Abstract: In a high frequency device, resonators (IDT capacitors) that function as capacitors are included in a lumped constant balun included in a filter or duplexer, and furthermore, the resonance frequency of the IDT capacitors is set higher than the passband frequency of the filter. This improves the capacitor Q value, thus enabling the realization of a low-loss balance filter.

Abstract: A splitter device includes a first splitter comprising an input leg coupled to a provider content input port, a first output leg, and a second output leg. The provider content input port is configured to receive a downstream-propagating provider bandwidth. The splitter device further includes a first conductive path coupled to the first output leg of the first splitter, and a second conductive path coupled to the second output leg of the first splitter. The splitter device further includes a second splitter having an input leg coupled to a first home network bandwidth, a first output leg coupled to the first conductive path, and a second output leg. The splitter device further includes a third splitter having an input leg coupled to a second home network bandwidth, a first output leg coupled to the second conductive path, and a second output leg. The splitter device further includes a bridge circuit operatively coupled between the first conductive path and the second conductive path.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a system that includes a front-end interface device having a first front-end interface port, a second front-end interface port and a third front-end interface port. The front-end interface device is configured to split a first signal directed into the first front-end interface port into a second signal provided at the second front-end interface port and a third signal provided at the third front-end interface port. An N-way high-band device includes a first high-band device port coupled to the second front-end interface port and N second high band ports. An N-way low-band device includes a first low-band device port coupled to the third front-end interface port and N-second low band ports. N back-end interface devices are coupled to the N-way high-band device and the N-way low-band device.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an asymmetric power divider. The asymmetric power divider includes a power dividing unit, a first matching network, and a second matching network. The power dividing unit supplies different amounts of power to a carrier amplifier and a peaking amplifier, which are connected in parallel. The first matching network is connected between the power dividing unit and the carrier amplifier so as to perform impedance matching between the power dividing unit and the carrier amplifier. The second matching network is connected between the power dividing unit and the peaking amplifier so as to perform impedance matching between the power dividing unit and the peaking amplifier.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a duplexer for separating a transmit signal and a receive signal. The duplexer comprises a transmit filter, a receive filter and an analogue quadrature splitter, a first filtering element and a second filtering element. By choosing the first filtering element and the second filtering element substantially identical, it is possible to transform filtering characteristics of the first and second filtering element such that stop bands are substantially transformed into an effective pass band, and vice versa. The analogue quadrature splitter is adapted to increase an attenuation of the transmit signals outside the transmit band, such as in the receive band. Therefore out-of-band emissions by the transmitter will be substantially reduced. The present disclosure further provides a method for separating a transmit signal and a receive signal, and computer program products for the manufacture for carrying out the method of separating transmit signals and receive signals.

Abstract: A high-frequency module includes at least first and second signal circuits that are each connected between a common antenna port and at least first and second signal ports. The first signal circuit includes a first inductor connected in series between the antenna port and the first signal port, a first capacitor connected in series between the first inductor and the first signal port, and a second inductor connected in shunt between the first capacitor and the first signal port. Series resonance is produced between the first inductor, the first capacitor, and the second inductor at a frequency within the frequency band of a target signal of the second signal circuit.

Abstract: A receiving circuit is provided for performing reception of a plurality of band signals and suppression of blockers that remain in the plurality of band signals being received and converted in frequency. The receiving circuit includes a first low-pass filter that has a first pole position to suppress blockers remaining in a received signal by the first pole position, and a second low-pass filter that has a second pole position to suppress blockers remaining in a signal that has passed through said first low-pass filter by the second pole position. A switch that switches on/off an input-output path including the filters so that the received signal passes through said first filter without passing through the second filter when receiving a first band signal, while the received signal passes through both filters when receiving a second band signal different from the first band signal.

Abstract: A tunable duplexer using voltage-controlled varactors is presented. The center frequency, the pass band, and the stop band are each tunable to meet system requirements. A calibration circuit driving digital to analog converters produces the necessary voltages used in the resonant circuits. The tunable duplexer can be fabricated on a single silicon chip. On-chip transformers can be used to reduce the voltage level of signals in the filters to improve the linearity of the duplexer.

Abstract: An electrical filter for filtering an electrical signal, the filter having a transmission characteristic comprising a band edge at a band edge transition frequency, the filter comprising a circulator having a first circulator port for receiving a signal to be filtered, the circulator being adapted to transfer a signal received at the first circulator port to a second circulator port and being further adapted to transfer a signal received at the second circulator port to a third circulator port; and, a reflection mode filter connected to the second port; the reflection mode filter comprising a filter network comprising at least one resonator, the filter network having a network input connected to the second circulator port; and, a further resonator connected to the network input, the further resonator being arranged to provide an extracted pole providing a transmission zero closest to the band edge transition frequency; wherein the further resonator has a high Q compared to the low Q of at least one of the at

Abstract: A method of tuning the stopband attenuation of an absorptive bandstop filter having at least a first and second resonator, where the first resonator includes a first tuning element that exhibits a first resonant frequency, the second resonator includes a second tuning element that exhibits a second resonant frequency, and the tuning elements are used to adjust the corresponding resonant frequencies, includes 1) adjusting the first resonant frequency using the first tuning element; and 2) adjusting the second resonant frequency using the second tuning element, such that both resonant frequencies are coordinated to obtain a selected stopband attenuation level and to thus realize a frequency-selective variable attenuator.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising a first filter, a second filter, a third filter, and a fourth filter. The first filter may comprise a low pass filter having a first bandwidth and configured to present a first output signal in response to an input signal received at an input port of the apparatus. The second filter may comprise a high pass filter having a second bandwidth and configured to present a second output signal in response to the input signal received at the input port of the apparatus. The third filter may comprise a low pass filter having a third bandwidth and configured to present a third output signal in response to the second output signal. The fourth filter may comprise a high pass filter having a fourth bandwidth and configured to present a fourth output signal in response to the second output signal.

Abstract: A balanced-output triplexer includes: a first filter provided between an input terminal and a pair of first balanced output terminals; a second filter provided between the input terminal and a pair of second balanced output terminals; and a third filter provided between the input terminal and a pair of third balanced output terminals. All of the first to third filters are provided within a layered substrate. All of the balanced output terminals are disposed to be adjacent to one of the sides of the top surface of the layered substrate and one of the sides of the bottom surface of the layered substrate.

Abstract: A duplexer module prevents a transmission signal and a reception signal in the same band from interfering with each other. The duplexer module includes a transmission line, a reception line, and an antenna common line. In addition, the duplexer module includes a plurality of mounting electrodes arranged along the four sides of an outer edge of a mounting surface of a multilayer substrate. The fourth mounting electrode defining a monitoring port is disposed on a side different from a side on which each of the first mounting electrode defining a transmission port, the second mounting electrode defining a reception port, and the third mounting electrode defining an antenna port is disposed. The fourth mounting electrode defining the monitoring port is a mounting electrode used to output a signal of the monitoring line through which a portion of electrical power is transmitted from the transmission line.

Abstract: Various embodiments relate to an apparatus and related method for transmission and reception of a plurality of a carrier signals comprising one or more dual-band channels through a same-band combiner. A device such as a base station may include a same-band combiner that comprises a plurality of dual-bandpass filters and a combining element to transmit and receive the carrier signal. Each of the dual-bandpass filters may transmit and receive a channel, with each dual-bandpass filter including separate reception and transmission passbands for the separate frequencies in the dual-band channel. The combining element may separate and combine the one or more dual-band channels, with each of the dual-bandpass filters connected in parallel processing separate dual-band channels.

Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus for transmitting and receiving wireless communications is provided. A balun is coupled to an antenna. The antenna transmits and receives radio frequency signals. The balun includes a first inductor including a first set of ports coupled to the antenna. The balun includes a second inductor with a second set of ports coupled to a power amplifier through a first circuit. The power amplifier transmits a first signal to the antenna. The balun also includes a third inductor with a third set of ports coupled to a low noise amplifier through a second circuit. The low noise amplifier receives a second signal from the antenna. The second set of ports is coupled to the first circuit and the third set of ports is coupled to the second circuit. Also, the first circuit is separate from the second circuit.

Abstract: A duplexer includes a transmission filter connected between a common terminal and a transmission terminal, a reception filter connected between the common terminal and a reception; and a capacitor connected in parallel with the transmission filter and the reception filter between the transmission terminal and the reception terminal and has a capacitance so that a phase difference between a signal passing from the transmission terminal to the reception terminal through the transmission filter and the reception filter and a signal passing from the transmission terminal to the reception terminal through the capacitor, or connected in parallel with the reception filter between the common terminal and the reception terminal and has a capacitance so that a phase difference between a signal passing from the common terminal to the reception terminal through the reception filter and a signal from the common terminal to the reception terminal through the capacitor.

Abstract: A balun signal splitter for use in transceiver systems, such as wireless communications systems, including a wide-band balun with a secondary winding for signal splitting between two operating bands (e.g., high-band and low-band) or modes. An example of a balun signal splitter configured for dual-band or dual-mode operation or includes a balun having a primary winding and a secondary winding, the secondary winding having a first port and a second port, a first network coupled to the first port and configured to present a short circuit impedance at the first port at out-of-band frequencies or during out-of-mode operation, and a second network coupled to the second port and configured to present a short circuit impedance at the second port at out-of-band frequencies or during out-of-mode operation.

Abstract: The present disclosure teaches a filtering device. The filtering device comprises a transforming unit, at least a first filtering element and a complementary filtering unit. The filtering device of the present disclosure allows an isolation of radio signals within a selected frequency band. Frequency bands closely-spaced to the selected frequency band may be suppressed. The present disclosure provides a reliable and almost identical response to temperature changes for the pass band within the selected frequency band and the stop bands closely-spaced to the selected frequency band. The filtering device withstands temperature changes without affecting a filtering performance different to the prior art. The present disclosure further provides a method for filtering an input signal as well as a computer program product for the manufacture of the filtering device and a computer program product for the carrying out of the method of filtering.

Abstract: A power and signal distribution system comprises a converter unit connected to a plurality of control units. The converter unit and the control units are arranged in areas difficult to access, for instance on the sea bed. The converter unit is connected to a remote monitoring and supplying device via at least one cable connection. Each control unit has assigned thereto at least one production apparatus for crude oil or natural gas corresponding gate valves, chokes, biops, actuators. In some embodiments, the power and signal distribution system the converter unit comprises a data separation device and a voltage converter. The converted voltage from the voltage converter is transmitted together with data/signals from the converter unit to at least one of the control units.

Abstract: In a duplexer module, a transmitting signal is correctly monitored without deteriorating receiving sensitivity. The duplexer module includes a transmission line, a reception line, and an antenna common line, and performs conversion between a transmission signal and a reception signals and antenna common signals. A transmission filter is inserted into the transmission line, and the transmission filter allows the transmission signal to pass therethrough and stops the reception signal. A reception filter is inserted into the reception line, and the reception filter allows the reception signal to pass therethrough and stops the transmission signal. A first line of a coupler which detects the transmitting signal is inserted into the transmission line at a stage subsequent to the transmission filter.

Abstract: A demultiplexer has a common terminal, a transmission terminal, and a reception terminal, and furthermore includes a transmission filter connected between the common terminal and the transmission terminal, a reception filter connected between the common terminal and the reception terminal, and a phase shift circuit connected in series to the reception filter connected between the common terminal and the reception terminal. A node on the line from the phase shift circuit to the common terminal or the transmission terminal, and a node on the line from the phase shift circuit to the reception terminal are coupled via a reactance. Accordingly, it is possible to fundamentally reduce or eliminate the situation in which transmission signals from the transmission filter arrive at the reception circuit, and improve isolation.

Abstract: A duplexer module that is used for transmission and reception of a signal in at least two communication systems using different frequency bands includes a wiring board, dual transmission filters in a transmission filter unit that is provided on the wiring board and that includes a transmission filter, and dual reception filters in a reception filter unit that is provided on the wiring board and that includes a reception filter. Each of the dual reception filters includes at least two reception filters having different frequency bands, and the output side of the reception filters is shared between the reception filters such that a common output terminal is provided for the reception filters.

Abstract: A diplex filter is formed by two impedance-transforming filters with separate transmission frequency ranges and with separate cut-off frequency ranges and a connection node at which two series elements of the two filters are connected. These two series elements are each fashioned as a parallel oscillating circuit, each parallel oscillating circuit exhibiting a predetermined reactance in a midband of the respective transmission frequency range and a parallel resonance in a midband of the respective cut-off frequency range. The diplex filter can be realized in a simple and cost-effective manner without ferrite-containing special components, for instance inductively coupled coils or tapped coils thereby allowing use thereof in a magnetic resonance tomograph, for example.

Abstract: Power amplifying systems and modules and components therein are designed based on CRLH structures, providing high efficiency and linearity.

Abstract: Distributed band reject filters are disclosed. A band reject filter includes a first acoustic resonator and a second acoustic resonator, each of which has either shunt resonators adapted to resonate substantially at respective resonance frequencies defining a rejection frequency band or series resonators adapted to anti-resonate substantially at respective anti-resonance frequencies defining the rejection frequency band. These resonators are connected through a phase shifter which imparts an impedance phase shift of approximately 45° to 135°. Exemplary applications of the band reject filters disclosed herein include implementation as an inter-stage band reject filter for a base station power amplifier for a wireless communication system, as a radio frequency band reject filter in a duplexer for a wireless communication terminal, and in a low noise amplifier input stage.

Abstract: A wireless communications device includes an antenna, a multi-port path selection structure having an antenna port connected to the antenna, and plural ports connected to respective one or more receive and transmit paths of the wireless communications device. The multi-port path selection structure has a transmit band reject filter connected to the transmit path and a second filter connected to the receive path.

Abstract: Disclosed is a diplexed transmit (TX) filter and RF switch for suppressing third order intermodulation (IM3) products. Included are first and second duplexers each having a receive (RX) port, a TX port, and an RX/TX port. Also included are first and second power splitter/combiners each having first, second, and third terminals. Further included are first, second, and third phase shift networks. The first power splitter/combiner's first terminal is coupled to the first duplexer's TX port and a first switch segment is coupled between the first duplexer's RX/TX port and the first terminal of the second coupler. The first phase shift network is coupled to the second duplexer's TX port and a second switch segment in series with the second phase shift network is coupled between the second duplexer's RX/TX port and second coupler's second terminal. The third phase shift network is coupled to the second duplexer's RX terminal.

Abstract: An improved DC and/or audio-frequency output for RF paths has the following features: an earth connection is provided, in particular in the form of an electrically conductive housing (17), an output path (13) branches off from a connection point (117, 117?) on an RF path (3, 5), the output path (13) comprises a branch line (7, 9), originating from the connection point (117, 117?), in the form of a ?/4 line, where ? represents a wavelength which corresponds to a wavelength within the RF band to be transmitted on the RF path (3, 5), and having a capacitor device (27a, 27b), which is connected to the branch line (7, 9), in the form of a low-pass filter and/or an RF short, with at least one sealed dipole connection (127a, 127h) also being provided on the output path (13), in addition to the at least one capacitor device (27a, 27b).

Abstract: Described is a filtering arrangement in which a first filter is configured to exhibit a first frequency response FR and has a first node and a second node; a second filter is configured to exhibit a second FR and has a first node and a second node; and a third filter is configured to exhibit a third FR and has a first node and a second node. A first common node interfaces the second node of the first filter with the second node of the second filter; and a second common node interfaces the first node of the second filter with the first node of the third filter. The second FR exhibited by the second filter isolates a first signal on a first signal path between the first node of the first filter and the first common node from a second signal on a second signal path between the second common node and the second node of the third filter.

Abstract: A duplexer includes: an insulation substrate having an upper surface on which a transmission filter and a reception filter are mounted, and a lower surface on which a foot pad layer electrically connected to the transmission filter and the reception filter is formed; a transmission pad provided on the upper surface and electrically connected to the transmission filter; a reception pad provided on the upper surface and electrically connected to the reception filter, a ring-shaped electrode provided on the upper surface and configured to surround the transmission pad and the reception pad; a ground foot pad included in the foot pad layer, and a via interconnection configured to electrically interconnect the ring-shaped electrode and the ground foot pad and to be provided in the ring-shaped electrode in a section along a shorter one of routes that connect the transmission pad and the reception pad to each other along the ring-shaped electrode.

Abstract: There is provided a radio communication apparatus for transmitting transmission signals of the channel CH1 and the channel CH2, including a first antenna, a second antenna, a dual-band transmitting/receiving circuit having a first terminal for the channel CH1 and a second terminal for the channel CH2, a first branching circuit configured to receive a transmission signal from the first terminal or the second terminal, a second branching circuit configured to divide the transmission signal from the first branching circuit between the first antenna and the second antenna, and a transmission line configured to connect the first branching circuit and the second branching circuit.

Abstract: A diplexer circuit comprising a common terminal, a low-frequency-side terminal, a high-frequency-side terminal, a low-frequency-side path comprising a low-frequency filter disposed between the common terminal and the low-frequency-side terminal, and a high-frequency-side path comprising a high-frequency filter disposed between the common terminal and the high-frequency-side terminal, the low-frequency filter comprising a first transmission line series-connected to the low-frequency-side path and a capacitor parallel-connected to part of the first transmission line.

Abstract: A tunable filter and a tunable duplexer are provided, both of which comprise an input terminal, an output terminal, four fixed capacitors, three variable capacitors and three fixed coils; wherein the variable capacitors are grounded at one end and, at the other end, connected to the fixed coils to form three sets of series-connected LC circuit; wherein the connecting points of the three sets of series-connected LC circuit, the input terminal and the output terminal are connected with the fixed capacitors, respectively.

Abstract: A duplexer includes a transmit filter connected between a common terminal and a transmission terminal, a receive filter connected between the common terminal and a reception terminal, a capacitor connected in parallel with one of the transmit filter and the receive filter and provided between two terminals of the common terminal, the transmission terminal, and the reception terminal, and a package. The package includes an insulating layer, foot pads that include the common terminal, the transmission terminal and the reception terminal and are formed on one surface of the insulating layer, and interconnections formed on another surface opposite to the one surface of the insulating layer. The capacitor is composed of two capacitor forming units that are connected in parallel with each other and are formed with at least one foot pad of the foot pads and two of the interconnections that overlap with two opposing sides of the at least one food pad respectively.

Abstract: In a first high frequency switch, a current path and a current path are connected in parallel. When a positive voltage is applied to a control terminal, a current flows through a path passing through (Vc2)?(DL)?(DSL1)?(DDI)?(GSL2)?(DL) and a path passing through (Vc2)?(DR)?(DD2)?(DL). In a second high frequency switch, a current path and a current path are connected in parallel. When a positive voltage is applied to a control terminal, a current flows through a first path and a second path. Thus, the transmission signal is switched with a low control voltage and deterioration of insertion loss characteristics or harmonic distortion characteristics is prevented.

Abstract: In a branching device, an LPF includes a first inductor arranged such that some conductor layers from among conductor layers are wound in a clockwise direction, and a second inductor arranged such that a conductor layer from among the conductor layers is wound in an counterclockwise direction. In addition, an HPF includes a third inductor arranged such that conductor layers are wound in the same clockwise direction as the first inductor. Therefore, when a high-frequency signal passes through the LPF, a winding direction is reversed. In addition, when a high-frequency signal passes through the HPF, a winding direction is reversed.

Abstract: A filter includes: a converter circuit, provided with a single-type common terminal and two balanced terminals, for performing conversion between a balanced line and an unbalanced line; two filter units coupled to each of the balanced terminals of the converter circuit and allowing passage of a signal in a pass band; and a bridging capacitor arranged to extend across the converter circuit and one of the filter units in a bridging manner, wherein the inductance of an opposite-side line of one of the filter units relative to the converter circuit is electromagnetically coupled to the inductance of a line coupling the other filter unit and the converter circuit.

Abstract: An RF front-end architecture is operated in either a transmitting or a receiving mode. The RF front-end architecture comprises an antenna, an impedance match network, a balun and a transceiver chip. The transceiver chip comprises first and second transmit/receive (TR) switches, a transmitter, and a receiver. Because two TR switches are integrated into the chip, the printed circuit board area, BOM cost and pin count of the transceiver chip can be greatly reduced.

Abstract: A duplexer according to the present invention includes a first port, a second port and a third port for external input/output, a first path formed between the first port and the third port, a second path formed between the second port and the third port, a phase shifting part provided for each path, and a resonating part provided for each path. At least any of the resonating parts has a ring conductor having a length equal to one wavelength at a resonant frequency or an integral multiple thereof, a plurality of passive circuits, and a plurality of switches each of which is connected to a different part of the ring conductor at one end and to any of the passive circuits at the other end. A switch may simply be connected to a ground conductor instead of being connected to the passive circuit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a lumped cross-coupled Wilkinson circuit having a pair of magnetically cross-coupled inductive elements coupled to an isolation network. By magnetically cross-coupling the inductive elements, which have a mutual inductance, the inductance of each inductive element will be significantly less than the inductance of each inductive element in an equivalent lumped traditional Wilkinson combiner. Since the inductance of each inductive element is less, the size of each inductive element may be significantly smaller and the resistive loss of the each inductive element may be significantly smaller. In one embodiment of the present invention, the lumped cross-coupled Wilkinson circuit operates as a lumped cross-coupled Wilkinson combiner. In an alternate embodiment of the present invention, the lumped cross-coupled Wilkinson circuit operates as a lumped cross-coupled Wilkinson splitter.

Abstract: An arrangement for filtering the transmitting signals in a radio device using frequency division duplex. In a radio transmitter, in which the transmitting signal is divided to a plurality of antennas radiating to different sectors, the filtering required in transmitting is mostly carried out by a shared transmitting filter before the transmitting signal is divided. The rest of the filtering is carried out separately on each partial transmitting signal in the reduced transmitting side of the duplex filter. The filters and the divider form an integrated filter unit, in which they are connected to each other by simple coupling elements. The space required for the filters of the antenna end of the radio device is significantly reduced, and the material and assembly costs of the antenna end in production are reduced.

Abstract: An improved component for the separation or combination of high frequency outputs includes a coaxial input port located at the front end of the outer conductor. At the opposite end of the outer conductor, a head is located with at least two, and preferably three or four, single ports which cover the outer conductor connections. The head with the single ports is built as a single part to avoid any mechanical connection junctions. The head with the single ports which form integral outer conductor connectors consists of a forged part or a cast part.

Abstract: A power divider and filter device includes one input port and several output ports, and is configured to make several cavities in which resonating posts are located, one post per cavity. The cavities communicate some with the others by means of openings. Cavities are arranged in such a way that and input signal incoming the input port propagates through the device by coupling. The cavities and the resonating posts are configured and arranged in such a way that, as it passes through the device, the input signal is, by one and a same operation, filtered and split in as many output signals as the outputs the device comprises, the energy of the input signal being spread out between the outputs.

Abstract: A multiband circuit includes a signal path comprising a first signal branch that includes a first circuit that is transmissive in a first frequency band and a second signal branch that includes a second circuit that is transmissive in a second frequency band. The first and second signal branches are combined on an antenna side into a common path.

Abstract: A technique for realizing module size reduction while enhancing the anti-ESD characteristic of a low frequency band circuit without the need to add such an element as an ESD filter. In a diplexer included in a high-frequency power amplifier module, a composite grounding inductor with respect to an antenna terminal is formed of three inductors including a series inductor contained in a lowpass filter. Since an ESD signal contains main components thereof belonging to a frequency band of the order of a few hundreds of MHz or lower, the ESD signal is allowed to pass through a lowpass filter with little to no attenuation. Under this condition, a function for ESD filtering from the antenna terminal to an antenna switch circuit is provided by using the composite grounding inductor mentioned above and an electrostatic capacitor element, thereby suppressing passage of the ESD signal to the antenna switch circuit.

Abstract: A high-frequency module enabling sufficient attenuation over a wide frequency range outside of a passband includes a triplexer including a combination of an LPF, a BPF, and HPFs arranged to demultiplex a signal input from a common terminal into a first communication signal, a second communication signal, and a third communication signal in different frequency bands, and to output the first, second, and third communication signals from individual terminals. The individual terminals of the triplexer are connected to respective baluns. The baluns are configured such that the respective passbands of the baluns overlap the respective frequency bands of the communication signals and the respective passbands of the triplexer, and the attenuation of the baluns at the attenuation poles of the triplexer is ?3 dB or greater. This configuration provides high attenuation in the rebound bands of the attenuation poles.

Abstract: A high-frequency module includes a balanced demultiplexer including a pair of balanced signal terminals and that has at least one of high differential isolation and high differential attenuation. A distance between an antenna terminal and a second balanced signal terminal provided on a mounting surface of a circuit board is greater than the antenna terminal and a first balanced signal terminal. On a back surface of the circuit board, a distance between a first back surface side electrode pad to which the antenna terminal is connected and a fourth back surface side electrode pad to which the second balanced signal terminal is connected is less than a distance between the first back surface side electrode pad to which the antenna terminal is connected and a third back surface side electrode pad to which the first balanced signal terminal is connected.

Abstract: A bond wire circuit includes at least three bond wires arranged to split an input signal into two output signals. In connection with various example embodiments, bond wires are arranged in a generally parallel manner to mitigate magnetic coupling and related issues for splitting an input signal and providing each of split signals to an amplifier. The bond wires are connected by capacitive circuits that facilitate the splitting, and in some applications, additional capacitive (to ground/reference) and load circuits to further facilitate the splitting of the input signals for specific amplifier circuit implementations, and applications to various loads. In some implementations, the input signals are split in equal or arbitrary portions with frequency independent phase differences in a wide frequency band, with isolation between ports of the circuit.

Abstract: An electrical component includes a first signal path and a second signal path electrically connected to a common signal path. The electrical component also includes a first filter in the first signal path and a second filter in the second signal path. The electrical component also includes a first matching circuit comprising a shunt arm to ground. The first matching circuit is electrically connected to the first signal path, the second signal path, and the common signal path.

Abstract: A duplexer module that prevents degradation of isolation between signal lines includes transmission filters, reception filters, phase adjusting circuits, and a multilayer substrate. The transmission filters and the reception filters are constituted as separate discrete components. The multilayer substrate includes filter mount terminals to which the transmission filters are mounted, and filter mount terminals to which the reception filters are mounted. The filter mount terminals are arranged along an upper side of the multilayer substrate, and the filter mount terminals are arranged along a lower side of the multilayer substrate.