IP Library Granted Patent US 11,165,405
Granted Patent B2
US 11,165,405 · App. 16/699,656 · Granted Nov 2, 2021

Diplexer having low band filter and high band filter

Inventor: Hee Yong Yoo (Seongnam-si, KR)
Assignee: Dialog Semiconductor Korea Inc.
H03H7/461H03H7/0115H03H7/1725H03H2007/013
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Patent No.
US 11,165,405
App. No.
16/699,656
Granted
Nov 2, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A diplexer having a low band filter and a high band filter is disclosed. The disclosure provides a diplexer having a low band filter and a high band filter for preventing the circuit damage due to an electrostatic discharge in the diplexer itself, and minimizing the signal loss according to addition of an electrostatic discharge prevention circuit.

Claims (38)

1. A diplexer, comprising:

a low pass filter (LPF) to pass only a preset low band signal from among signals input from an antenna (ANT) to a low frequency path, and output the passed low band signal to a low frequency signal input/output terminal (LB IN/OUT);

a high band stop filter (BSF) connected between the antenna (ANT) and the low pass filter (LPF), and sharing a current inducing element within the low pass filter (LPF) and blocking a specific preset high band signal from among signals input to the low frequency path;

a high pass filter (HPF) to pass only a preset high band signal from among signals input from the antenna (ANT) to a high frequency path, and output the passed high band signal to a high frequency signal input/output terminal (HB IN/OUT);

a low band stop filter (BSF) connected between the antenna (ANT) and the high pass filter (HPF), and sharing any one of charge/discharge elements within the high pass filter (HPF) and blocking a specific preset low band signal from among signals input to the high frequency path; and

an electrostatic discharge protection circuit (ESD) connected between the high pass filter (HPF) and the low band stop filter (BSF), and discharging an electrostatic discharge input to the high frequency path to an electrostatic discharge protection path formed by sharing a current inducing element within the low band stop filter (BSF) and a current inducing element within the high pass filter (HPF),

wherein the low pass filter (LPF) includes a first inductor (L 1 ), a second inductor (L 2 ) and a third capacitor (C 3 ),

wherein one end of the first inductor (L 1 ) is connected to the antenna (ANT) and the other end of the first inductor (L 1 ) is connected to one end of the second inductor (L 2 ),

wherein the other end of the second inductor (L 2 ) is connected to the low frequency signal input/output terminal (LB IN/OUT), and

wherein one end of the third capacitor (C 3 ) is connected to a contact point of the other end of the first inductor (L 1 ) and the one end of the second inductor (L 2 ) and the other end of the third capacitor (C 3 ) is connected to a ground (GND).

2. The diplexer as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the high band stop filter (BSF) includes a first high band stop filter (BSF) and a second high band stop filter (BSF),

wherein one end of the first high band stop filter (BSF) is connected to the antenna (ANT) and the other end of the first high band stop filter (BSF) is connected to one end of the second high band stop filter (BSF), and

wherein the other end of the second high band stop filter (BSF) is connected to the low frequency signal input/output terminal (LB IN/OUT).

3. The diplexer as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the first high band stop filter (BSF) includes a first capacitor (C 1 ) and the first inductor (L 1 ),

wherein one end of the first capacitor (C 1 ) is connected to the one end of the first inductor (L 1 ) and the other end of the first capacitor (C 1 ) is connected to the other end of the first inductor (L 1 ), and

wherein the one end of the first inductor (L 1 ) is connected to a contact point of the antenna (ANT) and the one end of the first capacitor (C 1 ) and the other end of the first inductor (L 1 ) is connected to a contact point of the other end of the first capacitor (C 1 ) and the one end of the second inductor (L 2 ).

4. The diplexer as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the second high band stop filter (BSF) includes a second capacitor (C 2 ) and the second inductor (L 2 ),

wherein one end of the second capacitor (C 2 ) is connected to the one end of the second inductor (L 2 ) and the other end of the second capacitor (C 2 ) is connected to the other end of the second inductor (L 2 ),

wherein the one end of the second inductor (L 2 ) is connected to a contact point of the other end of the first inductor (L 1 ) and the one end of the third capacitor (C 3 ), and

wherein the other end of the second inductor (L 2 ) is connected to a contact point of the other end of the second capacitor (C 2 ) and the low frequency signal input/output terminal (LB IN/OUT).

5. The diplexer as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the low pass filter (LPF) passes only a signal of less than or equal to a preset low threshold band from among signals input from the antenna (ANT),

wherein the first high band stop filter (BSF) blocks a signal of a first high threshold band from among preset high bands from among the signals input from the antenna (ANT),

wherein the second high band stop filter (BSF) blocks a signal of a second high threshold band from among preset high bands from among the signals input from the antenna (ANT), and

wherein a high frequency signal from among the signals input from the antenna (ANT) is not input to the low frequency path and is induced to be input to the high frequency path so that a signal loss of the high frequency path is minimized, and the high frequency signal from among signals output from a high band filter to the antenna (ANT) is not input to the low frequency path and is induced to be output to the antenna (ANT) so that a loss of the high frequency signal is minimized.

6. The diplexer as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the high pass filter (HPF) includes a fourth capacitor (C 4 ), a fifth capacitor (C 5 ) and a third inductor (L 3 ),

wherein one end of the fourth capacitor (C 4 ) is connected to the antenna (ANT) and the other end of the fourth capacitor (C 4 ) is connected to one end of the fifth capacitor (C 5 ),

wherein the other end of the fifth capacitor (C 5 ) is connected to the high frequency signal input/output terminal (HB IN/OUT), and

wherein one end of the third inductor (L 3 ) is connected to a contact point of the other end of the fourth capacitor (C 4 ) and the one end of the fifth capacitor (C 5 ) and the other end of the third inductor (L 3 ) is connected to a ground (GND).

7. The diplexer as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the low band stop filter (BSF) includes the fourth capacitor (C 4 ) and a fourth inductor (L 4 ),

wherein the one end of the fourth capacitor (C 4 ) is connected to a contact point of the antenna (ANT) and one end of the fourth inductor (L 4 ) and the other end of the fourth capacitor (C 4 ) is connected to a contact point of the other end of the fourth inductor (L 4 ) and the one end of the third inductor (L 3 ), and

wherein the one end of the fourth inductor (L 4 ) is connected to a contact point of the one end of the fourth capacitor (C 4 ) and the antenna (ANT) and the other end of the fourth inductor (L 4 ) is connected to the other end of the fourth capacitor (C 4 ).

8. The diplexer as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the electrostatic discharge protection circuit (ESD) includes the third inductor (L 3 ) and the fourth inductor (L 4 ),

wherein the one end of the fourth inductor (L 4 ) is connected to the antenna (ANT) and the other end of the fourth inductor (L 4 ) is connected to the one end of the third inductor (L 3 ),

wherein the one end of the third inductor (L 3 ) is connected to the other end of the fourth inductor (L 4 ) and the other end of the third inductor (L 3 ) is connected to the ground (GND), and

wherein based on an electrostatic discharge being input from the antenna (ANT), the electrostatic discharge protection path leading from the antenna (ANT), the fourth inductor (L 4 ), the third inductor (L 3 ) to the ground (GND) is formed and the electrostatic discharge is discharged to the ground (GND).

9. The diplexer as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the high pass filter (HPF) passes only a signal of greater than or equal to a preset high threshold band from among signals input from the antenna (ANT),

wherein the low band stop filter (BSF) filters out a signal of a preset low threshold band from among the signals input from the antenna (ANT), and

wherein a low frequency signal from among the signals input from the antenna (ANT) is not input to the high frequency path and is induced to be input to the low frequency path so that a signal loss of the low frequency path is minimized, and the low frequency signal from among signals output from a low band filter to the antenna (ANT) is not input to the high frequency path and is induced to be output to the antenna (ANT) so that a loss of the low frequency signal is minimized.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 25, 2026
From: RENESAS DESIGN KOREA INC.
To: RENESAS ELECTRONIC AMERICA INC.
Reel/Frame 074176/0251 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 8, 2025
From: DIALOG SEMICONDUCTOR KOREA INC.
To: RENESAS DESIGN KOREA INC.
Reel/Frame 073513/0861 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 3, 2020
From: FCI INC.
To: DIALOG SEMICONDUCTOR KOREA INC.
Reel/Frame 053687/0698 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 1, 2020
From: YOO, HEE YONG
To: FCI INC.
Reel/Frame 051694/0255 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2019-0039661 · Apr 4, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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