IP Library Granted Patent US 12677670
Granted Patent B2
US 12677670 · App. 18/189,500 · Granted Jul 7, 2026

Circuit module

Inventors: Yoshihito Otsubo (Nagaokakyo, JP); Morio Takeuchi (Nagaokakyo, JP); Tsuyoshi Takakura (Nagaokakyo, JP)
Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
H10W44/20H10W42/20H10W70/611H10W70/65H10W72/071H10W72/07554H10W90/754
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Patent No.
US 12677670
App. No.
18/189,500
Granted
Jul 7, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

To provide a circuit module capable of suppressing a decrease in an area for mounting an electronic component on a substrate even when a wire for shielding the electronic component is connected to the substrate. A circuit module according to the present disclosure includes a substrate, a first component mounted on the substrate and including a ground terminal on an upper surface, first wires that connect the ground terminal to the substrate, and a second component mounted on the substrate, in which overlapping first wires in plan view.

Claims (60)

1 . A circuit module comprising:

a substrate;

at least one first component mounted on the substrate and each including a ground terminal on an upper surface;

a plurality of first wires; and

a second component mounted on the substrate and overlapping at least one of the plurality of first wires in plan view, and wherein

each of the plurality of first wires connects the ground terminal of the first component to the substrate.

2 . The circuit module of claim 1 , wherein

the ground terminal of the first component to which each of the plurality of first wires is connected is one ground terminal provided on the upper surface of the first component.

3 . The circuit module of claim 2 , wherein

the at least one first component comprises a plurality of first components, and

each of the ground terminals of the plurality of first components is connected to at least one of the first wires.

4 . The circuit module of claim 2 , wherein

the first component is an inductor.

5 . The circuit module of claim 2 , wherein

the second component is an element constituting a matching circuit.

6 . The circuit module of claim 2 , further comprising:

a third component mounted on the substrate and including a ground terminal on an upper surface, and wherein

each of the plurality of first wires connects the ground terminal of the first component to the ground terminal of the third component, and wherein

the ground terminal of the third component is connected to the substrate.

7 . The circuit module of claim 2 , wherein

the ground terminal of the first component is electrically connected to an electrode disposed on the substrate via a through hole penetrating the first component.

8 . The circuit module of claim 2 , further comprising:

a support component mounted on the substrate and supporting the first component, and wherein

the first component is mounted on the substrate via the support component by being supported by the support component.

9 . The circuit module of claim 2 , further comprising:

a second wire connecting the second component to the substrate, wherein

the second component includes a terminal to which the second wire is connected on an upper surface, and wherein

the second wire does not intersect some of the first wires being at positions overlapping the second component in plan view.

10 . The circuit module of claim 2 , further comprising:

a second wire connecting the second component to the substrate, wherein

the second component includes a terminal to which the second wire is connected on an upper surface, and wherein

the second wire extends from the terminal so as to be separated from some of the first wires being at positions overlapping the second component in plan view.

11 . The circuit module of claim 1 , wherein

the at least one first component comprises a plurality of first components, and

each of the ground terminals of the plurality of first components is connected to at least one of the first wires.

12 . The circuit module of claim 11 , wherein

the first wires connected to different ones of the plurality of first components intersect with each other in plan view.

13 . The circuit module of claim 1 , wherein

the first component is an inductor.

14 . The circuit module of claim 1 , wherein

the second component is an element constituting a matching circuit.

15 . The circuit module of claim 1 , further comprising:

a third component mounted on the substrate and including a ground terminal on an upper surface, and wherein

each of the plurality of first wires connects the ground terminal of the first component to the ground terminal of the third component, and wherein

the ground terminal of the third component is connected to the substrate.

16 . The circuit module of claim 1 , wherein

the ground terminal of the first component is electrically connected to an electrode disposed on the substrate via a through hole penetrating the first component.

17 . The circuit module of claim 1 , further comprising:

a support component mounted on the substrate and supporting the first component, and wherein

the first component is mounted on the substrate via the support component by being supported by the support component.

18 . The circuit module of claim 1 , further comprising:

a second wire connecting the second component to the substrate, wherein

the second component includes a terminal to which the second wire is connected on an upper surface, and wherein

the second wire does not intersect some of the first wires being at positions overlapping the second component in plan view.

19 . The circuit module of claim 1 , further comprising:

a second wire connecting the second component to the substrate, wherein

the second component includes a terminal to which the second wire is connected on an upper surface, and wherein

the second wire extends from the terminal so as to be separated from some of the first wires being at positions overlapping the second component in plan view.

20 . The circuit module of claim 1 , wherein

in a direction orthogonal to a mounting surface of the substrate on which the first component and the second component are mounted, the ground terminal of the first component is farther from the mounting surface than the second component.