Filter circuit, method for improving performance of filter circuit and signal processing equipment
阅读说明：本技术 一种滤波电路及提高滤波电路性能的方法和信号处理设备 (Filter circuit, method for improving performance of filter circuit and signal processing equipment ) 是由 庞慰 蔡华林 于 2019-10-11 设计创作，主要内容包括：本申请提供一种滤波电路及提高滤波电路性能的方法和信号处理设备。其中,滤波电路包括：多个谐振器,所述多个谐振器包括第一数量的串联谐振器和第二数量的并联谐振器,并且所述电路的输入端连接有第一电感,所述电路的输出端连接有第二电感,所述电路的接地端连接有第三电感；所述滤波电路的第一数量的串联谐振器中包含有至少一个指定串联谐振器,所述指定串联谐振器的属性参数与其他所述串联谐振器的属性参数不同；所述属性参数包括：谐振器的频率。如此,可以改善滤波电路的插损和滚降。(The application provides a filter circuit, a method for improving the performance of the filter circuit and a signal processing device. Wherein, the filter circuit includes: the circuit comprises a plurality of resonators, a first inductor, a second inductor and a third inductor, wherein the plurality of resonators comprise a first number of series resonators and a second number of parallel resonators, the input end of the circuit is connected with the first inductor, the output end of the circuit is connected with the second inductor, and the grounding end of the circuit is connected with the third inductor; the first number of series resonators of the filter circuit comprises at least one designated series resonator, and the attribute parameters of the designated series resonator are different from those of other series resonators; the attribute parameters include: the frequency of the resonator. Thus, the insertion loss and roll-off of the filter circuit can be improved.)
1. A filter circuit, the filter circuit comprising: the circuit comprises a plurality of resonators, a first inductor, a second inductor and a third inductor, wherein the plurality of resonators comprise a first number of series resonators and a second number of parallel resonators, the input end of the circuit is connected with the first inductor, the output end of the circuit is connected with the second inductor, and the grounding end of the circuit is connected with the third inductor; the first number of series resonators include at least one designated series resonator, the attribute parameters of the designated series resonator are different from those of other series resonators, and the structural parameters of the resonators split by the designated series resonator are different;
the attribute parameters include: the frequency of the resonator.
2. The filter circuit according to claim 1, wherein the input terminal and the output terminal of the specified series resonator are respectively connected to the parallel resonators.
3. The filter circuit according to claim 1, wherein the specified series resonators are connected to the series resonators and then connected to the parallel resonators, respectively.
4. The filter circuit of claim 3, wherein the two resonators that the designated series resonator splits have a frequency difference and unequal area and/or shape.
5. A signal processing apparatus characterized by comprising: a signal input circuit, a signal output circuit and a filter circuit as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 4; the signal input circuit is connected with the filter circuit, and the filter circuit is connected with the signal output circuit.
6. A method of improving performance of a filter circuit, the filter circuit comprising: the circuit comprises a plurality of resonators, a first inductor, a second inductor and a third inductor, wherein the plurality of resonators comprise a first number of series resonators and a second number of parallel resonators, the input end of the circuit is connected with the first inductor, the output end of the circuit is connected with the second inductor, and the grounding end of the circuit is connected with the third inductor; characterized in that the method comprises:
setting at least one designated series resonator in the first number of series resonators, wherein the attribute parameters of the designated series resonator are different from those of other series resonators, and the structural parameters of the resonators split by the designated series resonator are different;
the attribute parameters include: the frequency of the resonator.
7. The method of claim 6, further comprising: and respectively connecting the input end and the output end of the specified series resonator with the parallel resonator.
8. The method of claim 6, further comprising: and after the specified series resonator is connected with a series resonator in series, the specified series resonator is respectively connected with a parallel resonator.
9. The method of claim 8, further comprising: two resonators that are split from the designated series resonator are arranged to have a frequency difference and unequal area and/or shape.
Technical Field
The present disclosure relates to the field of circuit element technologies, and in particular, to a filter circuit, a method for improving performance of the filter circuit, and a signal processing device.
Background
In a wireless communication system, as the utilization rate of frequency bands is higher and higher, the transition band between the frequency bands is narrower and narrower. In order to ensure the insertion loss of the filter and the suppression of adjacent frequency bands, the roll-off requirement of the filter is higher and higher. The filter has better roll-off and insertion loss advantages compared with LC (resonant circuit) and SAW (surface acoustic wave) filters, etc. due to the characteristic of high Q value, but with the further increase of performance requirements, it is difficult to obtain better performance by only relying on the advantage of high Q value of the filter.
Disclosure of Invention
In view of the above, the present application provides a filter circuit, a method for improving performance of the filter circuit, and a signal processing apparatus, so as to improve performance of the filter circuit.
Specifically, the method is realized through the following technical scheme:
in a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a filter circuit, where the filter circuit includes: the circuit comprises a plurality of resonators, a first inductor, a second inductor and a third inductor, wherein the plurality of resonators comprise a first number of series resonators and a second number of parallel resonators, the input end of the circuit is connected with the first inductor, the output end of the circuit is connected with the second inductor, and the grounding end of the circuit is connected with the third inductor; the first number of series resonators comprises at least one designated series resonator, the attribute parameters of the designated series resonator are different from those of other series resonators, and the structural parameters of the resonators split by the designated series resonator are different;
the attribute parameters include: the frequency of the resonator.
Optionally, the input and output of the designated series resonator are respectively connected with the parallel resonator.
Alternatively, the specified series resonators are connected in series with a series resonator and then connected with a parallel resonator respectively.
Optionally, the two resonators of the designated series resonator split have a frequency difference and unequal area and/or shape.
In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a signal processing apparatus, including: a signal input circuit, a signal output circuit, and a filter circuit as described in the first aspect; the signal input circuit is connected with the filter circuit, and the filter circuit is connected with the signal output circuit.
In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a method for improving performance of a filter circuit, where the filter circuit includes: the circuit comprises a plurality of resonators, a first inductor, a second inductor and a third inductor, wherein the plurality of resonators comprise a first number of series resonators and a second number of parallel resonators, the input end of the circuit is connected with the first inductor, the output end of the circuit is connected with the second inductor, and the grounding end of the circuit is connected with the third inductor; the method comprises the following steps:
setting at least one designated series resonator in the first number of series resonators, wherein the attribute parameters of the designated series resonator are different from those of other series resonators, and the structural parameters of the resonators split by the designated series resonator are different;
the attribute parameters include: the frequency of the resonator.
Optionally, the method further comprises: and respectively connecting the input end and the output end of the specified series resonator with the parallel resonator.
Optionally, the method further comprises: and after the specified series resonator is connected with a series resonator in series, the specified series resonator is respectively connected with a parallel resonator.
Optionally, the method further comprises: two resonators that are split from the designated series resonator are arranged to have a frequency difference and unequal area and/or shape.
According to the filter circuit, the method for improving the performance of the filter circuit and the signal processing equipment, the first number of series resonators comprise at least one designated series resonator, and the frequency of the designated series resonator is different from the frequency of other series resonators, so that the insertion loss and the roll-off of the rate wave circuit are remarkably improved, and the performance of the filter circuit is better than that of the filter circuit in the prior art.
Drawings
Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a filter circuit in the prior art.
Fig. 2a is a schematic diagram illustrating a first filter circuit according to an exemplary embodiment of the present application;
FIG. 2b is an impedance schematic of a first filter circuit shown in an exemplary embodiment of the present application;
FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a second filter circuit according to an exemplary embodiment of the present application; .
FIG. 4a is a graph illustrating a comparison of the global curves before and after a tandem split as shown in an exemplary embodiment of the present application;
FIG. 4b is a graph showing a comparison of Rp at Fp frequencies before and after tandem splitting according to an exemplary embodiment of the present application;
fig. 4c is a graph showing the comparison of Rs at Fs before and after tandem splitting according to an exemplary embodiment of the present application;
FIG. 4d is a schematic diagram illustrating the effect of employing tandem splitting according to an exemplary embodiment of the present application;
fig. 5 is a schematic illustration of a resonator split.
Detailed Description
Reference will now be made in detail to the exemplary embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. When the following description refers to the accompanying drawings, like numbers in different drawings represent the same or similar elements unless otherwise indicated. The embodiments described in the following exemplary embodiments do not represent all embodiments consistent with the present application. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatus and methods consistent with certain aspects of the present application, as detailed in the appended claims.
Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a filter circuit in the prior art. Referring to fig. 1, a filter circuit in the related art includes a plurality of resonators, the plurality of resonators includes a first number of
Fig. 2a is a schematic diagram illustrating a first filter circuit according to an exemplary embodiment of the present application; referring to fig. 2a, in a filter circuit provided in the embodiment of the present application, a designated
Further, in the present embodiment, the insertion loss and the roll-off are improved by providing the first number of series resonators including one or more specified
Referring to fig. 2b, which is a graph showing the relationship between the frequency and the impedance of the combined resonator in fig. 2a, the dashed line is the impedance graph of the resonator in the prior art, and the solid line is the impedance diagram of the combined structure proposed in this embodiment, wherein for the series resonator, two high impedances are formed as out-of-band suppressed zeros, and the position of the out-of-band zeros is advanced compared to the original prior art, so that the right roll-off can be improved.
FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a second filter circuit according to an exemplary embodiment of the present application; referring to fig. 3, in the present embodiment, the first number of series resonators includes a
Specifically, as shown in fig. 3, one end of the designated
In fig. 3, the designated series resonator 70 (thickened) may be split by itself, or may form a split structure together with the right common resonator. I.e. the two adjacent resonators are formed after splitting. The number of the figure is two, and actually, a plurality of the figure may be split.
Referring to fig. 5, the upper left of the figure is a single resonator, the two upper right represent a series split, and the lower represents a parallel split. Generally, the area and frequency of two resonators split in series and parallel are the same, and the area and frequency, even the structure, of the two resonators split in series and parallel in the application can be different. The number of splits is not limited to 2, but may be three or even more than three.
The difference in frequency between the series resonators described above may be achieved by adding an additional metal layer or other mass loading material to the top electrode of the split resonator, illustratively providing a first additional metal layer or other mass loading material on the top electrode of the designated series resonator electrode.
Optionally, the frequency is adjusted by changing the convex structure, the concave structure, the suspended wing structure or the mass load, and the frequency characteristics are changed in a manner of including the rest of the adjustment frequencies.
The present embodiment has the following positive effects: the process manufacturing reliability is ensured; the nonlinear splitting ensures that the nonlinear performance of the device is better: power splitting, in the case of high power application, multiple resonators are used for splitting to reduce power distribution; the layout is more flexible, the die area is favorably fully utilized, diesize is reduced, the space for filling the chip can be better through the flexible design of the area, and the more compact arrangement is favorably realized, so that the chip area can be fully utilized, and the chip cost is favorably reduced.
In the embodiment of the present application, Q value distribution is affected by serial splitting, and specific effects can be seen in fig. 4a to 4d, as follows:
fig. 4a is a graph showing the comparison result of the overall curves before and after the splitting in series, and the impedances other than the impedances at the points Fs and Fp are not substantially changed, so that the other performances of the filter are not affected when the splitting is actually performed. The solid line is after splitting, and the dotted line is before splitting, wherein most of the solid line and the dotted line are overlapped parts.
Fig. 4b is a schematic diagram showing the comparison result of Rp at the Fp frequency before and after the series splitting, and it can be seen from fig. 4b that the Rp value is significantly improved after the series splitting, and the right side of the filter is also significantly improved. The solid line is after splitting and the dotted line is before splitting.
Fig. 4c is a schematic diagram of a comparison result of Rs at Fs before and after serial splitting, and it can be seen from fig. 4c that after serial splitting, Rs is also significantly improved, and the improvement of Rs has a certain deterioration to the left side of the passband. The solid line is after splitting and the dotted line is before splitting.
Fig. 4d is a schematic diagram of the effect of using the tandem split, which improves Rp, which improves the right side of the passband. When there is a higher index requirement on the right side of the filter, the required performance can be obtained by splitting the series.
An embodiment of the present invention further provides a signal processing apparatus, including: a signal input circuit, a signal output circuit and the filter circuit of any of the above embodiments; the signal input circuit is connected with the filter circuit, and the filter circuit is connected with the signal output circuit.
The signal processing device provided in this embodiment has better roll-off and insertion loss performance, so that the signal processing effect is better.
Another embodiment of the present invention further provides a method for improving performance of a filter circuit, where the filter circuit includes: the circuit comprises a plurality of resonators, a first inductor, a second inductor and a third inductor, wherein the plurality of resonators comprise a first number of series resonators and a second number of parallel resonators, the input end of the circuit is connected with the first inductor, the output end of the circuit is connected with the second inductor, and the grounding end of the circuit is connected with the third inductor; the method comprises the following steps:
setting at least one designated series resonator among the first number of series resonators, the designated series resonator having an attribute parameter different from attribute parameters of the other series resonators;
the attribute parameters include: the frequency of the resonator.
In the embodiment of the method, the first number of series resonators comprise at least one designated series resonator, and the frequency of the designated series resonator is different from the frequencies of other series resonators, so that the insertion loss and the roll-off of the frequency wave circuit are remarkably improved, and the performance of the filter circuit is better than that of the filter circuit in the prior art.
Optionally, the method further comprises: and respectively connecting the input end and the output end of the specified series resonator with the parallel resonator.
Optionally, the method further comprises: and after the specified series resonator is connected with a series resonator in series, the specified series resonator is respectively connected with a parallel resonator.
The number and positional relationship of the specified series resonators are not limited in the present application.
Optionally, the method further comprises: and the specified series resonator is connected with the adjacent series resonator in a mode of differential frequency unequal area series splitting.
In this embodiment, the area of the electrode of the designated series resonator is different from the area of the electrode of the series resonator connected in series with the designated series resonator, so that the space for filling the chip can be designed better flexibly through the area, and the more compact arrangement is facilitated, thereby fully utilizing the area of the chip and contributing to the reduction of the chip cost.
Optionally, the method further comprises: a first additional metal layer is provided on an upper electrode of the designated series resonator electrode.
In this embodiment, the frequency of a given series resonator is made different from the frequencies of other series resonators in the existing filter circuit by providing the first additional metal layer on the electrode of the given series resonator.
The above description is only exemplary of the present application and should not be taken as limiting the present application, as any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present application should be included in the scope of protection of the present application.