Balun filter and radio-frequency system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9859604-B2
Application number	US-201514875713-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 6, 2015
Priority date	Dec 9, 2014
Publication date	Jan 2, 2018
Grant date	Jan 2, 2018

Abstract

A balun filter utilized for a radio-frequency (RF) system includes a first terminal coupled to an antenna of the RF system for delivering an RF signal; a differential port has a second terminal and a third terminal for delivering a differential signal; a band pass filter coupled between the first terminal and the differential port has a plurality of resonators, each including a surrounding line substantially surrounding an area and forming a loophole on a side of the each resonator; and at least a line segment connected to the surrounding line and disposed separately within the area surrounded by the surrounding line.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A balun filter, utilized for a radio-frequency (RF) system, comprising:
a first terminal, coupled to an antenna of the RF system, for delivering an RF signal;
a differential port, comprising a second terminal and a third terminal, for delivering a differential signal; and
a band pass filter, coupled between the first terminal and the differential port, the band pass filter comprising a plurality of resonators, wherein each of the plurality of resonators comprises:
a surrounding line, substantially surrounding an area, and forming a loophole on a side of the resonator; and
at least one line segment, connected to the surrounding line, and disposed separately within the area surrounded by the surrounding line;

wherein the band pass filter is symmetric with respect to a central line penetrating through the loophole.

2. The balun filter of claim 1 , wherein a number of the at least one line segment is related to a central frequency of the band pass filter.

3. The balun filter of claim 1 , wherein the first terminal is coupled to the band pass filter at a feed-in location, and the feed-in location is related to an energy ratio and a phase difference of signals at the second terminal and the third terminal.

4. The balun filter of claim 1 , wherein signals at the second terminal and the third terminal have equal energy and opposite phases.

5. The balun filter of claim 1 , wherein a common mode input impedance of the band pass filter is substantially zero, and a differential mode input impedance of the band pass filter is substantially a multiple of a characteristic impedance.

6. The balun filter of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of resonators are arranged as an M×2 array.

7. The balun filter of claim 6 , wherein each row of the plurality of resonators comprises a first resonator and a second resonator, the first resonator and the second resonator are separated from each other, a loophole of the first resonator and a loophole of the second resonator are aligned with each other, and the first resonator and the second resonator are symmetric to each other.

8. A radio-frequency (RF) system, comprising:
an antenna, for transmitting or receiving a RF signal;
a balun filter, comprising:
a first terminal, coupled to an antenna of the RF system, for delivering an RF signal;
a differential port, comprising a second terminal and a third terminal, for delivering a differential signal; and
a band pass filter, coupled between the first terminal and the differential port, the band pass filter comprising a plurality of resonators, wherein each of the plurality of resonators comprising:
a surrounding line, substantially surrounding an area, and forming a loophole on a side of the resonator; and

at least one line segment, connected to the surrounding line, and disposed separately within the area surrounded by the surrounding line;
wherein the band pass filter is symmetric with respect to a central line penetrating through the loophole; and

an RF processing module, coupled to the differential port, for receiving or generating the differential signal.

9. The RF system of claim 8 , wherein a number of the at least one line segment is related to a central frequency of the band pass filter.

10. The RF system of claim 8 , wherein the first terminal is coupled to the band pass filter at a feed-in location, and the feed-in location is related to an energy ratio and a phase difference of signals at the second terminal and the third terminal.

11. The RF system of claim 8 , wherein signals at the second terminal and the third terminal have equal energy and opposite phases.

12. The RF system of claim 8 , wherein a common mode input impedance of the band pass filter is substantially zero, and a differential mode input impedance of the band pass filter is substantially a multiple of a characteristic impedance.

13. The RF system of claim 8 , wherein the plurality of resonators are arranged as an M×2 array.

14. The RF system of claim 13 , wherein each row of the plurality of resonators comprises a first resonator and a second resonator, the first resonator and the second resonator are separated from each other, a loophole of the first resonator and a loophole of the second resonator are aligned with each other, and the first resonator and the second resonator are symmetric to each other.

Assignees

• Wistron Neweb Corp

Inventors

• Huang Guo-Shu

Classifications

• H01P5/10 Primary

  for coupling balanced lines or devices with unbalanced lines or devices · CPC title