# US 8,786,379 B2 · Common mode noise filter > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,786,379 B2 - Document ID: US8786379B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/108,567 - Filed: 2011-05-16 - Published: 2011-11-24 - Granted: 2014-07-22 - Earliest claimed: 2010-05-21 - Assignees: TDK Corporation - Applicants: Takashi Nakagawa; Takeshi Okumura; Toshio Tomonari - Inventors: Takashi Nakagawa; Takeshi Okumura; Toshio Tomonari - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8786379B2 ## CPC - H04B 3/28: Reducing interference caused by currents induced in cable sheathing or armouring - H03H 7/09: Filters comprising mutual inductance - H03H 7/427: {Common-mode filters (H02J3/01 and H02M1/126 takes precedence)} - H03H 7/48: Networks for connecting several sources or loads, working on the same frequency or frequency band, to a common load or source (phase shifters providing two or more output signals H03H7/21) - H03H 2001/0085: {Multilayer, e.g. LTCC, HTCC, green sheets} - H04B: TRANSMISSION - H03H: IMPEDANCE NETWORKS, e.g. RESONANT CIRCUITS; RESONATORS (waveguides, resonators, lines or other devices of the waveguide type H01P) ## Abstract A common mode noise filter includes: a common mode filter inserted into a pair of signal lines; and a pair of capacitively coupled coils having one ends connected respectively to the corresponding signal lines and the other ends opened. According to the present invention, common mode noise can be removed by a common mode filter, as well as, differential mode noise in a desired frequency band can be removed by a pair of coils whose other ends are opened. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A common mode noise filter comprising: a plurality of external terminals; a common mode filter in a pair of signal lines; and a pair of coils capacitively coupled to each other, each of the coils having one end connected to an associated one of the signal lines and the other end being free from connection with any of the plurality of external terminals so that the other end is opened. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The common mode noise filter as claimed in claim 1, wherein the pair of coils are formed in a single component, and the common mode filter and the pair of coils are formed respectively in different components. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The common mode noise filter as claimed in claim 1, wherein the common mode filter and the pair of coils are formed in a single component. ### Claim 4 A common mode noise filter comprising: a substrate; a plurality of external terminals; first and second coils magnetically coupled to each other and provided on the substrate; and third and fourth coils capacitively coupled to each other and provided on the substrate, wherein each of the first and second coils has one end paired with each other and connected to an associated one of the plurality of external terminals, the third coil has one end connected to the one end of the first coil and the other end being free from connection with any of the plurality of external terminals so that the other end is opened, and the fourth coil has one end connected to the one end of the second coil and the other end being free from connection with any of the plurality of external terminals so that the other end is opened. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The common mode noise filter as claimed in claim 4, wherein the third and fourth coils are magnetically coupled to each other. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The common mode noise filter as claimed in claim 5, wherein a winding direction from the one end of the third coil to the other end thereof as viewed from one direction is the same as a winding direction from the one end of the fourth coil to the other end thereof as viewed from the one direction. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The common mode noise filter as claimed in claim 5, wherein a winding direction from the one end of the third coil to the other end thereof as viewed from one direction is opposite to a winding direction from the one end of the fourth coil to the other end thereof as viewed from the one direction. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The common mode noise filter as claimed in claim 5, wherein each of the one ends of the third and fourth coils is one of an inner circumferential end and an outer circumferential end, and each of the other ends of the third and fourth coils is another one of the inner circumferential end and the outer circumferential end. ### Claim 9 (depends on 5) The common mode noise filter as claimed in claim 5, wherein each of the one end of the third coil and the other end of the fourth coil is one of an inner circumferential end and an outer circumferential end, and each of the other end of the third coil and the one end of the fourth coil is another one of the inner circumferential end and the outer circumferential end. ### Claim 10 (depends on 4) The common mode noise filter as claimed in claim 4, wherein the third and fourth coils overlap with each other as viewed in a direction perpendicular to a main surface of the substrate. ### Claim 11 (depends on 4) The common mode noise filter as claimed in claim 4, wherein the first and third coils are formed in a first wiring layer provided on the substrate, and the second and fourth coils are formed in a second wiring layer different from the first wiring layer provided on the substrate. ### Claim 12 (depends on 4) The common mode noise filter as claimed in claim 4, wherein the first to fourth coils are formed respectively in first to fourth wiring layers different from one another provided on the substrate. ### Claim 13 (depends on 4) The common mode noise filter as claimed in claim 4, further comprising fifth and sixth coils capacitively coupled to each other provided on the substrate, wherein the fifth coil has one end connected to one of the one end and the other end of the first coil and the other end opened, and the sixth coil has one end connected to one of the one end and the other end of the second coil and the other end opened. ### Claim 14 A common mode noise filter comprising: a substrate; first and second coils magnetically coupled to each other provided on the substrate; and third and fourth coils capacitively and magnetically coupled to each other provided on the substrate, wherein each of the first and second coils has one end paired with each other, the third coil has one end connected to the one end of the first coil and the other end opened, the fourth coil has one end connected to the one end of the second coil and the other end opened, and each of the one ends of the third and fourth coils is one of an inner circumferential end and an outer circumferential end, and each of the other ends of the third and fourth coils is ether another one of the inner circumferential end and the outer circumferential end. ### Claim 15 A common mode noise filter comprising: a plurality of external terminals including first to fourth external terminals; a first coil having a first end connected to the first external terminal and a second end connected to the second external terminal; a second coil having a third end connected to the third external terminal and a fourth end connected to the fourth external terminal; a third coil having a first inner circumferential end and a first outer circumferential end, one of the first inner circumferential end and the first outer circumferential end being connected to the first external terminal; and a fourth coil having a second inner circumferential end and a second outer circumferential end, one of the second inner circumferential end and the second outer circumferential end being connected to the third external terminal, wherein the other of the first inner circumferential end and the first outer circumferential end is connected to none of the plurality of external terminals, and the other of the second inner circumferential end and the second outer circumferential end is connected to none of the plurality of external terminals. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The common mode noise filter as claimed in claim 15, wherein the first and second coils are magnetically coupled to each other. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The common mode noise filter as claimed in claim 16, wherein the third and fourth coils are capacitively coupled to each other. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The common mode noise filter as claimed in claim 15, further comprising: a fifth coil having a third inner circumferential end and a third outer circumferential end, one of the third inner circumferential end and the third outer circumferential end being connected to the second external terminal; and a sixth coil having a fourth inner circumferential end and a fourth outer circumferential end, one of the fourth inner circumferential end and the fourth outer circumferential end being connected to the fourth external terminal. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The common mode noise filter as claimed in claim 18, wherein the other of the third inner circumferential end and the third outer circumferential end is connected to none of the plurality of external terminals, and the other of the fourth inner circumferential end and the fourth outer circumferential end is connected to none of the plurality of external terminals.