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Thin-film multilayered electrode, high-frequency transmission line, high-frequency resonator, and high-frequency filter

US6052043A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 21, 1998
Grant dateApr 18, 2000
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Expiry dateOct 21, 2018

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01P3/081
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A thin-film multilayered electrode has a dielectric substrate; a ground conductor provided on a back surface of the dielectric substrate; and a plurality of thin-film conductive layers and dielectric layers alternately stacked on a front surface of the dielectric substrate. In one example, the ground conductor, one of the thin-film conductive layers in contact with the dielectric substrate and the dielectric substrate interposed therebetween form a TEM mode principal transmission line, and each thin-film dielectric layer and a pair of thin-film conductive layers sandwiching the thin-film dielectric layer form a TEM mode sub-transmission line. A thickness and a dielectric constant of each thin-film dielectric layer is set such that phase velocities of TEM waves which propagate through the TEM mode principal transmission line and the TEM mode sub-transmission lines are substantially identical with each other. A thickness of each thin-film conductive layer is set at a predetermined value which is smaller than a skin depth at a predetermined operating frequency such that electromagnetic fields between the TEM mode principal transmission line and its adjacent TEM mode sub-transmission l…

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