Abstract: A filter device including a filter and waveguide tubes broadens a band in which return loss is small. A filter device (1) includes: a filter (11) including wide walls (13, 14) and narrow walls (16); and first and second waveguide tubes (21, 31). The filter 11 includes first and second columnar conductors (pins 18 and 19) each passing through an opening (13a1 or 13a2) which is provided in the wide wall (conductor layer 13) and having one end portion (181, 191) located inside the substrate (12). The first and second waveguide tubes (21, 31) are placed such that each of the first and second columnar conductors (pin 18, 19) passes through an opening (22a, 23a) and such that another end portion (182, 192) of each of the columnar conductors (pin 18, 19) is located inside the waveguide tube (21, 31).

Abstract: A transmission line includes a post-wall waveguide which includes a dielectric substrate on which a pair of post-walls is formed and a first conductor layer and a second conductor layer opposed to each other with the dielectric substrate interposed therebetween, and in which a region surrounded by the pair of post-walls, the first conductor layer, and the second conductor layer is a waveguide region, a waveguide tube having a hollow rectangular shape, being connected with the first conductor layer to cover an opening portion formed in a side wall, and in which an inside communicates with the waveguide region through an opening formed in the first conductor layer, a blind via formed in the dielectric substrate such that one end is disposed inside the opening, and a pole member including a post member connected to the one end of the blind via and a support member supporting the post member.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to prevent or reduce an error between a center frequency and a target center frequency in a coupled resonator band-pass filter which uses a post-wall waveguide. A band-pass filter (1) includes: a substrate (2) made of a dielectric substrate and sandwiched by a pair of conductor layers (3 and 4); and a post wall (11, 12) constituted by a plurality of conductor posts (11i, 12i) which pass through the substrate (2) and short-circuit the pair of conductor layers (3 and 4), the pair of conductor layers (3 and 4) and the post wall (11, 12) constituting a plurality of resonators (22 to 24) which are coupled, the pair of conductor layers serving as a pair of wide walls of the plurality of resonators, the post wall serving as a narrow wall of the plurality of resonator.

Abstract: Realized is a post-wall waveguide bandpass filter in which a bypass phenomenon is less likely to occur. In a post-wall waveguide bandpass filter (1) including an input part (10a) and an output part (10b), each of a first distance (distance X11), a second distance (not illustrated in FIG. 2), a third distance (distance X21), and a fourth distance (not illustrated in FIG. 2) is not more than 1.5 times a post interval (d).

Abstract: Realized is a post-wall waveguide bandpass filter in which a bypass phenomenon is less likely to occur. In a post-wall waveguide bandpass filter (1) including an input part (10a) and an output part (10b), an external post wall (14a1, 14a2, 14b1, 14b2) is provided which is constituted by at least one conductor post that is provided outside a waveguide region (D1) and that short-circuits an outer periphery of an upper wide wall (12a) and an outer periphery of a lower wide wall (12b).

Abstract: Provided is a diplexer that is smaller and more lightweight than conventional diplexers. A diplexer includes a filter pair, first and second directional coupler sections, and first and second converter section pairs. These members are constituted by waveguides. The waveguides are post-wall waveguides that have a first wide wall, a second wide wall, and narrow walls. The first wide wall and the second wide wall are a pair of conductor plates provided on the opposite sides of a dielectric substrate. Each of the narrow walls is a post wall constituted by conductor posts passing through the dielectric substrate.

Abstract: A transmission line in which a waveguide tube and a planar transmission path are coupled to a post-wall waveguide broadens a band in which return loss is small. A transmission line (1) includes: a PPW (filter 11) including wide walls (13, 14) and narrow walls (16); and a waveguide tube (21). The PPW (filter 11) includes a columnar conductor (pin 18) that passes through an opening (13a) which is provided in the wide wall (conductor layer 13) and that has one end portion (181) located inside the substrate (12). The waveguide tube (21) is placed such that the columnar conductor (pin 18) passes through an opening (22a) and such that another end portion (182) of the columnar conductor (pin 18) is located inside the waveguide tube (21).

Abstract: A directional coupler 1 includes: a first waveguide 31 and a second waveguide 32 that are arranged in parallel with post arrays 23 and 24 therebetween; a coupling window 33 that is formed in the post arrays 23 and 24 and electromagnetically couples the first waveguide 31 and the second waveguide 32; and a projecting conductor 50 that projects, at a center in a width direction of the coupling window 33, from one conductive layer 13 of paired conductive layers 12 and 13 facing each other in the first waveguide 31 and the second waveguide 32, toward an inside of the coupling window 33, the projecting conductor 50 being spaced from the other conductive layer 12.

Abstract: A waveguide slot array antenna whose plan view size is smaller than that of a conventional waveguide slot array antenna is realized. A waveguide slot array antenna (1) includes: a split circuit board (11) to which a post-wall waveguide (113a) is provided, the post-wall waveguide (113a) being configured to cause an electromagnetic wave, inputted through an input opening (111a), to be split; and an antenna circuit board (12) to which a post-wall waveguide (123a) is provided, the post-wall waveguide (123a) being configured to guide, to a slot array (122a), the electromagnetic wave split in the post-wall waveguide (113a). The split circuit board (11) and the antenna circuit board (12) are joined to each other so that the post-wall waveguide (113a) and the post-wall waveguide (123a) at least overlap each other.

Abstract: A diplexer (100) includes: first and second directional couplers (106A, 106B); and first and second filters (101A, 101B). The filters (101A, 101B) each include a plurality of resonators (110A to 150A, 110B to 150B) that are electromagnetically coupled. The resonators (110A to 150A, 110B to 150B) each have a broad wall that is in a shape of a circle or a regular polygon with six or more vertices, and two resonators, which are coupled together, of the resonators (110A to 150A, 110B to 150B) are arranged such that D<R1+R2 is satisfied, where R1 and R2 represent radii of circumcircles of the broad walls of the two resonators and D represents a center-to-center distance between the two resonators.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides greater isolation between a port serving as a Tx port and a port serving as an Rx port in a diplexer. A diplexer (1) includes: a filter pair (11) constituted by first and second filters (12, 13) having a passband which is a first frequency band, the first and second filters being arranged next to each other; first and second directional coupler sections (21, 31), each of which is connected to a respective one of opposite sides of the filter pair (11); and a third filter (41) which is connected to a port (third port 213) of the first directional coupler section (21) on a side away from the filter pair (11), the third filter having a passband which is a second frequency band.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a mode converter including a substrate that is a single member and includes a first main surface, a second main surface opposite to the first main surface, and a micro hole which is formed in the first main surface, grounding conductor layers that are formed on the first main surface and the second main surface, a plane circuit that is formed on the first main surface, and a pin that is formed so as to cover an inner surface of the micro hole and is electrically connected to the plane circuit, the method includes: irradiating the substrate with laser light to form a first modified portion to a desired depth from one main surface of the substrate; removing the first modified portion to form the micro hole; and filling the micro hole with a conductive material to form the pin.

Abstract: A transmission line includes a post-wall waveguide which includes a dielectric substrate on which a pair of post-walls is formed and a first conductor layer and a second conductor layer opposed to each other with the dielectric substrate interposed therebetween and in which a region surrounded by the pair of post-walls, the first conductor layer, and the second conductor layer is a waveguide region, a waveguide tube having a hollow rectangular shape, being connected with the first conductor layer so as to cover an opening portion formed in a side wall, and in which an inside communicates with the waveguide region through an opening formed in the first conductor layer, and a wire member which is arranged such that through the opening, a first end is located inside the dielectric substrate and a second end is located in the waveguide tube.

Abstract: A transmission line includes a post-wall waveguide which includes a dielectric substrate on which a pair of post-walls is formed and a first conductor layer and a second conductor layer opposed to each other with the dielectric substrate interposed therebetween, and in which a region surrounded by the pair of post-walls, the first conductor layer, and the second conductor layer is a waveguide region, a waveguide tube having a hollow rectangular shape, being connected with the first conductor layer to cover an opening portion formed in a side wall, and in which an inside communicates with the waveguide region through an opening formed in the first conductor layer, a blind via formed in the dielectric substrate such that one end is disposed inside the opening, and a pole member including a post member connected to the one end of the blind via and a support member supporting the post member.

Abstract: A filter includes: a first resonator and a second resonator; a first strip-shaped conductor which is provided on a dielectric layer provided on a surface of a first wide wall of the first resonator; a first conductor pin which is electrically connected to a first end of the first strip-shaped conductor; a second strip-shaped conductor which is provided on a dielectric layer provided on a surface of a first wide wall of the second resonator; and a second conductor pin which is electrically connected to a first end of the second strip-shaped conductor.

Abstract: In a directional coupler, a rectangular waveguide includes a second narrow wall and has a width varying part resulting from the second narrow wall protruding toward a first narrow wall, the width varying part including at least a portion of an opening, the protruding part protruding by a protrusion amount larger at the center of the width varying part than at both ends thereof.

Abstract: An antenna module of the present invention is an antenna module 1 including a waveguide slot antenna (1A), a microstripline (1B), and an RFIC (16), the RFIC (16) being disposed to overlap a waveguide (123, 126) of the waveguide slot antenna (1A) as viewed in a stacking direction of layers. This provides an antenna module which can be mounted in a smaller area than a conventional antenna module.

Abstract: A slotted waveguide array antenna having a smaller reflection coefficient and a larger gain than conventional one is realized. In a slotted waveguide array antenna (1A), control walls (12c1-12c6) orthogonal to an upper wall (11) and side walls of the waveguide are provided inside the waveguide, and slots (11d1-11d6) each extend over an interface between regions formed by partition with corresponding one of the control walls but do not overlap the corresponding one of the plurality of control walls when viewed from above.

Abstract: A terminator has an upper dielectric layer provided on an upper broad wall of a post-wall waveguide, and a microstrip line (MSL) provided on the upper dielectric layer. A blind via has one end thereof connected with one end of the MSL and is inserted inside the post-wall waveguide. A chip resistor has one end thereof connected with the other end of the MSL and has the other end thereof connected with the upper broad wall.

Abstract: A directional coupler includes rectangular waveguides each including: a pair of protruding sections which are provided on a first narrow wall or a second narrow wall, which are provided symmetrically with respect to an opening, and which protrude from one of the first and second narrow walls toward the other; and other protruding section which protrudes from the second narrow wall toward the opening.