transmitter inputs, receiver inputs, and an output, the voltage-controlled switch for electrically connecting the output to a single fixed transmission path containing only one transmitter input or one receiver input;
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- passive components forming low-pass filters that are electrically connected to the transmitter inputs, the passive components being part of a ceramic passive module that includes a base body comprised of dielectric layers and electrically conductive layers among the dielectric layers;
- wherein an entirety of the voltage-controlled switch is on an upper portion or a lower portion of the base body;
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- wherein:
- the voltage-controlled switch comprises K (K>1) transmitter inputs and L (L>1) receiver inputs, and has K+L switching states;
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- the passive components form K low-pass filters, each low-pass filter being electrically connected to one transmitter input.
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An electrical switching module comprising:
- a voltage-controlled switch having K (K>1) transmitter inputs, L (L>1) receiver inputs, and an output, the voltage-controlled switch having K+L switching states and being configured to electrically connect the output to a single fixed transmission path containing only one transmitter input or only one receiver input, the output being electrically connected to an antenna;
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- low-pass filters, each of the low-pass filters being electrically connected to one of the transmitter inputs, each low-pass filter comprising passive components that are part of a passive module having a base comprised of dielectric layers and electrically conductive layers among the dielectric layers, an entirety of the voltage-controlled switch being disposed at a top or bottom of the base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.