Common mode noise filter
View Patent ↗A common mode noise filter includes: a common mode filter inserted into a pair of signal lines; and a pair of capacitively coupled coils having one ends connected respectively to the corresponding signal lines and the other ends opened. According to the present invention, common mode noise can be removed by a common mode filter, as well as, differential mode noise in a desired frequency band can be removed by a pair of coils whose other ends are opened.
1. A common mode noise filter comprising:
a plurality of external terminals;
a common mode filter in a pair of signal lines; and
a pair of coils capacitively coupled to each other, each of the coils having one end connected to an associated one of the signal lines and the other end being free from connection with any of the plurality of external terminals so that the other end is opened.
2. The common mode noise filter as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the pair of coils are formed in a single component, and the common mode filter and the pair of coils are formed respectively in different components.
3. The common mode noise filter as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the common mode filter and the pair of coils are formed in a single component.
4. A common mode noise filter comprising:
a substrate;
a plurality of external terminals;
first and second coils magnetically coupled to each other and provided on the substrate; and
third and fourth coils capacitively coupled to each other and provided on the substrate, wherein
each of the first and second coils has one end paired with each other and connected to an associated one of the plurality of external terminals,
the third coil has one end connected to the one end of the first coil and the other end being free from connection with any of the plurality of external terminals so that the other end is opened, and
the fourth coil has one end connected to the one end of the second coil and the other end being free from connection with any of the plurality of external terminals so that the other end is opened.
5. The common mode noise filter as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the third and fourth coils are magnetically coupled to each other.
6. The common mode noise filter as claimed in claim 5 , wherein a winding direction from the one end of the third coil to the other end thereof as viewed from one direction is the same as a winding direction from the one end of the fourth coil to the other end thereof as viewed from the one direction.
7. The common mode noise filter as claimed in claim 5 , wherein a winding direction from the one end of the third coil to the other end thereof as viewed from one direction is opposite to a winding direction from the one end of the fourth coil to the other end thereof as viewed from the one direction.
8. The common mode noise filter as claimed in claim 5 , wherein each of the one ends of the third and fourth coils is one of an inner circumferential end and an outer circumferential end, and each of the other ends of the third and fourth coils is another one of the inner circumferential end and the outer circumferential end.
9. The common mode noise filter as claimed in claim 5 , wherein each of the one end of the third coil and the other end of the fourth coil is one of an inner circumferential end and an outer circumferential end, and each of the other end of the third coil and the one end of the fourth coil is another one of the inner circumferential end and the outer circumferential end.
10. The common mode noise filter as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the third and fourth coils overlap with each other as viewed in a direction perpendicular to a main surface of the substrate.
11. The common mode noise filter as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the first and third coils are formed in a first wiring layer provided on the substrate, and the second and fourth coils are formed in a second wiring layer different from the first wiring layer provided on the substrate.
12. The common mode noise filter as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the first to fourth coils are formed respectively in first to fourth wiring layers different from one another provided on the substrate.
13. The common mode noise filter as claimed in claim 4 , further comprising fifth and sixth coils capacitively coupled to each other provided on the substrate, wherein the fifth coil has one end connected to one of the one end and the other end of the first coil and the other end opened, and the sixth coil has one end connected to one of the one end and the other end of the second coil and the other end opened.
14. A common mode noise filter comprising:
a substrate;
first and second coils magnetically coupled to each other provided on the substrate; and
third and fourth coils capacitively and magnetically coupled to each other provided on the substrate, wherein
each of the first and second coils has one end paired with each other,
the third coil has one end connected to the one end of the first coil and the other end opened,
the fourth coil has one end connected to the one end of the second coil and the other end opened, and
each of the one ends of the third and fourth coils is one of an inner circumferential end and an outer circumferential end, and each of the other ends of the third and fourth coils is ether another one of the inner circumferential end and the outer circumferential end.
15. A common mode noise filter comprising:
a plurality of external terminals including first to fourth external terminals;
a first coil having a first end connected to the first external terminal and a second end connected to the second external terminal;
a second coil having a third end connected to the third external terminal and a fourth end connected to the fourth external terminal;
a third coil having a first inner circumferential end and a first outer circumferential end, one of the first inner circumferential end and the first outer circumferential end being connected to the first external terminal; and
a fourth coil having a second inner circumferential end and a second outer circumferential end, one of the second inner circumferential end and the second outer circumferential end being connected to the third external terminal, wherein
the other of the first inner circumferential end and the first outer circumferential end is connected to none of the plurality of external terminals, and the other of the second inner circumferential end and the second outer circumferential end is connected to none of the plurality of external terminals.
16. The common mode noise filter as claimed in claim 15 , wherein the first and second coils are magnetically coupled to each other.
17. The common mode noise filter as claimed in claim 16 , wherein the third and fourth coils are capacitively coupled to each other.
18. The common mode noise filter as claimed in claim 15 , further comprising:
a fifth coil having a third inner circumferential end and a third outer circumferential end, one of the third inner circumferential end and the third outer circumferential end being connected to the second external terminal; and
a sixth coil having a fourth inner circumferential end and a fourth outer circumferential end, one of the fourth inner circumferential end and the fourth outer circumferential end being connected to the fourth external terminal.
19. The common mode noise filter as claimed in claim 18 , wherein the other of the third inner circumferential end and the third outer circumferential end is connected to none of the plurality of external terminals, and the other of the fourth inner circumferential end and the fourth outer circumferential end is connected to none of the plurality of external terminals.