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: 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 having a low-loss characteristic. In order to realize the low-loss characteristic, the transmission line type resonator in the present invention 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 composite duplexer includes an antenna terminal, a first receiving terminal, a second receiving terminal, a transmitting terminal, a first switch, a duplexer, and a second switch. The first switch includes a first branch contact, a second branch contact connected with the transmitting terminal, a third branch contact connected with the second receiving terminal, and a first common contact connected with the first antenna terminal. The first common contact of the first switch is connected selectively with the first branch contact, the second branch contact, and the third branch contact. The first duplexer includes a first receiving filter connected with the first receiving terminal, and a first transmitting filter. The duplexer is connected with the first branch contact of the first switch. The second switch is operable to connect and disconnect electrically between the first transmitting filter of the first duplexer and the transmitting terminal.

Abstract: A composite duplexer includes an antenna terminal, a first receiving terminal, a second receiving terminal, a transmitting terminal, a first switch, a duplexer, and a second switch. The first switch includes a first branch contact, a second branch contact connected with the transmitting terminal, a third branch contact connected with the second receiving terminal, and a first common contact connected with the first antenna terminal. The first common contact of the first switch is connected selectively with the first branch contact, the second branch contact, and the third branch contact. The first duplexer includes a first receiving filter connected with the first receiving terminal, and a first transmitting filter. The duplexer is connected with the first branch contact of the first switch. The second switch is operable to connect and disconnect electrically between the first transmitting filter of the first duplexer and the transmitting terminal.

Abstract: A series piezoelectric resonator 11 is connected in series between an input terminal 15a and an output terminal 15b. A first electrode of a parallel piezoelectric resonator 12a is connected to a connection point between the input terminal 15a and the series piezoelectric resonator 11, and a second electrode of the parallel piezoelectric resonator 12a is connected to a first terminal of an inductor 13a. A first electrode of a parallel piezoelectric resonator 12b is connected to a connection point between the series piezoelectric resonator 11 and the output terminal 15b, and a second electrode of the parallel piezoelectric resonator 12b is connected to a first terminal of an inductor 13b. Second terminals of the inductors 13a and 13b are grounded. An additional piezoelectric resonator 14 is connected between the second electrode of the parallel piezoelectric resonator 12a and the second electrode of the parallel piezoelectric resonator 12b.

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: A 3-frequency branching circuit in the past could not be used for a system wherein a TDMA method such as GSM and DCS and a W-CDMA method such as UMTS are mixed. The 3-frequency branching circuit equipped with branching means having first and second internal terminals, an antenna terminal of connecting to an antenna, a low-pass filter connected between the first internal terminal and the antenna terminal, and a high-pass filter connected between the second internal terminal and the antenna terminal, a switching circuit of switching between GSM TX and GSM RX, a switching circuit of switching between DCS TX, DCS RX and a third internal terminal, and a duplexer connected to the third internal terminal.

Abstract: A ceramic laminated board is provided which has thermal via holes penetrating the inside from the main face of the board. In the thermal via hole, a heat transfer body is placed which has a metallic body and a composite material provided entirely or partially between the metallic body and the ceramic laminated board. The composite material is higher in thermal conductivity than air and is lower in thermal expansion coefficient than the metallic body.

Abstract: With an antenna duplexer having balanced terminals, there has been a problem that the amount of leakage of common-mode signal components in the balanced terminals is large. A balanced high-frequency filter designed to solve this problem comprises a balanced high-frequency element and a phase-shifting circuit which includes a transmission line and placed between output terminals, and which is series resonance circuit having a length set to ?T/2 (?T: the wavelength at a frequency in a transmission frequency band) and capable of resonating with common-mode signal components at a predetermined frequency.

Abstract: A series piezoelectric resonator 11 is connected in series between an input terminal 15a and an output terminal 15b. A first electrode of a parallel piezoelectric resonator 12a is connected to a connection point between the input terminal 15a and the series piezoelectric resonator 11, and a second electrode of the parallel piezoelectric resonator 12a is connected to a first terminal of an inductor 13a. A first electrode of a parallel piezoelectric resonator 12b is connected to a connection point between the series piezoelectric resonator 11 and the output terminal 15b, and a second electrode of the parallel piezoelectric resonator 12b is connected to a first terminal of an inductor 13b. Second terminals of the inductors 13a and 13b are grounded. An additional piezoelectric resonator 14 is connected between the second electrode of the parallel piezoelectric resonator 12a and the second electrode of the parallel piezoelectric resonator 12b.

Abstract: A balanced high-frequency device includes a balanced element; at least one balanced terminal connected to the balanced element; a phase circuit having at least first, second, and third impedance elements, and electrically connected between the balanced element and the balanced terminal. The first impedance element and the second impedance element are connected between the balanced terminals in series, the connection point between the first impedance element and the second impedance element is grounded through the third impedance element, a series resonant circuit is formed by the first impedance element and the third impedance element. A series resonant circuit is formed by the second impedance element and the third impedance element, and an impedance to a differential signal component in the passing band of the balanced elements of the first and second impedance elements is set so as to increase to the ground plane.

Abstract: A series piezoelectric resonator is connected in series between an input terminal and an output terminal. A first electrode of a first parallel piezoelectric resonator is connected to a connection point between the input terminal and the series piezoelectric resonator, and a second electrode of the first parallel piezoelectric resonator is connected to a first terminal of a first inductor. A first electrode of a second parallel piezoelectric resonator is connected to a connection point between the series piezoelectric resonator and the output terminal, and a second electrode of the second parallel piezoelectric resonator is connected to a first terminal of a second inductor. Second terminals of the first and second inductors are grounded. An additional piezoelectric resonator is connected between the second electrode of the first parallel piezoelectric resonator and the second electrode of the second parallel piezoelectric resonator.

Abstract: An antenna module includes a block, an antenna element provided on the block, and an antenna terminal connected with the antenna element. The block has a first surface and a second surface different from the first surface. The antenna element is provided on the first surface of the block. The antenna terminal is provided on the second surface of the block. This antenna module allows a radio apparatus to have a small size.

Abstract: A transmitting/receiving switch, in which a transmission terminal connected to a transmission circuit is connected to an antenna terminal through a first switching element, a filter for attenuating harmonic contents in a transmission signal, a phase-shift circuit for significantly increasing an impedance from a node toward said transmission terminal in a reception frequency band by phase-adjusting the amount of phase shift by performing phase adjustment according to the amount of the phase shift generated by said filter. Furthermore, the antenna terminal connected to an antenna ANT is connected to a reception terminal through the node and a second switching element, and the reception terminal is connected to a reception circuit Rx.

Abstract: A high frequency switch, has a transmitting terminal, a receiving terminal, an antenna terminal, a first diode having an anode electrically connected to the transmitting terminal and a cathode electrically connected to the antenna terminal, a second diode having an anode connected through a transmission line of ¼ wavelength to the antenna terminal which is electrically connected to the receiving terminal, and having the side of a cathode grounded, and a control terminal provided to a node between the transmitting terminal and the first anode. The first and second diodes have a tradeoff relationship between ON resistance thereof and capacitance between the anode and the cathode, and the ON resistance of the first diode is lower than the ON resistance of the second diode, and the capacitance of the second diode in the OFF state is smaller than the capacitance of the first diode in the OFF state.

Abstract: A dielectric resonator has a metallic casing having an opening, a metallic cover which covers the opening, and a dielectric resonance element having a pair of flat surfaces formed opposite from each other, one of the pair of flat surfaces being brought into contact with a bottom portion of the casing. At least one of the cover and the bottom portion has a resilient portion which supports the dielectric resonance element and presses one of the pair of flat surfaces by a biasing force so as to follow expansion or contraction of the dielectric resonance element due to a change in temperature. The biasing force applied from the resilient portion is obtained by warping of a portion of the cover or a portion of the bottom portion that one of the pair of flat surfaces or an edge portion of the flat surface contacts.

Abstract: A multilayer electronic component has a multilayered product laminating a plurality of dielectric sheets as one piece, a plurality of grounded electrodes provided among the dielectric sheets being different inside the multilayered product, and inductor electrodes provided on the dielectric sheet surfaces not having the plurality of grounded electrodes inside the multilayered product, wherein all or part of the inductor electrodes are placed so as not to be sandwiched by the plurality of grounded electrodes.

Abstract: An antenna duplexer has an antenna terminal; a transmitting phase-shift circuit, one side of which is connected to the antenna terminal; a receiving phase-shift circuit, one side of which is connected to the antenna terminal; a transmitting filter connected to the other side of the transmitting phase-shift circuit and a transmitting terminal; and a receiving filter connected to the other side of the receiving phase-shift circuit and a receiving terminal; wherein the transmitting filter and/or the receiving filter is a composite filter, and the composite filter attains a characteristic having an attenuation pole at simultaneous transmission and reception time when transmission and reception are simultaneously performed, and controls respective impedances by the transmitting phase-shift circuit and the receiving phase-shift circuit to operate as a sharing unit and attains a characteristic where the attenuation pole is removed at non simultaneous transmission and reception time when transmission and reception

Abstract: A high frequency switch having a plurality of signal paths for four frequency bands, the high frequency switch, has branching means, first and second transmission reception changeover means connected to the branching means, and a plurality of filters placed in the plurality of signal paths, the first transmission reception changeover means has a first common transmitting end for transmission signals of the first frequency band and the second frequency band, a first receiving end for a reception signal of the first frequency band, and a second receiving end for a reception signal of the second frequency band, and the second transmission reception changeover means has a second common transmitting end for transmission signals of the third frequency band and the fourth frequency band, a third receiving end for a reception signal of the third frequency band, and a fourth receiving end for a reception signal of the fourth frequency band.