Abstract: The present invention provides an MLCC and an MLCC array. The MLCC has desirably low ESL properties by forming the first and second internal electrodes to be spaced apart from each other on the same dielectric layer while overlapping with other first and second internal electrodes on the neighboring dielectric layers, and connecting the first and second internal electrodes to the external terminals provided on the top surface or the bottom surface of the capacitor body through conductive via holes formed in the capacitor body in a stacking direction of the capacitor body.

Abstract: A multilayered chip capacitor including a capacitor main body including a plurality of dielectric layers, which are laminated; at least one pair of first and second internal electrodes, each of which is formed on the corresponding one of the plural dielectric layers and includes at least one lead extended to one end of the corresponding dielectric layer; a plurality of external terminals formed on the outer surface of the capacitor main body, and respectively connected to the first and second internal electrodes through the leads; and at least one opened region, formed through the inner area of each of the first and second internal electrodes, for branching the flow of current so as to increase the offset quantity of parasitic inductances between the first and second internal electrodes.

Abstract: A 3-line balun transformer includes an unbalanced port for an unbalanced signal, first and second balanced ports for balanced signals, the balanced signals being the same in level and 180 degrees out of phase with each other, a first line having its first end connected to the unbalanced port and its second end connected to ground, a second line arranged in parallel with the first line while being spaced apart from the first line, the second line having its first end and its second end connected to the first balanced port, and a third line arranged in parallel with the second line while being spaced apart from the second, the third line having its first end connected to the first end of the second line and its second end connected to the second balanced port.

Abstract: A balun transformer includes a structure with three .lambda./4 strip lines for converting an unbalanced signal in an unbalanced transmission line into a balanced signal in a balanced transmission line. The balun transformer includes a first dielectric sheet on which a first strip line provided, a second dielectric sheet placed under the first dielectric sheet and on which a second strip line electro-magnetically coupled to the first strip line is provided, a third dielectric sheet placed under the second dielectric sheet and on which a ground pattern is provided, and a fourth dielectric sheet placed under the third dielectric sheet and on which a third strip line is provided. The balun transformer includes the reduced number of strip lines in comparison with the conventional laminated balun transformer, so that the production cost is reduced.

Abstract: Disclosed is a matching circuit of a laminated duplexer connected to an antenna terminal while being connected between transmitting and receiving filters to match the transmitting and receiving filters with the antenna terminal, the matching circuit being configured to reduce the physical length of each conductor pattern thereof, thereby being capable of achieving an improved miniaturization thereof. The matching circuit includes a transmitting matching unit constituted by a conductor pattern electrically connected to an antenna electrode connected to the antenna terminal while being electrically connected to the transmitting filter, a first ground electrode vertically spaced apart from the conductor pattern, a receiving matching unit constituted by a conductor pattern electrically connected to the antenna electrode and the receiving filter, and a second ground electrode vertically spaced apart from the conductor pattern of the receiving matching unit.

Abstract: Disclosed is a matching circuit of a laminated duplexer connected to an antenna terminal while being connected between transmitting and receiving filters to match the transmitting and receiving filters with the antenna terminal, the matching circuit being configured to reduce the physical length of each conductor pattern thereof, thereby being capable of achieving an improved miniaturization thereof. The matching circuit includes a transmitting matching unit constituted by a conductor pattern electrically connected to an antenna electrode connected to the antenna terminal while being electrically connected to the transmitting filter, a first ground electrode vertically spaced apart from the conductor pattern, a receiving matching unit constituted by a conductor pattern electrically connected to the antenna electrode and the receiving filter, and a second ground electrode vertically spaced apart from the conductor pattern of the receiving matching unit.

Abstract: This invention discloses a laminated balun transformer realized by a structure with three &lgr;/4 strip lines for converting an unbalanced signal in an unbalanced transmission line into a balanced signal in a balanced transmission line. Disclosed is a laminated balun transformer comprising a first dielectric sheet on which a first strip line is provided, a second dielectric sheet placed under the first dielectric sheet and on which a second strip line electro-magnetically coupled to the first strip line is provided, a third dielectric sheet placed under the second dielectric sheet and on which a ground pattern is provided, and a fourth dielectric sheet placed under the third dielectric sheet and on which a third strip line is provided. The laminated balun transformer in accordance with the present invention includes the reduced number of strip lines in comparison with the convention laminated balun transformer, so that the production cost thereof is reduced.

Abstract: A 3-line balun transformer which has a simple structure and is easy to design and manufacture. The balun transformer comprises an unbalanced port for inputting or outputting an unbalanced signal, first and second balanced ports for outputting or inputting balanced signals, respectively, the balanced signals being the same in level and 180 degrees out of phase with each other, a first line having its first end connected to the unbalanced port and its second end connected to ground, a second line arranged in parallel with the first line while being spaced apart from the first line by a predetermined distance, the second line having its first end and its second end connected to the first balanced port, and a third line arranged in parallel with the second line while being spaced apart from the second line by a predetermined distance, the third line having its first end connected to the first end of the second line and its second end connected to the second balanced port.