Filter and transceiver comprising dielectric body resonators having frequency adjusting holes and negative coupling holes

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9998163-B2
Application number	US-201514952615-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 25, 2015
Priority date	May 31, 2013
Publication date	Jun 12, 2018
Grant date	Jun 12, 2018

Abstract

Embodiments relate to the field of technologies of components of communications devices, and provide a dielectric filter, which resolves a problem that a solid dielectric filter has a difficulty in implementing capacitive coupling. The dielectric filter includes at least two dielectric resonators, where each of the dielectric resonators includes a body made of a solid-state dielectric material, and an adjusting hole located on a surface of the body. The adjusting hole is a blind hole, configured to adjust a resonance frequency of the dielectric resonator on which the blind hole is located. The bodies of all the dielectric resonators included by the dielectric filter form a body of the dielectric filter.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A dielectric filter comprising:
a first dielectric resonator comprising:
a first body made of a solid dielectric material; and
a first adjusting hole extending from a first surface of the first body, the first surface of the first body extending in a first plane, the first adjusting hole being a blind hole, and the first adjusting hole configured to adjust a resonance frequency of the first dielectric resonator, wherein the first adjusting hole has a first depth;

a second dielectric resonator adjacent to the first dielectric resonator, wherein the second dielectric resonator comprises:
a second body made of the solid dielectric material; and
a second adjusting hole extending from a first surface of the second body, the first surface of the second body extending in the first plane, the second adjusting hole being a blind hole, and the second adjusting hole configured to adjust a resonance frequency of the second dielectric resonator;

a first negative coupling hole located between the first dielectric resonator and the second dielectric resonator and extending from the first surface of the first body and the first surface of the second body, and the first negative coupling hole being a blind hole, and the first negative coupling hole configured to implement capacitive coupling between the first dielectric resonator and the second dielectric resonator, wherein the first negative coupling hole has a second depth, and wherein the second depth of the first negative coupling hole is greater than the first depth of the first adjusting hole; and
a conducting layer covering the first surface and a second surface of the first body of the first dielectric resonator and the first surface and a second surface of the second body of the second dielectric resonator, the conducting layer wholly or partially covering a surface of the first adjusting hole and a surface of the second adjusting hole, and the conducting layer wholly or partially covering a surface of the first negative coupling hole.

2. The dielectric filter according to claim 1 , wherein the second depth of the first negative coupling hole is at least twice the first depth of the first adjusting hole, and wherein the second depth of the first negative coupling hole is at least twice-a third depth of the second adjusting hole.

3. The dielectric filter according to claim 1 , wherein the second depth of the first negative coupling hole is designed to set a frequency of a transmission zero of the dielectric filter.

4. The dielectric filter according to claim 1 , wherein the dielectric filter comprises a plurality of negative coupling holes, the plurality of negative coupling holes including the first negative coupling hole, and wherein a quantity of the plurality of negative coupling holes is equal to a quantity of transmission zeros of the dielectric filter.

5. The dielectric filter according to claim 1 , wherein the first dielectric resonator and the second dielectric resonator are designed to set a frequency of a transmission zero of the dielectric filter.

6. The dielectric filter according to claim 1 , wherein a second conducting layer is disposed between the first dielectric resonator and the second dielectric resonator.

7. The dielectric filter according to claim 1 , wherein a part of the surface of the first negative coupling hole is not covered by the conducting layer.

8. The dielectric filter according to claim 7 , wherein an area of the part of the surface of the first negative coupling hole which is not covered by the conducting layer is designed to set a coupling degree of the capacitive coupling between the first dielectric resonator and the second dielectric resonator.

9. The dielectric filter according to claim 1 , wherein a part of the surface of the first adjusting hole is not covered by the conducting layer.

10. The dielectric filter according to claim 9 , wherein an area of the part of the surface of the first adjusting hole which is not covered by the conducting layer is designed to set the resonance frequency of the first dielectric resonator on which the first adjusting hole is located.

11. The dielectric filter according to claim 1 , wherein the solid dielectric material is ceramic.

12. A transceiver, comprising a dielectric filter, wherein the dielectric filter comprises:
a first dielectric resonator, comprising:
a first body made of a solid dielectric material; and
a first adjusting hole extending from a first surface of the first body, the first surface of the first body extending in a first plane, the first adjusting hole being a blind hole, and the first adjusting hole configured to adjust a resonance frequency of the first dielectric resonator, wherein the first adjusting hole has a first depth;

a second dielectric resonator adjacent to the first dielectric resonator, wherein the second dielectric resonator comprises:
a second body made of the solid dielectric material; and
a second adjusting hole extending from a first surface of the second body, the first surface of the second body extending in the first plane, the second adjusting hole being a blind hole, and the second adjusting hole configured to adjust a resonance frequency of the second dielectric resonator;

a first negative coupling hole located between the first dielectric resonator and the second dielectric resonator and extending from the first surface of the first body and the first surface of the second body, wherein the first negative coupling hole is a blind hole, and the first negative coupling hole is configured to implement capacitive coupling between the first dielectric resonator and the second dielectric resonator, wherein the first negative coupling hole has a second depth, and wherein the second depth of the first negative coupling hole is greater than the first depth of the first adjusting hole; and
a conducting layer covering the first surface and a second surface of the first body of the first dielectric resonator and the first surface and a second surface of the second body of the second dielectric resonator, the conductive layer wholly or partially covering a surface of the first adjusting hole and a surface of the second adjusting hole, and the conductive layer wholly or partially covering a surface of the first negative coupling hole.

13. The transceiver according to claim 12 , wherein the second depth of the first negative coupling hole is at least twice the first depth of the first adjusting hole, and wherein the second depth of the first negative coupling hole is at least twice a third depth of the second adjusting hole.

14. The transceiver according to claim 12 , wherein the second depth of the first negative coupling hole is designed to set a frequency of a transmission zero of the dielectric filter.

15. The transceiver according to claim 12 , wherein the dielectric filter further comprises a plurality of negative coupling holes, the plurality of negative coupling holes comprising the first negative coupling hole, and wherein a quantity of the plurality of negative coupling holes is equal to a quantity of transmission zeros of the dielectric filter.

16. The transceiver according to claim 12 , wherein the first dielectric resonator and the second dielectric resonator are designed to set a frequency of a transmission zero of the dielectric filter.

17. The transceiver according to claim 12 , wherein a part of the surface of the first negative coupling hole is not covered by the conducting layer.

18. The transceiver according to claim 17 , wherein an area of the part of the

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yuan Bengui

Classifications

• H01P1/2056

  Comb filters or interdigital filters with metallised resonator holes in a dielectric block · CPC title

• H01P7/10

  Dielectric resonators · CPC title

• H01P1/213

  combining or separating two or more different frequencies (H01P1/215 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H04B1/40

  Circuits · CPC title

• H01P1/2084 Primary

  with dielectric resonators · CPC title