Directional coupler
A directional coupler includes a main line for transmitting a high frequency signal, a sub line electromagnetically coupled to the main line, a termination circuit for terminating one end portion of the sub line, and a variable filter that has an input terminal and an output terminal and the input terminal is connected to another end portion of the sub line. The variable filter is a filter unit circuit having one frequency band as a pass band or a stop band, and in the filter unit circuit, a variable passive element for shifting a frequency in the pass band or the stop band is disposed.
1. A directional coupler, comprising:
a main line configured to transmit a high frequency signal;
a sub line electromagnetically coupled to the main line;
a termination circuit configured to terminate a first end portion of the sub line; and
a single variable filter having an input terminal and an output terminal, the input terminal being connected to a second end portion of the sub line,
wherein the single variable filter is a filter circuit comprising a variable passive element configured to shift a frequency in a pass band or a stop band of the single variable filter.
2. The directional coupler according to claim 1 , wherein the variable passive element comprises a switch and a passive element connected to the switch.
3. The directional coupler according to claim 2 , wherein:
the passive element is a lumped constant type inductor having a spiral-shaped planar coil pattern.
4. The directional coupler according to claim 3 , wherein:
the inductor has a first terminal, a second terminal, and a third terminal, has a first inductance value between the first terminal and the third terminal, and has a second inductance value between the second terminal and the third terminal, the second inductance value being different from the first inductance value, and
the first terminal or the second terminal is connected to the switch.
5. The directional coupler according to claim 1 , wherein no filter other than the single variable filter is connected to the second end portion of the sub line.
6. The directional coupler according to claim 1 , further comprising a filter that is connected to the second end portion, the filter having a pass band different from the pass band of the single variable filter.
7. The directional coupler according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a first switch circuit that has a first common terminal, a first selection terminal, and a second selection terminal, and that is disposed between the second end portion of the sub line and the single variable filter; and
a second switch circuit that has a second common terminal, a third selection terminal, and a fourth selection terminal, and that is disposed between the first end portion of the subline and the termination circuit, wherein:
the second end portion of the sub line is connected to the first common terminal,
the input terminal is connected to the first selection terminal and to the third selection terminal, and
the termination circuit is connected to the fourth selection terminal and to the second selection terminal.
8. The directional coupler according to claim 1 , wherein the termination circuit comprises a variable element configured to vary a termination impedance of the termination circuit.
9. The directional coupler according to claim 1 , further comprising a third switch circuit that is disposed between the single variable filter and the sub line, and that is configured to switch paths for a high frequency signal transmitted in the sub line,
wherein the paths include a first path passing through the single variable filter, and a second path passing through a bypass line without passing through the single variable filter.
10. The directional coupler according to claim 1 , further comprising a variable attenuator connected to the second end portion.
11. The directional coupler according to claim 1 , further comprising a variable matching circuit connected to the second end portion.
12. The directional coupler according to claim 1 , wherein the main line and the sub line are on or in a semiconductor substrate.
13. The directional coupler according to claim 12 , wherein a passive element or a switch of the single variable filter is on or in the semiconductor substrate.