Abstract: An embodiment of an artificial dielectric resonator that can enhance a relative dielectric constant in a basic mode is provided. The artificial dielectric resonator has a first group of a series of metal strips including a plurality of metal strips each in a thin sheet shape arranged with microscopic gaps provided in a longitudinal direction, and a second group of a series of metal strips including a plurality of metal strips each in a thin sheet shape arranged with gaps provided in a longitudinal direction, the first group of a series of metal strips and the second group of a series of metal strips are disposed close to each other in a thickness direction of the metal strips, and the metal strip of one metal strip group is disposed to face oppositely disposed gaps and cross vertically adjacent gaps of the other metal strip group.

Abstract: An artificial dielectric resonator that can enhance a relative dielectric constant in a basic mode is provided. The artificial dielectric resonator 1 has a first series metal strip group 2 including a plurality of metal strips 20 each in a thin sheet shape arranged with microscopic gaps 20G provided in a longitudinal direction, and a second series metal strip group 3 including a plurality of metal strips 30 each in a thin sheet shape arranged with microscopic gaps 30G provided in a longitudinal direction, the first series metal strip group 2 and the second series metal strip group 3 are disposed close to each other in a thickness direction of the metal strips 20 and 30, and the metal strip 20 or 30 of one metal strip group 2 or 3 is disposed to face and cross gap 30G or 20G of the other metal strip group 3 or 2.

Abstract: An artificial dielectric resonator that can enhance a relative dielectric constant in a basic mode is provided. The artificial dielectric resonator 1 has a first series metal strip group 2 including a plurality of metal strips 20 each in a thin sheet shape arranged with microscopic gaps 20G provided in a longitudinal direction, and a second series metal strip group 3 including a plurality of metal strips 30 each in a thin sheet shape arranged with microscopic gaps 30G provided in a longitudinal direction, the first series metal strip group 2 and the second series metal strip group 3 are disposed close to each other in a thickness direction of the metal strips 20 and 30, and the metal strip 20 or 30 of one metal strip group 2 or 3 is disposed to face and cross gap 30G or 20G of the other metal strip group 3 or 2.

Abstract: Provided is a multi-mode resonator in which four resonance modes are degenerated, a dielectric member is not necessarily required, and enhanced efficient use of space is obtained. A multi-mode resonator 1 is a multi-mode resonator in which four resonance modes are degenerated, this resonator including an exterior conductor 2 made of a metal material, and formed in the shape of a box, wherein both ends of a cylindrical circumferential wall section 2c are closed off by a first end section 2a and a second end section 2b; a columnar first central conductor disposed inside the exterior conductor 2, one end 3a being shorted to the first end section 2a of the exterior conductor 2 and another end 3b being left open; and a columnar second central conductor disposed inside the exterior conductor 2, one end 4a being shorted to the second end section 2b of the exterior conductor 2 and another end 4b being left open.

Abstract: An artificial dielectric resonator that can enhance a relative dielectric constant in a basic mode is provided. The artificial dielectric resonator 1 has a first series metal strip group 2 including a plurality of metal strips 20 each in a thin sheet shape arranged with microscopic gaps 20G provided in a longitudinal direction, and a second series metal strip group 3 including a plurality of metal strips 30 each in a thin sheet shape arranged with microscopic gaps 30G provided in a longitudinal direction, the first series metal strip group 2 and the second series metal strip group 3 are disposed close to each other in a thickness direction of the metal strips 20 and 30, and the metal strip 20 or 30 of one metal strip group 2 or 3 is disposed to face and cross gap 30G or 20G of the other metal strip group 3 or 2.

Abstract: Provided is a multi-mode resonator in which four resonance modes are degenerated, a dielectric member is not necessarily required, and enhanced efficient use of space is obtained. A multi-mode resonator 1 is a multi-mode resonator in which four resonance modes are degenerated, this resonator including an exterior conductor 2 made of a metal material, and formed in the shape of a box, wherein both ends of a cylindrical circumferential wall section 2c are closed off by a first end section 2a and a second end section 2b; a columnar first central conductor disposed inside the exterior conductor 2, one end 3a being shorted to the first end section 2a of the exterior conductor 2 and another end 3b being left open; and a columnar second central conductor disposed inside the exterior conductor 2, one end 4a being shorted to the second end section 2b of the exterior conductor 2 and another end 4b being left open.

Abstract: A radio frequency power amplifier includes a transistor and amplifies a radio frequency signal of a first frequency; an input matching circuit connected to an input terminal of the transistor; and an output matching circuit connected to an output terminal of the transistor. A reactance control circuit includes one end connected to the output terminal of the transistor, and the other end connected to an input terminal of an output matching circuit and a bias terminal. The reactance control circuit has a reactance which resonates at a second frequency with a parasitic capacitance of the transistor at the output terminal of the transistor, and the second frequency is identical or close to the first frequency.

Abstract: A radio frequency amplifier circuit according to the present invention is for providing a radio frequency amplifier circuit with high output and high efficiency, and includes (i) a first harmonic processing circuit (102) and (ii) a second harmonic processing circuit (103) which are connected to an output terminal of transistors (101), and a (iii) fundamental matching circuit (104) connected to a downstream of the first harmonic processing circuit (102) and the second harmonic processing circuit (103). The radio frequency amplifier circuit includes plural first harmonic processing circuits (102) and plural second harmonic processing circuits (103).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a resonator device having a stacked arrangement of laminated layers including a plurality of dielectric layers, and at least one resonator comprising a short-circuit electrode, a first capacitor electrode and a second capacitor electrode. Each electrode comprises at least a portion of a layer of electrically conductive material provided on a surface of one of the dielectric layers. The second capacitor electrode is disposed spaced, in the stacking direction, from the short-circuit electrode and the first capacitor electrode. The short-circuit electrode and the second capacitor electrode are electrically interconnected by a first electrical connection comprising at least one via hole penetrating one or more of the dielectric layers.

Abstract: A left-handed filter of the present invention includes an interstage coupling element connected to a first capacitor and a ground, a second capacitor connected to the interstage coupling element, a third capacitor connected to the second capacitor, a first inductor connected to the connection point of a fourth capacitor and the second capacitor, and the ground, a second inductor connected to a fifth capacitor and the ground, a first input and output coupling element connected to a sixth capacitor, and a second input and output coupling element connected to the third capacitor. The first and second capacitors, the third and sixth capacitors, the first and second inductors, and third and fourth inductors are respectively arranged in symmetrical positions with respect to an interstage coupling element.

Abstract: A variable-frequency oscillator 1, a semiconductor power amplifier 2 for amplifying the output of the variable-frequency oscillator 1; a radiator 3 for radiating an electromagnetic wave for heating based on the output of the semiconductor power amplifier 2; a reflected wave monitoring circuit 5 for detecting a reflected wave of the electromagnetic wave for heating; and a controller 7 for controlling the oscillation frequency of the variable-frequency oscillator 1 are provided. The controller 7 changes the oscillation frequencies of the variable-frequency oscillator 1 discontinuously, thereby getting a frequency-hopping spread-spectrum radiation done by the radiator 3. The electromagnetic wave radiated by the radiator 3 irradiates an object 9 to be heated (which is usually food) inside a heating chamber 8, thereby heating the object.

Abstract: The resonator includes first high-impedance wiring plate-like, arranged parallel to top-surface ground electrode; second high-impedance wiring plate-like, arranged so as to face first high-impedance wiring; first columnar conductor electrically connecting first high-impedance wiring to second high-impedance wiring; first low-impedance wiring arranged between first high-impedance wiring and second high-impedance wiring; second columnar conductor electrically connecting first high-impedance wiring to first low-impedance wiring; second low-impedance wiring arranged between first low-impedance wiring and second high-impedance wiring; and third columnar conductor electrically connecting second high-impedance wiring to second low-impedance wiring, to reduce the area size the resonator.

Abstract: A transmission line type resonator has a low-loss characteristic and, in order to realize the low-loss characteristic, the transmission line type resonator includes a laminate body formed of a plurality of dielectric sheets, a transmission line of complex right hand left hand system disposed between the plurality of dielectric sheets, and an external connection terminal disposed at the end face of the transmission line type resonator and connected with the transmission line of complex right hand left hand system.

Abstract: A radio frequency amplifier circuit according to the present invention is for providing a radio frequency amplifier circuit with high output and high efficiency, and includes (i) a first harmonic processing circuit (102) and (ii) a second harmonic processing circuit (103) which are connected to an output terminal of transistors (101), and a (iii) fundamental matching circuit (104) connected to a downstream of the first harmonic processing circuit (102) and the second harmonic processing circuit (103). The radio frequency amplifier circuit includes plural first harmonic processing circuits (102) and plural second harmonic processing circuits (103).

Abstract: A radio frequency power amplifier having a transistor 104 that amplifies a radio frequency signal of a first frequency; an input matching circuit 102 connected to an input terminal of the transistor 104; an output matching circuit 105 connected to an output terminal of the transistor 104; and a reactance control circuit 107 with one end connected to the output terminal of the transistor 104, and the other end connected to an input terminal of an output matching circuit 105 and a bias terminal 103. The reactance control circuit 107 has a reactance which resonates at a second frequency with a parasitic capacitance of the transistor 104 at the output terminal of the transistor 104. The second frequency is identical or close to the first frequency.

Abstract: A radio-frequency heating apparatus includes a heating chamber, first and second radio-frequency wave generation devices from which radio-frequency waves are radiated, and a control unit that controls the first and second radio-frequency wave generation devices. Each of the first and second radio-frequency wave generation devices includes: a radiation unit that radiates radio-frequency waves into the heating chamber; and a backward wave demodulation unit that demodulates backward waves entering from the heating chamber. The backward wave demodulation unit of the first radio-frequency wave generation device detects reflected waves that are radio-frequency waves radiated from the radiation unit and reflected back into the radiation unit, and through waves that are radio-frequency waves radiated from another radiation unit and enter the radiation unit. The control unit controls the first and second radio-frequency wave generation devices based on the detected reflected waves and through waves.

Abstract: A radio-frequency heating apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention includes: radio-frequency power generation devices (101a, 101b, 101c) that radiate radio-frequency power at frequencies; and a control unit (150) that sets, for the radio-frequency power generation devices (101a, 101b, 101c), a combination of frequencies of the radio-frequency power to be radiated from the radio-frequency power generation devices (101a, 101b, 101c), and reverse flow power detection units (108a, 108b, 108c) in the respective radio-frequency power generation devices (101a, 101b, 101c) detect reflected power and through power separately, and the control unit (150) determines, based on phase and amplitude of the detected reflected power and through power, the combination of frequencies of the radio-frequency power to be generated by the radio-frequency power generation devices (101a, 101b, 101c) to heat an object.

Abstract: A drunk driving detection system to be incorporated in a vehicle includes a steering wheel, a film, a pair of contact detection electrodes, an alcohol sensor, and a control circuit. The steering wheel is provided with an opening in a portion to be grasped by a driver. The film is liquid-impermeable and air-permeable, and covers the first opening. The contact detection electrodes are provided on the film. The alcohol sensor is provided in a space in communication with the opening. The control circuit is connected to the contact detection electrodes and the alcohol sensor, and measures the resistance between the contact detection electrodes. When the resistance is within a predetermined range, the control circuit determines that the driver is in contact with the film and detects an alcohol drinking condition of the driver based on the output from the alcohol sensor.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a resonator device having a stacked arrangement of laminated layers including a plurality of dielectric layers, and at least one resonator comprising a short-circuit electrode, a first capacitor electrode and a second capacitor electrode. Each electrode comprises at least a portion of a layer of electrically conductive material provided on a surface of one of the dielectric layers. The second capacitor electrode is disposed spaced, in the stacking direction, from the short-circuit electrode and the first capacitor electrode. The short-circuit electrode and the second capacitor electrode are electrically interconnected by a first electrical connection comprising at least one via hole penetrating one or more of the dielectric layers.

Abstract: A variable-frequency oscillator 1, a semiconductor power amplifier 2 for amplifying the output of the variable-frequency oscillator 1; a radiator 3 for radiating an electromagnetic wave for heating based on the output of the semiconductor power amplifier 2; a reflected wave monitoring circuit 5 for detecting a reflected wave of the electromagnetic wave for heating; and a controller 7 for controlling the oscillation frequency of the variable-frequency oscillator 1 are provided. The controller 7 changes the oscillation frequencies of the variable-frequency oscillator 1 discontinuously, thereby getting a frequency-hopping spread-spectrum radiation done by the radiator 3. The electromagnetic wave radiated by the radiator 3 irradiates an object 9 to be heated (which is usually food) inside a heating chamber 8, thereby heating the object.