Adjustable harmonic filtering device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9705468-B2
Application number	US-201514594254-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 12, 2015
Priority date	Feb 25, 2014
Publication date	Jul 11, 2017
Grant date	Jul 11, 2017

Abstract

The present invention is related to an adjustable harmonic filtering device, mainly comprising a first connecting port, a second connecting port, a harmonic filtering unit, and an adjusting unit, in which a passive network is presented between the first connecting port and the second connecting port, as well as the harmonic filtering unit is connected to the passive network. The harmonic filtering unit comprises a first inductor and a first capacitor. The adjusting unit is adjacent to the first inductor of the harmonic filtering unit, and induced electromagnetically therewith. Thus, frequency-band of the harmonic, to be filtered out by the harmonic filtering unit, may be changed, allowing for reducing loss of signal occurring in the process of transmission between the first connecting port and the second connecting port effectively.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An adjustable harmonic filtering device, comprising:
a first connecting port;
a second connecting port, wherein a passive network is presented between said first connecting port and said second connecting port;
a harmonic filtering unit, connected to said passive network, and including at least one first capacitor and at least one first inductor, said at least one first inductor is connected to said at least one first capacitor in series; and
an adjusting unit, adjacent to said at least one first inductor of said harmonic filtering unit, and induced electromagnetically with said at least one first inductor, so as to change a frequency-band of a harmonic to be filtered out by said harmonic filtering unit,
said adjusting unit including at least one second inductor, said at least one second inductor being adjacent to said at least one first inductor of said harmonic filtering unit, and induced electromagnetically with said at least one first inductor, said adjusting unit further including a band-pass filtering unit and a variable delay unit, said second inductor being electrically connected to said first connecting port via said band-pass filtering unit and said variable delay unit.

2. An adjustable harmonic filtering device, comprising:
a first connecting port;
a second connecting port, wherein a passive network is presented between said first connecting port and said second connecting port;
a harmonic filtering unit, connected to said passive network, and including at least one first capacitor and at least one first inductor, said at least one first inductor is connected to said at least one first capacitor in series; and
an adjusting unit including at least one second inductor, said at least one second inductor being adjacent to said at least one first inductor of said harmonic filtering unit, and induced electromagnetically with said at least one first inductor, so as to change a frequency-band of a harmonic to be filtered out by said harmonic filtering unit,
said first connecting port of said adjustable harmonic filtering device is electrically connected to an output of an amplifying unit, said second connecting port is electrically connected to an antenna unit, and an input of said amplifying unit is electrically connected to an output of a power combiner, said power combiner including a plurality of matching networks, each of said matching networks including at least one matching network capacitor and at least one matching network inductor.

3. The adjustable harmonic filtering device according to claim 2 , wherein each of said matching networks is connected to each other via at least one resistor.

4. An adjustable harmonic filtering device, comprising:
a first connecting port;
a second connecting port, wherein a passive network is presented between said first connecting port and said second connecting port;
a harmonic filtering unit, connected to said second connecting port, and including at least one first capacitor and at least one first inductor, said at least one first inductor is connected to said at least one first capacitor in series; and
an adjusting unit, adjacent to said at least one first inductor of said harmonic filtering unit, and induced electromagnetically with said at least one first inductor, so as to change a frequency-band of a harmonic to be filtered out by said harmonic filtering unit,
said adjusting unit including at least one second inductor, said at least one second inductor being adjacent to said at least one first inductor of said harmonic filtering unit, and induced electromagnetically with said at least one first inductor,
said adjusting unit further including at least one variable capacitor and at least one resistor, said at least one variable capacitor and said at least one resistor being electrically connected to said at least one second inductor.

5. The adjustable harmonic filtering device according to claim 4 , wherein said first connecting port is electrically connected to an output of an amplifying unit, while said second connecting port is electrically connected to an antenna unit.

6. The adjustable harmonic filtering device according to claim 5 , wherein a RF signal is sent to said antenna unit from said amplifying unit via said passive network.

7. The adjustable harmonic filtering device according to claim 6 , wherein a capacitance of said variable capacitor is adjusted on the basis of a frequency-band of said RF signal, so as to change said frequency-band of said harmonic to be filtered out by said harmonic filtering unit.

8. The adjustable harmonic filtering device according to claim 4 , wherein said harmonic filtering unit is connected at at least one end thereof to said passive network between said first connecting port and said second connecting port.

Assignees

• Airoha Tech Corp

Inventors

• Lee Tao-Yi
• Kuo Bing-Jye
• Wei Hsuan-An

Classifications

• H03H2007/013

  Notch or bandstop filters · CPC title

• H03F3/245

  with semiconductor devices only · CPC title

• H03H7/0115

  comprising only inductors and capacitors (H03H7/075, H03H7/09, H03H7/12, H03H7/13 take precedence) · CPC title

• H03F1/565

  using inductive elements · CPC title

• H03H7/1758

  Series LC in shunt or branch path (H03H7/1791 takes precedence) · CPC title