Transmission and reception module

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12587351-B2
Application number	US-202217812473-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 14, 2022
Priority date	Jul 16, 2021
Publication date	Mar 24, 2026
Grant date	Mar 24, 2026

Abstract

A transmission and reception module includes a substrate including a transmission signal input terminal, a reception signal output terminal, and an antenna terminal, a duplexer that is provided on the substrate, outputs a transmission signal input from the transmission signal input terminal to the antenna terminal, and outputs a reception signal input from the antenna terminal to the reception signal output terminal, a first inductor included in a first matching circuit provided between the duplexer and the antenna terminal, and a second inductor included in a second matching circuit provided between the duplexer and the reception signal output terminal. On the substrate, a winding axis direction of a conductor of the first inductor and a winding axis direction of a conductor of the second inductor are different from each other.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A transmission and reception module comprising:
a substrate comprising a transmission signal input terminal, a reception signal output terminal, and an antenna terminal; a duplexer that is on the substrate, the duplexer being configured to output a transmission signal input from the transmission signal input terminal to the antenna terminal, and configured to output a reception signal input from the antenna terminal to the reception signal output terminal; a first inductor connected between the duplexer and the antenna terminal, the first inductor being part of a first matching circuit; a second inductor connected between the duplexer and the reception signal output terminal, the second inductor being part of a second matching circuit; and a third inductor connected between the duplexer and the transmission signal input terminal, the third inductor being part of a third matching circuit, wherein on the substrate, a winding axis direction of a conductor of the first inductor and a winding axis direction of a conductor of the second inductor are different from each other, wherein on the substrate, the winding axis direction of the conductor of the first inductor and a winding axis direction of a conductor of the third inductor are different from each other, wherein the substrate is a multilayer substrate in which a plurality of wiring layers is laminated with an insulator layer interposed between the wiring layers, and wherein a wiring layer adjacent in a laminating direction to a wiring layer to which the inductor having a conductor winding axis direction orthogonal to the substrate among the first inductor, the second inductor, and the third inductor is connected, is not provided with a ground wiring overlapping the inductor in a top view.

2 . The transmission and reception module according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an antenna switch circuit connected between the duplexer and the antenna terminal, wherein the first matching circuit is connected between the duplexer and the antenna switch circuit.

3 . The transmission and reception module according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a low-noise amplifier circuit connected between the duplexer and the reception signal output terminal, wherein the second matching circuit is connected between the duplexer and the low-noise amplifier circuit.

4 . The transmission and reception module according to claim 1 , wherein the winding axis direction of the conductor of the first inductor or the winding axis direction of the conductor of the second inductor is orthogonal to the substrate.

5 . The transmission and reception module according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first inductor is connected in series in a path connecting the duplexer to the antenna terminal, and wherein the second inductor is connected in series in a path connecting the duplexer to the reception signal output terminal.

6 . The transmission and reception module according to claim 1 , wherein the winding axis direction of the conductor of the first inductor or the winding axis direction of the conductor of the third inductor is orthogonal to the substrate.

7 . The transmission and reception module according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first inductor is connected in series in a path connecting the duplexer to the antenna terminal, and wherein the third inductor is connected in series in a path connecting the duplexer to the transmission signal input terminal.

8 . The transmission and reception module according to claim 1 , wherein on the substrate, the winding axis direction of the conductor of the second inductor and the winding axis direction of the conductor of the third inductor are different from each other.

9 . The transmission and reception module according to claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of the duplexers.

10 . The transmission and reception module according to claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of the first matching circuits.

11 . The transmission and reception module according to claim 1 , further comprising a shield case covering a component mounting surface of the substrate.

12 . A transmission and reception module comprising:
a substrate comprising a transmission signal input terminal, a reception signal output terminal, and an antenna terminal; a duplexer that is on the substrate, the duplexer being configured to output a transmission signal input from the transmission signal input terminal to the antenna terminal, and configured to output a reception signal input from the antenna terminal to the reception signal output terminal; a first inductor connected between the duplexer and the antenna terminal, the first inductor being part of a first matching circuit; a second inductor connected between the duplexer and the reception signal output terminal, the second inductor being part of a second matching circuit; and a third inductor connected between the duplexer and the transmission signal input terminal, the third inductor being part of a third matching circuit, wherein on the substrate, a winding axis direction of a conductor of the first inductor and a winding axis direction of a conductor of the second inductor are different from each other, wherein on the substrate, the winding axis direction of the conductor of the first inductor and a winding axis direction of a conductor of the third inductor are different from each other, wherein the winding axis direction of the conductor of the second inductor is the same as the winding axis direction of the conductor of the third inductor, and wherein a distance between the second inductor and the third inductor is larger than a distance between the first inductor and the second inductor, and is larger than a distance between the first inductor and the third inductor.

13 . The transmission and reception module according to claim 12 , wherein the winding axis direction of the conductor of the second inductor and the winding axis direction of the conductor of the third inductor are orthogonal to the substrate.

Assignees

• Murata Manufacturing Co

Inventors

• Ikegami Katsuya
• Ikarashi Kazuhiro

Classifications

• H03H7/463

  Duplexers · CPC title

• H03H7/38

  Impedance-matching networks · CPC title

• H03H2001/0085

  Multilayer, e.g. LTCC, HTCC, green sheets · CPC title

• H04B1/18

  Input circuits, e.g. for coupling to an antenna or a transmission line (coupling networks between antennas or lines and receivers independent of the nature of the receiver H03H) · CPC title

• H04B1/0458

  Arrangements for matching and coupling between power amplifier and antenna or between amplifying stages (matching circuits in general H03H) · CPC title