Granted Patent B2

US 12,615,063 · App. 18/495,099 · Granted Apr 28, 2026

Inventors: Kenji Tahara (Kyoto, JP); Takanori Uejima (Kyoto, JP); Hiroyuki Nagamori (Kyoto, JP); Takahiro Katamata (Kyoto, JP)

Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

H04B1/0057H04B1/006

Abstract

Claims (64)

1 . A high frequency circuit comprising:

a first antenna terminal;

a first switch circuit that comprises a first terminal, a second terminal, and a third terminal;

a second switch circuit that comprises a fourth terminal and a fifth terminal;

a first filter that has a pass band comprising a first band; and

a first multiplexer that comprises a first common terminal, a sixth terminal, and a seventh terminal,

wherein the first multiplexer comprises:

a second filter that is connected between the first common terminal and the sixth terminal, and that has a pass band comprising a first frequency band group but not a second frequency band group, the first frequency band group comprising the first band, and

a third filter that is connected between the first common terminal and the seventh terminal, and that has a pass band comprising the second frequency band group but not the first frequency band group, and

wherein the first terminal is connected to the first antenna terminal, the second terminal and the fourth terminal are connected to one terminal of the first filter, the third terminal is connected to the first common terminal, and the fifth terminal is connected to the sixth terminal.

2 . The high frequency circuit according to claim 1 ,

wherein during simultaneous transfer of a signal of the first band and a signal of a second band belonging to the second frequency band group, the first terminal and the third terminal are connected, and the fourth terminal and the fifth terminal are connected, and

wherein during transfer of only a signal of the first frequency band group, out of the signal of the first frequency band group and a signal of the second frequency band group, the first terminal and the second terminal are connected, and the fourth terminal and the fifth terminal are disconnected.

3 . The high frequency circuit according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first frequency band group comprises frequencies of 3 GHz or less, and

wherein the second frequency band group comprises frequencies of 3 GHz or more.

4 . The high frequency circuit according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first band is a band to which frequency division duplex (FDD) is applied, and

wherein a second band belonging to the second frequency band group is a band to which time division duplex (TDD) is applied.

5 . The high frequency circuit according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a second antenna terminal; and

a fourth filter that has a pass band comprising a third band belonging to the first frequency band group,

wherein the first switch circuit further comprises an eighth terminal and a ninth terminal,

wherein the second switch circuit further comprises a tenth terminal,

wherein the eighth terminal is connected to the second antenna terminal, and

wherein the ninth terminal and the tenth terminal are connected to one terminal of the fourth filter.

6 . The high frequency circuit according to claim 5 ,

wherein during simultaneous transfer of a signal of the first band and a signal of a second band belonging to the second frequency band group, the first terminal and the third terminal are connected, and the fourth terminal and the fifth terminal are connected,

wherein during simultaneous transfer of a signal of the third band and the signal of the second band, the first terminal and the third terminal are connected, and the tenth terminal and the fifth terminal are connected,

wherein during transfer of only the signal of the first band, out of a signal of the first frequency band group and a signal of the second frequency band group, the first terminal and the second terminal are connected, and the fourth terminal and the fifth terminal are disconnected,

wherein during transfer of only the signal of the third band, out of the signal of the first frequency band group and the signal of the second frequency band group, the first terminal and the ninth terminal are connected, and the tenth terminal and the fifth terminal are disconnected, and

wherein during simultaneous transfer of the signal of the first band and the signal of the third band, the first terminal or the eighth terminal and the second terminal are connected, the first terminal or the eighth terminal and the ninth terminal are connected, the fourth terminal and the fifth terminal are disconnected, and the tenth terminal and the fifth terminal are disconnected.

7 . The high frequency circuit according to claim 5 , further comprising:

a third switch circuit that comprises an eleventh terminal and a twelfth terminal,

wherein the first switch circuit further comprises a thirteenth terminal, and

wherein the seventh terminal is connected to the twelfth terminal, and the thirteenth terminal is connected to the eleventh terminal.

8 . The high frequency circuit according to claim 7 , wherein during transfer of only a signal of a second band belonging to the second frequency band group, out of a signal of the first frequency band group and a signal of the second frequency band group, the first terminal or the eighth terminal and the thirteenth terminal are connected, and the eleventh terminal and the twelfth terminal are disconnected.

9 . The high frequency circuit according to claim 5 , further comprising:

a second multiplexer that comprises a second common terminal, a fourteenth terminal, and a fifteenth terminal; and

a fourth switch circuit that comprises a sixteenth terminal, a seventeenth terminal, and an eighteenth terminal,

wherein the first switch circuit further comprises a nineteenth terminal,

wherein the second filter is connected between the first common terminal and the sixth terminal, and has a pass band comprising the first frequency band group but not the second frequency band group,

wherein the third filter is connected between the first common terminal and the seventh terminal, and has a pass band comprising a fourth band belonging to the second frequency band group but not the first frequency band group,

wherein the second multiplexer comprises:

a fifth filter that is connected between the second common terminal and the fourteenth terminal, and has a pass band comprising the first frequency band group but not the second frequency band group, and

a sixth filter that is connected between the second common terminal and the fifteenth terminal, and that has a pass band comprising a fifth band that belongs to the second frequency band group and is higher in frequency than the fourth band, the pass band of the sixth filter not comprising the first frequency band group,

wherein the nineteenth terminal is connected to the second common terminal, and the sixteenth terminal is connected to the fourteenth terminal,

wherein the second terminal, the fourth terminal, and the seventeenth terminal are connected to the one terminal of the first filter,

wherein the ninth terminal, the tenth terminal, and the eighteenth terminal are connected to the one terminal of the fourth filter, and

wherein the high frequency circuit further comprises:

a low pass filter that is connected to the seventh terminal, that has a pass band comprising the fourth band, and that has an attenuation band comprising the fifth band, and

a high pass filter that is connected to the fifteenth terminal, that has a pass band comprising the fifth band, and that has an attenuation band that comprises the fourth band.

10 . The high frequency circuit according to claim 9 ,

wherein during simultaneous transfer of a signal of the first band and a signal of the fourth band, the first terminal and the third terminal are connected, and the fourth terminal and the fifth terminal are connected,

wherein during simultaneous transfer of the signal of the first band and a signal of the fifth band, the first terminal and the nineteenth terminal are connected, and the sixteenth terminal and the seventeenth terminal are connected,

wherein during transfer of only the signal of the first band, out of a signal of the first frequency band group and a signal of the second frequency band group, the first terminal and the second terminal are connected, the fourth terminal and the fifth terminal are disconnected, and the sixteenth terminal and the seventeenth terminal are disconnected,

wherein during transfer of only a signal of the third band, out of the signal of the first frequency band group and the signal of the second frequency band group, the first terminal and the ninth terminal are connected, the tenth terminal and the fifth terminal are disconnected, and the sixteenth terminal and the eighteenth terminal are disconnected, and

wherein during simultaneous transfer of the signal of the first band and the signal of the third band, the first terminal or the eighth terminal and the second terminal are connected, the first terminal or the eighth terminal and the ninth terminal are connected, the fourth terminal and the fifth terminal are disconnected, the tenth terminal and the fifth terminal are disconnected, the sixteenth terminal and the seventeenth terminal are disconnected, and the sixteenth terminal and the eighteenth terminal are disconnected.

11 . The high frequency circuit according to claim 9 ,

wherein the fourth band is band n77 for 5th Generation New Radio (5G-NR), and

wherein the fifth band is band n79 for 5G-NR.

12 . A communication apparatus comprising:

a signal processing circuit configured to process a high frequency signal; and

the high frequency circuit according to claim 1 that transfers the high frequency signal between the signal processing circuit and an antenna.

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