IP Library Granted Patent US 12712580
Granted Patent B2
US 12712580 · App. 18/170,139 · Granted Aug 18, 2026

Element mounting substrate and adjustment method

Inventor: Noboru Shiokawa (Nagaokakyo, JP)
Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
H04B1/10H01F27/06
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Patent No.
US 12712580
App. No.
18/170,139
Granted
Aug 18, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An element mounting substrate includes a substrate, a first impedance element and a second impedance element on a main surface of the substrate and each having an electrode, and a transmission line on the substrate and having a first end connected to the electrode of the first impedance element and a second end connected to the electrode of the second impedance element. The first impedance element and the second impedance element are electrically connected in series via the transmission line on the substrate, and a line length between the first end and the second end in the transmission line is longer than a shortest distance between the first end and the second end.

Claims (54)

1 . An element mounting substrate comprising:

a substrate;

a first impedance element and a second impedance element on a main surface of the substrate and each having an electrode; and

a transmission line on the substrate and having a first end connected to the electrode of the first impedance element and a second end connected to the electrode of the second impedance element,

wherein the first impedance element and the second impedance element are electrically connected in series via the transmission line on the substrate,

the transmission line extends perpendicularly from at least one of the first end and the second end, and

a line length between the first end and the second end in the transmission line is longer than a shortest distance between the first end and the second end.

2 . The element mounting substrate according to claim 1 , wherein

each of the first impedance element and the second impedance element has a longitudinal direction and a lateral direction parallel to the main surface and orthogonal to each other, and

when a straight line parallel to the longitudinal direction and passing through a center in the lateral direction is defined as a central axis,

a first central axis that is the central axis of the first impedance element and a second central axis that is the central axis of the second impedance element are on the same straight line when viewed from a direction orthogonal to the main surface of the substrate.

3 . The element mounting substrate according to claim 2 , wherein the line length is equal to or more than 0.2 mm.

4 . The element mounting substrate according to claim 2 , wherein

the line length is equal to or more than a half of a length, which is not a longer length, of a first length of the first impedance element in the longitudinal direction and a second length of the second impedance element in the longitudinal direction.

5 . The element mounting substrate according to claim 1 , wherein

each of the first impedance element and the second impedance element has a longitudinal direction and a lateral direction parallel to the main surface and orthogonal to each other, and

when a straight line parallel to the longitudinal direction and passing through a center in the lateral direction is defined as a central axis,

an extension line of a first central axis that is the central axis of the first impedance element and an extension line of a second central axis that is the central axis of the second impedance element intersect at one point when viewed from a direction orthogonal to the main surface of the substrate.

6 . The element mounting substrate according to claim 5 , wherein

the first central axis and the second central axis are orthogonal to each other when viewed from a direction orthogonal to the main surface of the substrate.

7 . The element mounting substrate according to claim 1 , wherein at least a part of the transmission line is in an interior of the substrate.

8 . The element mounting substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the line length is equal to or more than 1.05 times of a shortest distance between the first end and the second end.

9 . The element mounting substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the line length is equal to or more than 0.2 mm.

10 . The element mounting substrate according to claim 1 , wherein

each of the first impedance element and the second impedance element has a longitudinal direction and a lateral direction parallel to the main surface and orthogonal to each other, and

the line length is equal to or more than a half of a length, which is not a longer length, of a first length of the first impedance element in the longitudinal direction and a second length of the second impedance element in the longitudinal direction.

11 . The element mounting substrate according to claim 1 , wherein

each of the first impedance element and the second impedance element has a longitudinal direction and a lateral direction parallel to the main surface and orthogonal to each other,

when a straight line parallel to the longitudinal direction and passing through a center in the lateral direction is defined as a central axis,

a first central axis that is the central axis of the first impedance element and a second central axis that is the central axis of the second impedance element are parallel to each other when viewed from a direction orthogonal to the main surface of the substrate, and

the first impedance element and the second impedance element are not lined up in a direction orthogonal to the first central axis and the second central axis when viewed from a direction orthogonal to the main surface of the substrate.

12 . The element mounting substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the transmission line is on the main surface of the substrate.

13 . The element mounting substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the first impedance element and the second impedance element are magnetically coupled.

14 . An element mounting substrate comprising:

a substrate;

a first impedance element and a second impedance element on the substrate and each having an electrode; and

a transmission line on the substrate and having a first end connected to the electrode of the first impedance element and a second end connected to the electrode of the second impedance element,

wherein the first impedance element and the second impedance element are electrically connected in series via the transmission line on the substrate,

the first impedance element and the second impedance element are of the same type, and

a line length between the first end and the second end in the transmission line is equal to or more than 0.2 mm.

15 . The element mounting substrate according to claim 14 , wherein the line length is the same as a shortest distance between the first end and the second end.

16 . An element mounting substrate comprising:

a substrate;

a first impedance element and a second impedance element on the substrate and each having an electrode; and

a transmission line on the substrate and having a first end connected to the electrode of the first impedance element and a second end connected to the electrode of the second impedance element,

wherein the first impedance element and the second impedance element are electrically connected in series via the transmission line on the substrate,

each of the first impedance element and the second impedance element has a longitudinal direction and a lateral direction parallel to a main surface of the substrate and orthogonal to each other, and

a line length between the first end and the second end of the transmission line in the transmission line is equal to or more than a half of a length, which is not a longer length, of a first length of the first impedance element in the longitudinal direction and a second length of the second impedance element in the longitudinal direction.

17 . The element mounting substrate according to claim 16 , wherein the line length is the same as a shortest distance between the first end and the second end.

18 . An adjustment method comprising:

adjusting, by a line length of a transmission line that electrically connects an electrode of a first impedance element and an electrode of a second impedance element in series, an anti-resonant frequency of a signal passing through the first impedance element, the transmission line, and the second impedance element in this order,

wherein the transmission line extends perpendicularly from at least one of a first end and a second end.

19 . The adjustment method according to claim 18 , wherein the first impedance element and the second impedance element are magnetically coupled.

20 . The adjustment method according to claim 18 , wherein the first impedance element and the second impedance element are of the same type.