Tunable filter and tunable filtering device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10873118-B2
Application number	US-201916457786-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 28, 2019
Priority date	Dec 30, 2016
Publication date	Dec 22, 2020
Grant date	Dec 22, 2020

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide a tunable filter and a tunable filtering device. The tunable filter includes: a cavity, a filtering component that is in the cavity and that is provided on a first surface thereof with at least one through hole, a drive mechanism, and at least one first adjustable component and at least one second adjustable component that are connected to the drive mechanism and that run through the first surface of the cavity; one end of one first adjustable component is disposed opposite to one of the at least one through hole; one end of one second adjustable component is disposed opposite to a position between two adjacent through holes in the at least one through hole; and the drive mechanism controls the at least one first adjustable component to synchronously move, and controls the at least one second adjustable component to synchronously move.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A tunable filter, wherein the tunable filter comprises: a cavity and a filtering component disposed inside the cavity, wherein a first surface of the filtering component is provided with at least one through hole; and the tunable filter further comprises a drive mechanism, and at least one first adjustable component and at least one second adjustable component that are connected to the drive mechanism and that run through the first surface of the cavity;
one end of one first adjustable component is disposed opposite to one of the at least one through hole, and a cross sectional area of the end of the first adjustable component is greater than or equal to a cross sectional area of the other end of the first adjustable component;
one end of one second adjustable component is disposed opposite to a position between two adjacent through holes in the at least one through hole, and a cross sectional area of the end of the second adjustable component is greater than or equal to a cross sectional area of the other end of the second adjustable component; and
the drive mechanism controls the at least one first adjustable component to synchronously move, to change a distance between the at least one first adjustable component and the filtering component, and controls the at least one second adjustable component to synchronously move, to change a distance between the at least one second adjustable component and the filtering component.

2. The tunable filter according to claim 1 , wherein
the drive mechanism comprises two sub drive mechanisms; one of the two sub drive mechanisms is connected to the at least one first adjustable component, and the other sub drive mechanism is connected to the at least one second adjustable component; the sub drive mechanism controls the at least one first adjustable component to synchronously move; and the other sub drive mechanism controls the at least one second adjustable component to synchronously move.

3. The tunable filter according to claim 1 , wherein
the drive mechanism controls the at least one first adjustable component to synchronously move along a direction perpendicular to the first surface of the filtering component; and
the drive mechanism controls the at least one second adjustable component to synchronously move along a direction perpendicular to the first surface of the filtering component.

4. The tunable filter according to claim 1 , wherein the tunable filter further comprises at least two third adjustable components that are connected to the drive mechanism, disposed at two ends of the first surface of the cavity, and run through the first surface of the cavity; and
the drive mechanism controls the at least two third adjustable components to synchronously move, to change a distance between each of the at least two third adjustable components and the filtering component.

5. The tunable filter according to claim 4 , wherein
the drive mechanism comprises one sub drive mechanism; the sub drive mechanism is connected to all of the at least one first adjustable component, the at least one second adjustable component, and the at least one third adjustable component; and the sub drive mechanism controls the at least one first adjustable component, the at least one second adjustable component, and the at least one third adjustable component to synchronously move.

6. The tunable filter according to claim 1 , wherein
the drive mechanism comprises one sub drive mechanism; the sub drive mechanism is connected to both the at least one first adjustable component and the at least one second adjustable component; and the sub drive mechanism controls the at least one first adjustable component and the at least one second adjustable component to synchronously move.

7. The tunable filter according to claim 6 , wherein the sub drive mechanism comprises a drive component and a drive rod that are connected by using a fastener; the drive component comprises a drive shaft and a drive rotor; and the drive rod is connected to both the at least one first adjustable component and the at least one second adjustable component; and
the drive rotor of the drive component controls the drive shaft of the drive component to rotate, to drive the drive rod to move, so that the distance between the at least one first adjustable component and the filtering component and the distance between the at least one second adjustable component and the filtering component change.

8. The tunable filter according to claim 7 , wherein the sub drive mechanism further comprises a fastening component located between the fastener and the drive rotor of the drive component, and at least one anti-wobble apparatus that runs through the fastening component and that is connected to the drive rod.

9. The tunable filter according to claim 8 , wherein the sub drive mechanism further comprises at least one elastic apparatus connected to both the fastening component and the drive rod.

10. A tunable filtering device, wherein the tunable filtering device comprises a tunable filter, wherein the tunable filter comprises:
a cavity and a filtering component disposed inside the cavity, wherein a first surface of the filtering component is provided with at least one through hole; and the tunable filter further comprises a drive mechanism, and at least one first adjustable component and at least one second adjustable component that are connected to the drive mechanism and that run through the first surface of the cavity;
one end of one first adjustable component is disposed opposite to one of the at least one through hole, and a cross sectional area of the end of the first adjustable component is greater than or equal to a cross sectional area of the other end of the first adjustable component;
one end of one second adjustable component is disposed opposite to a position between two adjacent through holes in the at least one through hole, and a cross sectional area of the end of the second adjustable component is greater than or equal to a cross sectional area of the other end of the second adjustable component; and
the drive mechanism controls the at least one first adjustable component to synchronously move, to change a distance between the at least one first adjustable component and the filtering component, and controls the at least one second adjustable component to synchronously move, to change a distance between the at least one second adjustable component and the filtering component.

11. The tunable filtering device according to claim 10 , wherein
the drive mechanism comprises two sub drive mechanisms; one of the two sub drive mechanisms is connected to the at least one first adjustable component, and the other sub drive mechanism is connected to the at least one second adjustable component; the sub drive mechanism controls the at least one first adjustable component to synchronously move; and the other sub drive mechanism controls the at least one second adjustable component to synchronously move.

12. The tunable filtering device according to claim 10 , wherein
the drive mechanism controls the at least one first adjustable component to synchronously move along a direction perpendicular to the first surface of the filtering component; and
the drive mechanism controls the at least one second adjustable component to synchronously move along a direction perpendicular to the first surface of the filtering component.

13. The tunable filtering device according to claim 10 , wherein the tunable filter further comprises at least two third adjustable components that are connected to the drive mechanism, disposed at two ends of the first surface of the cavity

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wang Hui
• Zhao Qing
• Cao Guoxiang
• Xie Jinyuan

Classifications

• H01P1/207 Primary

  Hollow waveguide filters (H01P1/212, H01P1/213, H01P1/215, H01P1/219 take precedence) · CPC title

• H01P3/12

  Hollow waveguides (H01P3/20 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H03J1/08 Primary

  Toothed-gear drive; Worm drive · CPC title