A stacked dielectric filter includes a filter section which has first and second input side resonant electrodes and first and second output side resonant electrodes of two ¼ wavelength resonators, a converting section which has a plurality of strip lines, and a connecting section which connects the filter section and the converting section, wherein the filter section, the converting section, and the connecting section are formed in a dielectric substrate. The filter section is formed at an upper portion in the stacking direction of dielectric layers. The converting section is formed at a lower portion in the stacking direction. The connecting section is formed between the filter section and the converting section.

Stacked dielectric filter

A multi-band high-frequency circuit for performing wireless communications among pluralities of communication systems having different communication frequencies, comprising a high-frequency switch circuit comprising switching elements for switching the connection of pluralities of multi-band antennas to transmitting circuits and receiving circuits; a first diplexer circuit disposed between the high-frequency switch circuit and transmitting circuits for branching a high-frequency signal into frequency bands of the communication systems; a second diplexer circuit disposed between the high-frequency switch circuit and receiving circuits for branching a high-frequency signal into frequency bands of the communication systems; the first and second diplexer circuits each comprising a lower-frequency filter circuit and a higher-frequency filter circuit, a bandpass filter circuit being used as the lower-frequency filter circuit in the second diplexer circuit, or disposed between the lower-frequency filter circuit in the second diplexer circuit and the receiving circuit, the high-frequency switch circuit comprising first to fourth ports, the first port being connected to a first multi-band antenna, the second port being connected to a second multi-band antenna, the third port being connected to the first diplexer circuit, and the fourth port being connected to the second diplexer circuit; and the switching elements being controlled in an ON or OFF state to select a multi-band antenna for performing wireless communications and to switch the connection of the selected multi-band antenna to the transmitting circuit or the receiving circuit.

Multi-band high-frequency circuit, multi-band high-frequency circuit component and multi-band communication apparatus using same

A system and method for providing a global positioning system (GPS) enabled antenna system are provided. The GPS enabled antenna may be used, for example, on a wireless communications device such as a wireless handset. The wireless communications device includes a GPS switching module coupled to a conventional communications antenna, including its associated circuitry. The GPS switching module is adapted to selectively couple the communications antenna to GPS matching circuitry. In this arrangement, the GPS matching circuitry adjusts impedance at approximately 1575 MHz to more closely match the communications antenna to GPS circuitry in the wireless device.

System and method for a GPS enabled antenna

Radio communication apparatus comprising an antenna, a transmitting circuit of outputting a transmitting signal in a first frequency band. A duplexer connected to the antenna and having a single-phase input terminal and a balanced output terminal, conveying the transmitting signal inputted to the single-phase input terminal to the antenna. The duplexer outputs a receiving signal in a second frequency band different from the first frequency band received from the antenna substantially as a differential signal from the balanced output terminal. A receiving circuit connected to the balanced output terminal and having a circuit in which a gain of a signal of a differential component is higher than that of a signal of an in-phase component, or a loss of the signal of the differential component is lower than that of the signal of the in-phase component.

Radio communication apparatus, radio communication method, antenna apparatus and first duplexer

It is an object of the present invention to provide a high-frequency module whose production yield as a complete module can be prevented from being lowered. The high-frequency module according to the present invention includes a main module including a first high-frequency circuit at least a part of which is constituted by a conductive pattern built in a multi-layered substrate and a sub-module including a second high-frequency circuit, and the sub-module is inserted into a cavity formed in the main module. According to the present invention, the main module including the first high-frequency circuit and the sub-module including the second high-frequency circuit are constituted as separate components and the main module and the sub-module are integrated by inserting the sub-module into the cavity formed in the main module. Therefore, it is possible to use only a main module and sub-module that have been inspected after manufacture and found to be non-defective. Accordingly, it is possible to markedly increase the yield of the high-frequency module as a whole.

High-frequency module

Such a front end module is arranged as a module using an antenna switch ( 6 ), a low pass filter ( 5 ), a surface acoustic wave filter ( 7 ) and a balun ( 8 ) integrated by a multilayer substrate ( 11 ) and components incorporated in or mounted on the multilayer substrate ( 11 )

Front end module

The front-end module is composed of a multilayer substrate and surface-mounted components. The front end module constitutes antenna switches, filters, and a high frequency circuit comprising a band splitter circuit as well as the front end of the transceiver circuit equipped with a plurality of transmission/reception features whose communications systems are different. The multilayer substrate arranges a band splitter circuit pattern at the center in the plane direction and symmetrically arranges a plurality of antenna switch conductor patterns whose communications systems are different, with respect to the pattern for the band splitter circuit.

Nobumi Harada

Papers

Front end module

Front end module for mobile communications apparatus