Resonant unit and filter
10276904 ยท 2019-04-30
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Abstract
A resonant unit and a filter, where the resonant unit includes a dielectric substrate, a metal microstrip disposed on a plane of the dielectric substrate, where the metal microstrip is used as a signal input/output port, and a defected ground structure disposed on another plane opposite to the plane of the dielectric substrate, where the defected ground structure includes a ground loop and an interdigital structure located inside the ground loop, the interdigital structure includes multiple fingers, and the ground loop or at least one finger in the interdigital structure includes at least one embedded interdigital structure. Harmonic suppression capabilities of the resonant unit and the filter can be improved, and an area can be reduced.
Claims
1. A resonant unit, comprising: a dielectric substrate; an input/output port including a metal microstrip disposed on a first side of the dielectric substrate; and a defected ground structure disposed on a second side of the dielectric substrate that is opposite the first side of the dielectric substrate, the defected ground structure comprising a ground loop and an interdigital structure located inside the ground loop, the interdigital structure comprising a plurality of fingers, and at least one finger of the plurality of fingers of the interdigital structure comprising at least one embedded interdigital structure embedded within the at least one finger.
2. The resonant unit of claim 1, wherein each embedded interdigital structure of the at least one embedded interdigital structure introduces a respective resonant frequency of the resonant unit.
3. The resonant unit of claim 2, wherein a value of the respective resonant frequency introduced by each respective embedded interdigital structure of the at least one embedded interdigital structure is determined by at least one of the following parameters: a quantity of fingers of the respective embedded interdigital structure; a width of a finger in the respective embedded interdigital structure; or a length of a finger in the respective embedded interdigital structure.
4. The resonant unit of claim 1, wherein a number of the plurality of fingers is three fingers, and at least a part of the at least one embedded interdigital structure is located on at least one of the three fingers.
5. The resonant unit of claim 1, wherein a number of the plurality of fingers is two fingers, and at least a part of the at least one embedded interdigital structure is located on at least one of the two fingers.
6. The resonant unit of claim 1, wherein the metal microstrip is a T-shaped microstrip.
7. The resonant unit of claim 6, wherein the T-shaped microstrip includes a T-shaped horizontal end and a T-shaped vertical end, a projection of the T-shaped horizontal end on the first side of the dielectric substrate overlaps at least a part of the plurality of fingers, and a projection of the T-shaped vertical end on the second side of the dielectric substrate overlaps one finger of the plurality of fingers.
8. The resonant unit of claim 7, wherein the projection of the T-shaped horizontal end on the first side of the dielectric substrate overlaps all of the plurality of fingers.
9. A filter, comprising: at least two cascaded resonant units, each of the at least two cascaded resonant units comprising: a dielectric substrate; a signal input/output port including a metal microstrip disposed on a first side of the dielectric substrate; and a defected ground structure disposed on a second side of the dielectric substrate opposite the first side of the dielectric substrate, the defected ground structure comprising a ground loop and an interdigital structure located inside the ground loop, the interdigital structure comprising a plurality of fingers, and at least one finger of the plurality of fingers of the interdigital structure comprising at least one embedded interdigital structure embedded within the at least one finger.
10. The filter of claim 9, wherein the at least two cascaded resonant units are cascaded in at least one of the following manners: through-hole cascading; electric coupling cascading; or magnetic coupling cascading.
11. The filter of claim 9, wherein structures of the at least two cascaded resonant units are the same.
12. The filter of claim 9, wherein, for each of the at least two cascaded resonant units, each embedded interdigital structure of the at least one embedded interdigital structure of the cascaded resonant unit introduces a respective resonant frequency of the cascaded resonant unit.
13. The filter of claim 12, wherein, for each of the at least two cascaded resonant units, a value of the respective resonant frequency introduced by each respective embedded interdigital structure of the at least one embedded interdigital structure of the cascaded resonant unit is determined by at least one of the following parameters: a quantity of fingers in the respective embedded interdigital structure; a width of a finger in the respective embedded interdigital structure; or a length of a finger in the respective embedded interdigital structure.
14. The filter of claim 9, wherein, for each of the at least two cascaded resonant units, a number of the plurality of fingers of the cascaded resonant unit is three fingers, and at least a part of the at least one embedded interdigital structure of the cascaded resonant unit is located on at least one of the three fingers of the cascaded resonant unit.
15. The filter of claim 9, wherein, for each of the at least two cascaded resonant units, a number of the plurality of fingers of the cascaded resonant unit is two fingers, and at least a part of the at least one embedded interdigital structure of the cascaded resonant unit is located on at least one of the two fingers of the cascaded resonant unit.
16. The filter of claim 9, wherein, for each of the at least two cascaded resonant units, the metal microstrip of the cascaded resonant unit is a T-shaped microstrip.
17. The filter of claim 16, wherein, for each of the at least two cascaded resonant units, the T-shaped microstrip of the cascaded resonant unit includes a T-shaped horizontal end and a T-shaped vertical end, a projection of the T-shaped horizontal end of the T-shaped microstrip of the cascaded resonant unit on the first side of the dielectric substrate of the cascaded resonant unit overlaps at least a part of the plurality of fingers of the cascaded resonant unit, and a projection of the T-shaped vertical end of the T-shaped microstrip of the cascaded resonant unit on the first side of the dielectric substrate of the cascaded resonant unit overlaps one finger of the plurality of fingers of the cascaded resonant unit.
18. The filter of claim 17, wherein, for each of the at least two cascaded resonant units, the projection of the T-shaped horizontal end of the T-shaped microstrip of the cascaded resonant unit on the first side of the dielectric substrate of the cascaded resonant unit overlaps all of the plurality of fingers of the cascaded resonant unit.
19. A communications system, comprising: a filter comprising at least two cascaded resonant units, each of the at least two cascaded resonant units comprising: a dielectric substrate; a signal input/output port including a metal microstrip disposed on a first side of the dielectric substrate; and a defected ground structure disposed on a second side of the dielectric substrate opposite the first side of the dielectric substrate, the defected ground structure comprising a ground loop and an interdigital structure located inside the ground loop, the interdigital structure comprising a plurality of fingers, and at least one finger in the interdigital structure comprising at least one embedded interdigital structure embedded within the at least one finger.
20. The communications system of claim 19, wherein the at least two cascaded resonant units are cascaded in at least one of the following manners: through-hole cascading; electric coupling cascading; or magnetic coupling cascading.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
(1) To describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure more clearly, the following briefly describes the accompanying drawings required for describing the embodiments. The accompanying drawings in the following description show merely some embodiments of the present disclosure, and a person of ordinary skill in the art may still derive other drawings from these accompanying drawings without creative efforts.
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(17) The following clearly describes the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present disclosure. The described embodiments are a part rather than all of the embodiments of the present disclosure. All other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments of the present disclosure without creative efforts shall fall within the protection scope of the present disclosure.
(18) It should be understood that, the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure may be applied to various communications systems, such as a Global System of Mobile Communications (GSM) system, a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) system, a Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) system, a general packet radio service (GPRS), a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system, an LTE frequency division duplex (FDD) system, an LTE time division duplex (TDD), a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS), a Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WIMAX) communications system, a millimeter wave communications system, a terahertz (THz) communications field, or the like.
(19) It should be understood that, a resonant unit in an embodiment of the present disclosure may be applied to various fields, for example, may be applied to components such as a filter, a duplexer, a power splitter, an antenna, a feeding network, a phase shifter, and an active circuit. This embodiment further provides a semiconductor chip, where the semiconductor chip is integrated with a semiconductor substrate, and includes the resonant unit or any one of the foregoing components. For example, the semiconductor chip may be implemented using a Complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) process.
(20) As mentioned above, in a modern communications system, a filter having a desirable out-band suppression function is urgently required. A slow-wave effect is a physical characteristic. The slow-wave effect can push a high-order harmonic wave in a base frequency signal of a filter to a higher frequency such that a desirable harmonic suppression function and a wide stopband are implemented. In addition, the slow-wave effect can also reduce an area of the filter, and reduce filter costs while implementing miniaturization. A defected ground structure is a typical structure that has a slow-wave effect.
(21) Based on this, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a resonant unit and a filter.
(22) In this embodiment of the present disclosure, an embedded interdigital structure 160 is introduced in a defected ground structure 130 in a resonant unit 100. Therefore, a high-order harmonic wave in a base frequency signal is pushed to a higher frequency, a harmonic suppression capability of the resonant unit 100 is improved, the resonant unit 100 has a wide stopband with higher suppression, and an area of the resonant unit 100 is reduced.
(23) A filter provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure includes at least two resonant units 100 described above. The filter including the resonant units 100 can improve an out-band suppression capability of the filter and reduce an area of the filter.
(24) In addition, each embedded interdigital structure 160 in the at least one embedded interdigital structure 160 may introduce a resonant frequency of the resonant unit 100. Therefore, the embedded interdigital structure 160 disposed in the defected ground structure 130 of the resonant unit 100 introduces a new resonant frequency, and a resonant unit 100 having multiple resonant points is formed. The resonant unit 100 having multiple resonant points has an ultra wide out-band harmonic suppression capability. In addition, an area occupied by the resonant unit 100 is small.
(25) Optionally, as shown in
(26) Optionally, a projection of a T-shaped horizontal end of the T-shaped microstrip on a plane of the dielectric substrate 110 may overlap at least a part of the multiple fingers of the interdigital structure 150, and a projection of the T-shaped vertical end on the plane overlaps one finger in the multiple fingers of the interdigital structure 150. For details, refer to
(27) Optionally, a shape of the ground loop 140 in this embodiment of the present disclosure is not limited. For example, the ground loop 140 may be rectangular. As shown in
(28) Optionally, the interdigital structure 150 may introduce a resonant frequency of the resonant unit 100, and this resonant frequency may be referred to as a first base frequency (f.sub.01). A value of the f.sub.01 may be determined by at least one of the parameters a length or a width of a finger included in the interdigital structure 150, or a distance between a finger and the ground loop 140. For example, as shown in
(29) Optionally, each embedded interdigital structure 160 in the at least one embedded interdigital structure 160 may introduce a resonant frequency of the resonant unit 100 independently. This resonant frequency may also be referred to as a base frequency or a center frequency of the resonant unit 100. For example, the resonant frequency introduced by the embedded interdigital structure 160 may be referred to as a second base frequency (f.sub.02) or a third base frequency (f.sub.03).
(30) Optionally, a value of the resonant frequency introduced by each embedded interdigital structure 160 may be determined by at least one of the parameters, a quantity of fingers in each embedded interdigital structure 160, a width of a finger in each embedded interdigital structure 160, or a length of a finger in each embedded interdigital structure 160. For example, as shown in
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(32) Optionally, the multiple embedded interdigital structures 160 in the resonant unit 100 may have different sizes. Therefore, multiple resonant points (namely, resonant frequencies) are introduced, and a slow-wave resonant unit 100 having multiple resonant points is formed. The resonant points introduced by the embedded interdigital structures 160 are independent of each other.
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(35) The foregoing describes resonant units according to the embodiments of the present disclosure with reference to
(36) As described above, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a filter including the foregoing resonant unit 100, 200, 300, and 400. The filter may be a band-pass filter, or may be a band-stop filter. Further, the filter may be a multi-passband band-pass filter, or may be a multi-stopband band-stop filter. For example, an embedded interdigital structure is disposed directly below a metal microstrip, and a band-stop filter may be formed. Furthermore, being directly below the metal microstrip may mean that the embedded interdigital structure is disposed in an area using a central axis of a projection of the metal microstrip (namely, a projection of the metal microstrip on a plane in which the defected ground structure is located) as a symmetry axis. A transmission zero may be introduced for the filter, that is, a band-stop filter is formed. For example,
(37) In an embodiment of the present disclosure, an embedded interdigital structure is introduced in a defected ground structure in a resonant unit included in a filter. Therefore, a high-order harmonic wave in a base frequency signal is pushed to a higher frequency, a harmonic suppression capability of the filter is improved, the filter has a wide stopband with higher suppression, and an area of the filter is reduced.
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(39) Optionally, the resonant units included in the band-pass filter 600 may be extended by multi-level cascading such that an ultra wide stopband multi-order band-pass filter is obtained. By increasing a quantity of resonant units, stopband suppression performance of the filter is enhanced, and steepness of a passband is increased. For example,
(40) Optionally, the resonant units in the filter may be cascaded in a manner of magnetic coupling cascading, electric coupling cascading, or through-hole cascading. The magnetic coupling cascading manner is shown in a filter 800 in
(41) Optionally, metal microstrips of multiple cascaded resonant units may be used as input/output ports of a filter, and may be located on a same side of the resonant units (as shown in
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(46) In addition, the terms system and network may be used interchangeably in this specification. The term and/or in this specification describes only an association relationship for describing associated objects and represents that three relationships may exist. For example, A and/or B may represent the following three cases. Only A exists, both A and B exist, and only B exists. In addition, the character / in this specification generally indicates an or relationship between the associated objects. The input/output port may be used as an input port or an output port, or may be simultaneously used as an input and output port. In the filters 600, 700, 800, 900, 1000 in
(47) To make the application document brief and clear, the foregoing technical features and descriptions in an embodiment may be understood as applicable to other embodiments, and details are not described again in the other embodiments. The foregoing descriptions are merely specific embodiments of the present disclosure, but are not intended to limit the protection scope of the present disclosure. Any modification or replacement readily figured out by a person skilled in the art within the technical scope disclosed in the present disclosure shall fall within the protection scope of the present disclosure. Therefore, the protection scope of the present disclosure shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.