A radio frequency apparatus includes a power amplifier circuit, a signal coupling circuit, an extraction circuit, and a harmonic filter circuit. The power amplifier circuit is configured to amplify a differential signal to output a to-be-filtered signal. The signal coupling circuit includes a primary side inductor and a secondary side inductor. The signal coupling circuit is configured to convert the to-be-filtered signal received by the primary side inductor into a single-ended signal outputted from the secondary side inductor. The extraction circuit has a center tap. The extraction circuit is configured to inductively couple to the primary side inductor and output a common mode signal from the center tap. The harmonic filter circuit is configured to perform a harmonic filtering on the single-ended signal according to the common mode signal, such that the secondary side inductor of the signal coupling circuit outputs a filtered signal.

An LC filter includes an input terminal, an output terminal, a multilayer body, plate electrodes, connection electrodes connecting the plate electrodes, capacitor electrodes, and a inductor vias. Each of the capacitor electrodes opposes the plate electrode. One end of an inductor via is connected with the input terminal with a capacitor electrode interposed therebetween. Another end of the inductor via is connected to an intermediate point of a connection electrode. An inductor via is connected between the plate electrode and a capacitor electrode. An inductor via is connected between the plate electrode and a capacitor electrode. One end of an inductor via is connected with the output terminal with a capacitor electrode interposed therebetween. Another end of the inductor via is connected to an intermediate point of a connection electrode.

A filter device includes an input terminal, an output terminal, a main body, a common electrode provided to the main body, a ground terminal, and LC parallel resonators connected to the common electrode and the ground terminal. Each LC parallel resonator includes a capacitor, a first via, and a second via. One end of the first via is connected to the common electrode, and another end thereof is connected to the ground terminal through the capacitor. One end of the second via is connected to the common electrode, and another end thereof is connected to the ground terminal without through the capacitor. The second via is connected between portions of the common electrode to which the first vias of two adjacent resonators are connected.

A filter for an electric machine is disclosed. The filter has an inductor, which is a coil, and a capacitor. The coil has multiple windings, and each turn of the windings includes at least one conductor which is designed to be flat. By virtue of the flat conductor of the coil, the capacitance of the filter is thus formed in the coil itself In the process, the surface of one conductor is arranged opposite the surface of an adjacent conductor.

A filter circuit that secures the steepness from a pass range to an attenuation range while maintaining a wide-band transmission characteristic and a filter device including this filter circuit are formed. A filter circuit includes a first filter and a second filter. The first filter is a filter including an LC circuit in which a first frequency band is a pass band and a frequency band not higher than the first frequency band is an attenuation band. The second filter is a filter that attenuates a second frequency band within the first frequency band by using an attenuation pole produced by a resonance or an antiresonance of an acoustic wave resonator. Further, the first filter is placed closer to an antenna terminal than the second filter.

A multilayer electronic device may include a plurality of dielectric layers and a signal path having an input and an output. An inductor may include a conductive layer formed on one of the plurality of dielectric layers and may be electrically connected at a first location with the signal path and electrically connected at a second location with at least one of the signal path or a ground. The inductor may include an outer perimeter that includes a first straight edge facing outward in a first direction and a second straight edge parallel to the first straight edge and facing outward in the first direction. The second straight edge may be offset from the first straight edge by an offset distance that is less than about 500 microns and less than about 90% of a first width of the inductor in the first direction at the first straight edge.

The present invention relates to a radio frequency filter employing a notch structure, wherein the notch structure is a dual notch structure which comprises: a C notch structure formed in a predetermined region at a partition between two cavities to be cross-coupled; and an L notch structure formed together with the C notch structure in a predetermined region at a partition between two cavities.

A diplexer includes a first filter circuit including a first loop inductor defining a first loop plane and a second loop inductor defining a second loop plane, a second filter circuit adjacent to the first filter circuit, and a first via hole conductor that electrically connects an input/output terminal, the first filter circuit and the second filter circuit to each other. The first loop plane faces the second loop plane while protruding beyond the second loop plane in a first direction. The first via hole conductor is provided relative to the first loop inductor in a second direction from the first loop plane toward the second loop plane, and is superposed with a portion of the first loop plane that protrudes beyond the second loop plane when viewed in the second direction.

A wiring board with a filter circuit includes an insulating base, a conductor pattern, and a filter circuit. The conductor pattern is provided on the insulating base and defines the filter circuit. The insulating base includes an intermediate member, and first through third end members connected to the intermediate member. A first external connection terminal is provided on the first end member, and is disposed on a first end of the conductor pattern in the signal transmission direction. A second external connection terminal is provided on the second end member, and is disposed on a second end of the conductor pattern in the signal transmission direction. A first ground connection terminal that grounds the filter circuit is provided on the intermediate member. A second ground connection terminal that grounds the filter circuit is provided on the third end member.

A communication system includes a demodulator configured to demodulate a modulated signal responsive to a first carrier signal. The demodulator includes a filter and a gain adjusting circuit. The filter is configured to generate a filtered first signal based on a first signal. The first signal is a product of the first carrier signal and the modulated signal. The filter has a gain adjusted based on a set of control signals. The gain adjusting circuit is coupled to the filter, and is configured to generate the set of control signals based on at least a voltage of the filtered first signal. The gain adjusting circuit includes a first peak detector coupled to the filter. The first peak detector is configured to output a peak value of the voltage of the filtered first signal.