A thin film LC component includes a substrate that has a first surface and a second surface opposing to each other, a thin film capacitor that is formed on the first surface by a thin film process, a thin film inductor that is formed in a region of the second surface by a thin film process, the region at least partially overlapping the thin film capacitor when viewed in plan, interlayer connection conductors that are formed in the substrate and connect the thin film capacitor and the thin film inductor to each other, an insulating layer that is formed over the first surface and covers the thin film capacitor, and a plurality of terminal electrodes that are formed on a surface of the insulating layer and are connected to the thin film capacitor and the thin film inductor.

A band-pass filter includes a main body formed of a dielectric, a plurality of resonators, a shield, and a partition formed of a conductor. Each of the plurality of resonators includes a resonator conductor portion. The resonator conductor portion has a first end and a second end opposite to each other in the longitudinal direction. The first end is connected to a ground, and the second end is open. The partition extends to pass through between the respective resonator conductor portions of two resonators, and is electrically connected to the shield.

A surface-mounted LC device that includes a substrate having a first surface, multiple inductors formed on the first surface and formed respectively by multiple coiled conductor patterns, a first insulating layer covering the multiple coiled conductor patterns, and a capacitor that is formed on the first insulating layer by a planar electrode. Moreover, the planar electrode covers first zones in which portions of the coiled conductor patterns are adjacent to each other and current directions are opposite to each other in a plan view of the surface-mounted LC device.

A conductive path with noise filter that enables an effective reduction in a surge noise in a specific frequency band is provided. A conductive path with noise filter includes conductive path main, an insulating holder, inductors provided in the holder, receiving terminal fittings provided in the holder, insertion-side terminal fittings capable of being fitted to the receiving terminal fittings, a U-phase capacitor provided between the U-phase wire and the U-phase insertion-side terminal fitting, a V-phase capacitor provided between the V-phase wire and the V-phase insertion-side terminal fitting, and a W-phase capacitor provided between the W-phase wire and the W-phase insertion-side terminal fitting.

A flat cable high-frequency filter includes a dielectric substrate extending in a transmission direction of a high-frequency signal. The dielectric substrate includes dielectric layers stacked on each other. Elongated conductor patterns are provided on a flat surface of one dielectric layer which faces another dielectric layer. The conductor patterns are as wide as possible in the dielectric substrate in accordance with a desired inductance. A capacitive coupling conductor pattern opposes one conductor pattern by a predetermined area with a dielectric layer therebetween. By using a connecting conductor, the capacitive coupling conductor pattern is connected to the conductor pattern which does not oppose the capacitive coupling conductor pattern.

The invention comprises an electrical system apparatus for processing three-phase power, comprising: a first, second, and third inductor connected on a first end to a first common magnetic field carrying plate and connected on a second end to a second common magnetic field carrying plate, where the three inductors are equidistant from each other and/or equidistance from a central axis, which yields an equal coupling common mode inductor-capacitor based filtering apparatus. Generally, inductor placement symmetry and/or equal magnetic field permeabilities between each pair of the three inductors balances magnetic fields within each inductor at each point of time, where each of the three inductors is connected to a single phase of three-phase power, the three phases offset from each other by one-third of a period.

A capacitor may include a first capacitor plate having a first length. The capacitor may also include an inorganic capacitor dielectric layer on sidewalls and a surface of the first capacitor plate and a second capacitor plate on the inorganic capacitor dielectric layer. The second capacitor plate may have a second length less than the first length of the first capacitor plate. The capacitor may also include a conductive contact landing directly on the first capacitor plate. The conductive contact may land directly on the first capacitor plate by extending through the inorganic capacitor dielectric layer and an organic interlayer dielectric supported by the inorganic capacitor dielectric layer.

A packaged module for use in a wireless communication device has a substrate supporting an integrated circuit die that includes at least a microprocessor and radio frequency receiver circuitry and a stacked filter assembly configured as a filter circuit that is in communication with the radio frequency receiver circuitry. The stacked filter assembly includes a plurality of passive components, where each passive component is packaged as a surface mount device. At least one passive component is in direct communication with the substrate and at least another passive component is supported above the substrate by the at least one passive component that is in the direct communication with the substrate.

A self-tuning impedance-matching microelectromechanical (MEMS) circuit, methods for making and using the same, and circuits including the same are disclosed. The MEMS circuit includes a tunable reactance element connected to a first mechanical spring, a separate tunable or fixed reactance element, and an AC signal source configured to provide an AC signal to the tunable reactance element(s). The reactance elements comprise a capacitor and an inductor. The AC signal source creates an electromagnetically energy favorable state for the tunable reactance element(s) at resonance with the AC signal. The method of making generally includes forming a first MEMS structure and a second mechanical or MEMS structure in/on a mechanical layer above an insulating substrate, and coating the first and second structures with a conductor to form a first tunable reactance element and a second tunable or fixed reactance element, as in the MEMS circuit.

A common mode filter includes a first filter and a second filter formed by a magnetic coupling between primary coils and secondary coils, respectively, and connected in series. In the common mode filter, a resonance frequency f1 of the first filter and a resonance frequency f2 of the second filter are different from each other.