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Granted Patent B2
US 11,139,231 · App. 16/591,727 · Granted Oct 5, 2021

Radio frequency module and communication device

Inventor: Akifumi Honda (Kyoto, JP)
Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
H01L23/49833H01L23/49822H01L23/49838H01L23/66H05K1/0298H01L2224/32225H05K2201/062
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Patent No.
US 11,139,231
App. No.
16/591,727
Granted
Oct 5, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A radio frequency module includes: a multilayer substrate that includes a plurality of insulator layers; an amplifying circuit that is provided on the multilayer substrate and amplifies a radio frequency signal; a power supply circuit that is provided on the multilayer substrate and supplies power to the amplifying circuit; a ground conductor that is a first conductor pattern having a ground potential and used in the amplifying circuit; and a ground conductor that is a second conductor pattern having a ground potential and used in the power supply circuit. The ground conductors are physically separated from each other and provided in internal layers of the multilayer substrate.

Claims (36)

1. A radio frequency module comprising:

a multilayer substrate that includes a plurality of insulator layers;

an amplifying circuit that is provided on the multilayer substrate and amplifies a radio frequency signal;

a power supply circuit that is provided on the multilayer substrate and supplies power to the amplifying circuit;

a first conductor pattern that has a ground potential and is used in the amplifying circuit; and

a second conductor pattern that has a ground potential and is used in the power supply circuit, wherein

the first conductor pattern and the second conductor pattern are physically separated from each other and provided in internal layers of the multilayer substrate, wherein

the amplifying circuit includes a first amplifying element and a second amplifying element,

the power supply circuit includes a first power supply circuit that is connected to the first amplifying element and a second power supply circuit that is connected to the second amplifying element, and

the second conductor pattern is physically separated into a third portion that has a ground potential and is used in the first power supply circuit and a fourth portion that has a ground potential and is used in the second power supply circuit.

2. The radio frequency module according to claim 1 , wherein

the first conductor pattern and the second conductor pattern are provided in a same internal layer of the multilayer substrate.

3. The radio frequency module according to claim 2 , wherein

the amplifying circuit includes an input matching circuit that is connected to an input end of the first amplifying element, and an output matching circuit that is connected to an output end of the first amplifying element, and

the first conductor pattern is physically separated into a first portion that has a ground potential and is used in the input matching circuit and a second portion that has a ground potential and is used in the output matching circuit.

4. The radio frequency module according to claim 2 , wherein

in a peripheral portion of at least one conductor pattern among the first conductor pattern and the second conductor pattern, a plurality of via conductors that are electrically connected to the at least one conductor pattern and extend in a laminating direction of the multilayer substrate are provided.

5. A communication device comprising:

the radio frequency module according to claim 2 ; and

an RF signal processing circuit that is connected to the radio frequency module.

6. The radio frequency module according to claim 1 , wherein

the amplifying circuit includes an input matching circuit that is connected to an input end of the first amplifying element, and an output matching circuit that is connected to an output end of the first amplifying element, and

the first conductor pattern is physically separated into a first portion that has a ground potential and is used in the input matching circuit and a second portion that has a ground potential and is used in the output matching circuit.

7. The radio frequency module according to claim 6 , wherein

in a peripheral portion of at least one conductor pattern among the first conductor pattern and the second conductor pattern, a plurality of via conductors that are electrically connected to the at least one conductor pattern and extend in a laminating direction of the multilayer substrate are provided.

8. A communication device comprising:

the radio frequency module according to claim 6 ; and

an RF signal processing circuit that is connected to the radio frequency module.

9. The radio frequency module according to claim 1 , wherein

in a peripheral portion of at least one conductor pattern among the first conductor pattern and the second conductor pattern, a plurality of via conductors that are electrically connected to the at least one conductor pattern and extend in a laminating direction of the multilayer substrate are provided.

10. A communication device comprising:

the radio frequency module according to claim 9 ; and

an RF signal processing circuit that is connected to the radio frequency module.

11. A communication device comprising:

the radio frequency module according to claim 1 ; and

an RF signal processing circuit that is connected to the radio frequency module.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 3, 2019
From: HONDA, AKIFUMI
To: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-074463 · Apr 4, 2017 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2018010638 · Mar 16, 2018
Related Publication 20200035592A1 · Jan 30, 2020
Cited By (1)
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