This application claims the benefit of Chinese Patent Application No. 202211242994.9, filed on Oct. 11, 2022, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
The present invention relates to the technical field of filters, and in particular to a cavity filter.
The filtering performance may be directly affected by a shape of a resonant cavity of a cavity filter. Therefore, there is a need for setting parameters such as a depth and a volume of the resonant cavity. That is, there is a need for ensuring that the resonant cavity has a certain depth and volume. However, it also brings some difficulties to manufacturing of the cavity filter. Therefore, how to meet the needs of a manufacturing process has become a problem to be solved.
In view of this, the embodiments of the present disclosure provide a cavity filter, which optimizes a structure of a resonant cavity using a plurality of extension sections distributed on an inner wall, thereby improving the filtering performance of the cavity filter.
The cavity filter of the embodiments of the present disclosure includes:
Further, the cavity filter further includes:
Further, the bottom shell has an annular plane, and the annular plane is located between the side shell and the mounting boss.
Further, an inclination angle of each extension section is larger than 0 degree and smaller than 5 degrees.
Further, the plurality of extension sections include a first extension section, a second extension section, a third extension section, and a fourth extension section which are connected with each other sequentially; the first extension section is adjacent to the bottom shell; and the fourth extension section is adjacent to the end cover.
Further, the inclination angles of the first extension section, the second extension section, the third extension section, and the fourth extension section are sequentially reduced.
Further, the inclination angle of the first extension section is larger than 3.5 degrees and smaller than or equal to 5 degrees; the inclination angle of the second extension section is larger than 2 degrees and smaller than or equal to 3.5 degrees; the inclination angle of the third extension section is larger than 1.2 degrees and smaller than or equal to 2 degrees; and the inclination angle of the fourth extension section is larger than 0 degree and smaller than or equal to 1.2 degrees.
Further, lengths of the first extension section, the second extension section and the third extension section in the extension direction of the side shell are a first section length, a second section length and a third section length respectively; and
Further, the shell portion further includes a fillet; and the fillet faces the resonant cavity and is located at a connecting position of the side shell and the bottom shell.
Further, a distance from the extension section, close to the bottom shell, to a center of the shell portion is less than that from the extension section, far away from the bottom shell, to the center of the shell portion.
For the cavity filter of the embodiments of the present disclosure, the inner wall of the resonant cavity is provided with the plurality of non-coplanar extension sections inclined toward the outer wall; and meanwhile, each extension section gradually extends toward the end cover from the bottom shell. Thus, a volume of the resonant cavity is increased, making an insertion loss smaller; an outer dimension of the cavity filter is further reduced, making an overall weight lighter; and meanwhile, during casting of a shell portion of the cavity filter, the difficulty of demolding is reduced.
The foregoing and other objectives, features and advantages of the present disclosure will become more apparent from the following description of embodiments of the present disclosure with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
The present disclosure is described below based on embodiments, but the present disclosure is not only limited to these embodiments. In the following detailed description of the present disclosure, some specific details are described in detail. The present disclosure may be fully understood by those skilled in the art without the description of these detailed parts. In order to avoid confusing the substance of the present disclosure, well-known methods, processes, flows, elements and circuits are not described in detail.
In addition, it should be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that the drawings provided herein are for illustrative purposes, and the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale.
Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, similar words such as “including” and “containing” throughout the application document should be interpreted as inclusive rather than exclusive or exhaustive; that is to say, it means “including but not limited to”. Unless otherwise stated, “a plurality of” means two or more.
Unless otherwise specified and limited, the terms “mounted”, “connected”, “connection”, “fixed”, and the like should be understood broadly. For example, the “connection” may be a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integrated connection, may be a direct connection or an indirect connection by means of an intermediate medium, or may be an internal connection of two elements or an interaction between two elements. For those of ordinary skill in the art, the specific meanings of the terms in the present disclosure may be understood according to specific situations.
For ease of description, the spatially relative terms such as “in”, “out”, “under”, “below”, “lower”, “above”, “upper”, etc., are used to describe a relationship between one element or feature and another element or feature shown in the figures herein. It would be understood that the spatially relative terms desire to include different orientations in addition to orientations described in the figures when a device is used or operated. For example, if the device in the figures is flipped, it is described that elements “below” or “under” other elements or features are positioned to be “above” other elements or features. Therefore, exemplary terms “below” may include both orientations of “above” and “below”. The device may be oriented in other manners (rotated 90 degree or at other orientations) and the spatially relative descriptors used herein may be interpreted accordingly.
A filter is an electronic device filtering electromagnetic waves, which makes a required signal pass through and suppresses an unwanted signal. In this way, the problem of mutual interference between wireless communication systems at different frequency bands or in different forms is solved.
A cavity filter is widely used in communication systems due to its low pass band insertion loss, high stopband rejection, large toleration to power, convenience in tuning, and other characteristics. A resonant cavity 15 of the cavity filter may be equivalent to a parallel circuit of an inductor and a capacitor, and the resonator 15 forms a resonant stage. In the case that electromagnetic waves at different frequencies oscillate in the resonant cavity 15, the electromagnetic wave at frequency reaching a resonant frequency of the filter may be retained, while the electromagnetic waves at other frequencies may be dissipated. Therefore, a filtering function is achieved. It may be seen therefrom that, in the cavity filter, the resonant frequency is closely related to a size of the resonant cavity, a length of a resonant rod and a distance between the resonant rod and an end cover 14. For example, the longer and the thinner the resonant rod is, the lower the corresponding resonant frequency is.
In some implementations, as shown in
Specifically, the distance from the extension section 113, close to the bottom shell 13, to a center of the shell portion 1 is smaller than that from the extension section 113, far away from the bottom shell 13, to the center of the shell portion 1.
In this embodiment, the inner wall 111 is divided into the plurality of extension sections 113, and a draft bevel A1 of the resonant cavity 15 is formed by combination of the plurality of extension sections 113; but extension planes where the plurality of extension sections 113 are located are different, i.e., as shown by a dotted line E in
Optionally, a direction of the side shell 11 around the bottom shell 13 may be circular or rectangular; and those skilled in the art may make a choice according to the actual needs. For example, a plurality of cavity filters in this embodiment form a filter array; and a shape shown in
To sum up, for the cavity filter of the embodiments of the present disclosure, the inner wall 111 of the resonant cavity 15 is provided with the plurality of non-coplanar extension sections 113 inclined toward the outer wall 112; and meanwhile, each extension section 113 gradually extends toward the end cover 14 from the bottom shell 13. Thus, a volume of the resonant cavity 15 is increased, making an insertion loss smaller; an outer dimension of the cavity filter is further reduced, making an overall weight lighter; and meanwhile, during casting of the shell portion 1 of the cavity filter, the difficulty of demolding is reduced.
Specifically, the plurality of extension sections 113 in this embodiment may be arranged in different ways. For example, an arrangement way shown in
In some implementations, as shown in
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In other implementations, as shown in
Specifically, a threaded hole is formed in the mesa of the mounting boss 2; the cavity filter further includes the resonator 31 and a connecting bolt 32 corresponding to the threaded hole; and the resonator 31 is mounted on the mounting boss 2 through the connecting bolt 32.
Further, the bottom shell 13 has an annular plane 131, which is located between the side shell 11 and the mounting boss 2. In this embodiment, the side shell 11 becomes thinner by virtue of the plurality of extension sections 113, so that the annular plane 131 is formed between the mounting boss 2 and the side shell 11. Compared with an arc-shaped groove A2 in
It is easy to understand that there are two ways to transmit electromagnetic energy or electromagnetic signals, where one is propagation of an electromagnetic wave in a space or atmosphere; and the other is propagation of an electromagnetic wave along a waveguide system. The resonator 31 of the cavity filter focuses on magnetic coupling, and an open circuit is formed between the resonator 31 and the end cover 14, i.e., an equivalent capacitance. In contrast, distribution of electric and magnetic fields is the strongest on the resonant cavity 15 at the positions of the end cover 14 and the bottom shell 13. Therefore, in this embodiment, by arranging one annular plane 131 on a bottom surface opposite to the end cover 14, the filtering performance of the cavity filter may be improved.
In some implementations, as shown in
It is easy to understand that in the casting process, in order to conveniently remove a workpiece from a mold, the draft bevel A1 is usually arranged on the side wall. In this embodiment, the inclination angles of the plurality of extension sections 113 are controlled within a certain range, so as to achieve the effect of convenience in demolding.
In some implementations, as shown in
Further, the inclination angles of the first extension section 1131, the second extension section 1132, the third extension section 1133, and the fourth extension section 1134 are sequentially reduced, that is, α1, α2, α3 and α4 shown in
It is easy to understand that a region, at the bottom of the side wall, of the resonant cavity 15 is more difficult in demolding than a region on a top of the resonant cavity 15. In this embodiment, in order to avoid the above situation, the inclination angle of the first extension section 1131 is configured larger, so as to achieve easy demolding at the bottom. On this premise, considering that the electrical performance of the resonant cavity 15 and the area of the annular end surface 121 should not be too small, the inclination angle of the extension section 113 close to the opening end 12 is reduced. Therefore, on the premise of ensuring a yield of the whole cavity filter during demolding, it may further ensure that the area of the annular end surface 121 and a thickness of the fourth extension section 1134 are not too small, which affects the electrical performance of the shell portion 1.
In some implementations, as shown in
Specifically, α1, α2, α3 and α4 are 4 degrees, 2.5 degrees, 1.5 degrees and 1 degree respectively.
In some implementations, as shown in
In contrast, the fourth section length of the fourth extension section 1134 is configured to be independent of the inclination angle of the fourth extension section 1134, allowing the fourth extension section 1134 to connect between the third extension section 1133 and the opening end 12. For example, the fourth section length is configured larger than the third section length. The fourth extension section 1134 is located at the opening end 12. During demolding, the side shell 11 at the fourth extension section 1134 may be preferentially demolded using a demolding tool or other manners. Therefore, given a certain area of the inner wall 111, a number of the arranged extension sections 113 is reduced, so as to reduce the production cost of the mold. For example, during demolding, the annular end surface 121 is knocked using a wood hammer or a rubber hammer, and vibration generated by knocking may preferentially make the fourth extension section 1134 be demolded. However, vibration is relatively weakened when being sequentially transmitted to the positions of the third extension section 1133, the second extension section 1132 and the first extension section 1131; but it may still ensure smooth demolding of a bottom region of the side shell 11 through specific configuration of the first section length, the second section length and the third section length.
In some implementations, as shown in
In other words, the plurality of extension sections 113 in the above embodiments form the inner wall 111 with the fillet 16 in this embodiment together.
Optionally, the fillet 16 is further arranged at a connecting position of the mounting boss 2 and the bottom shell 13. The demolding difficulty of the resonant cavity 15 may be effectively reduced through transition with the fillet 16.
In one optional implementation, the cavity filter in the above embodiments may be applied to a communication device. The communication device includes, but is not limited to, a duplexer, a combiner, or a tower amplifier (TA).
For the communication device of the embodiments of the present disclosure, the inner wall 111 of the resonant cavity 15 of the cavity filter is provided with the plurality of non-coplanar extension sections 113 inclined toward the outer wall 112; and meanwhile, each extension section 113 gradually extends toward the end cover 14 from the bottom shell 13. Thus, a volume of the resonant cavity 15 is increased, making an insertion loss smaller and signal interference be weakened. an outer dimension of the cavity filter is further reduced, making an overall weight lighter; and meanwhile, during casting of the shell portion 1 of the cavity filter, the difficulty of demolding is reduced.
The above description is only the preferred embodiment of the present disclosure and is not intended to limit the present disclosure, and various alterations and changes may be made in the present disclosure for those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, and the like made within the spirit and principle of the present disclosure should fall within the protection scope of the present disclosure.
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202211242994.9 | Oct 2022 | CN | national |