Invention Grant
- Patent Title: LTCC balun filter using two out-of-phase filtering circuits
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Application No.: US15027370Application Date: 2014-12-04
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Publication No.: US09786978B2Publication Date: 2017-10-10
- Inventor: Xiuyin Zhang , Xiaofeng Liu , Jinxu Xu , Xiaolan Zhao
- Applicant: South China University of Technology
- Applicant Address: CN
- Assignee: South China University of Technology
- Current Assignee: South China University of Technology
- Current Assignee Address: CN
- Agency: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik, LLP
- Priority: CN201410446156 20140903
- International Application: PCT/CN2014/092999 WO 20141204
- International Announcement: WO2016/033890 WO 20160310
- Main IPC: H01P5/10
- IPC: H01P5/10 ; H01P1/203 ; H03H7/42

Abstract:
The invention presents a LTCC balun filter using two out-of-phase filtering circuits. The LTCC balun filter is comprised of three half-wavelength resonators and grounds which are located on fourteen metal layers. Vias are utilized to connect different metal parts. The first, fourth, seventh, eleventh and fourteenth metal layers are the ground. The three half-wavelength resonators are on the second, third, fifth, sixth, eighth, ninth, tenth, twelfth and thirteenth metal layers. By adjusting the coupling parts of the three half-wavelength resonators, namely the lengths of the seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth and eleventh layers, as well as the distances between them, the coupling strength between the half-wavelength resonators can be tuned. In addition, the quality factor of the circuit can be improved by tuning the port positions. By using the multi-layer LTCC technology, the present invention has the advantage of compact size, novelty, creativity and practicability.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160248140A1 LTCC BALUN FILTER USING TWO OUT-OF-PHASE FILTERING CIRCUITS Public/Granted day:2016-08-25
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