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Filter with an electrically tunable resonator

US6617945B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 9, 2001
Grant dateSep 9, 2003
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Expiry dateMar 9, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01P7/04
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A filter or multicoupler has at least one resonator which can be electronically tuned by a tuning device, has at least one tuning element such as a tuning capacitor, a switching element for selectively connecting the tuning element electronically to the resonator, and a control device for the switching element. The resonator is a coaxial quarter-wave resonator with a central component having free surface perpendicular to the central axis for mounting of tuning devices.

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