WO2007125161A1 - Tuning element and tunable resonator - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to a tuning element based on piezoelectricity and a resonator which has such a tuning element for changing the natural frequency of the resonator by electric control.
- Piezoelectricity means the feature of several crystal -structured materials in which mechanical force applied to the material causes an electric potential difference in it and, inversely, an electric field applied to the material causes a mechanical transformation in it.
- the transformation can take place e.g. as a change of the thick- ness and the length of a plate-like piece.
- a piezoelectric plate is strip-like and fastened to a rigid base at its both ends, an increase in length causes the strip to bend so that its middle part becomes upraised from the base.
- a piezoelectric plate e.g.
- a piezoelectric strip can also be fastened for its whole length to another flexible strip which does not react mechanically to the electric field. If such a combined element has been fastened only at one end, then the change in the length of the piezoelectric part forces the free end of the element to turn to the direction corresponding the change of the length.
- a "tuning element” means in this specification a component by means of which the natural frequency of a circuit or a device can be adjusted.
- Such tunable devices are e.g. resonators used in the filters of radio apparatuses.
- resonators used in the filters of radio apparatuses.
- different cavity and coaxial resonators are common because, by using them, low-loss filters enduring relatively high powers can be constructed.
- the ba- sic structure of the coaxial resonator comprises an inner conductor, an outer conductor consisting of side walls, a bottom and a lid. The bottom and the lid are in a galvanic connection to the outer conductor, and all three together form a closed resonator housing.
- the lower end of the inner conductor joins galvanically the bottom and the upper end is "in the air", in which case the transmission line forming the resonator is short-circuited at its lower end and open at its upper end. Then, it is the case of a quarter-wave resonator, because the wavelength corresponding its natural frequency, or basic resonance frequency, is four times the electric length of the transmission line.
- the tuning of the coaxial quarter-wave resonator is usually based on changing the capacitance between the inner conductor and the lid, in which case also the elec- trie length and the natural frequency of the resonator are changed.
- metal tuning screws put through the lid of the resonator have been used in changing the capacitance. When the screw is driven, its distance from the inner conductor of the resonator changes, as a consequence of which the capacitance between the inner conductor and the lid changes.
- a disadvantage of using tuning screws is that screw accessories increase the number of filter components and the threaded screw holes mean an increase in the number of work steps and thus an increase in manufacturing costs.
- the electrical contact in threads can deteriorate in the course of time, which causes changes in tuning and increased losses in the resonator.
- the tuning is time- consuming and relatively expensive.
- the capacitance between the inner conductor and the surrounding conducting parts of a coaxial resonator can also be changed by means of bendable tuning elements.
- At the end of the inner conductor there can be a planar extension part parallel with the lid and at its edge at least one projection parallel with a side wall.
- said capacitance and, at the same time the natural fre- quency of the resonator changes.
- a disadvantage also of this kind of solution is that in a multi-resonator filter it can be necessary to manually bend the tuning elements in several stages to obtain the desired frequency response.
- the lid of the filter must be opened and closed for each tuning stage, the tuning then being time-consuming and expensive.
- the tuning element of a resonator can also be dielectric.
- the fact that the strength of the electric field in the resonator cavity varies depending on location is utilised.
- a dielectric piece is moved e.g. to the direction of stronger electric field, the effective dielectric coefficient of the part in question of the resonator cavity increases.
- the capacitance between the upper end of the inner conductor and conductor surfaces around it increases, the electric length of the resonator increases and the natural frequency decreases.
- a disadvantage of the dielectric tuning element is that it requires a moving mechanism which, in its turn, means increasing production costs.
- its material causes dielectric losses and thus attenuation in the signal.
- the tuning element of a resonator can also be piezoelectric.
- Fig. 1 shows an example of such a case.
- the basic structure of which comprises an outer conductor 110, an inner conductor 120, a bottom 115 and a lid 130.
- the structure includes a piezoelectric tuning element 140 for the tuning of the resonator, which member is seen separately as a side view and from below in the accompanying figures next to the resonator.
- the tuning element 140 is a strip-like object which has two actual layers: the lower layer 141 is of piezoelectric material and the upper layer 142 is of some metal.
- the tuning element is fastened from its both ends on the inner surface of the resonator lid above the upper end of the inner conductor so that the ends of the metal layer of the member are in a galvanic contact to the lid 130.
- the control voltage of the tuning element is led via a small hole in the lid by a line 150.
- One conductor of this line is connected to the metal layer 142 and the other to a conductive coating 144 at least partly covering the lower surface of the piezoelectric layer. This kind of coating is required for leading the electric field evenly to the whole piezoelectric layer.
- the tuning element 140 can be shaped so that, in the inactive state, it has been bent from the middle somewhat towards the inner conductor 120.
- the distance d between the inner conductor and the metal layer of the tuning element is thus smaller than the distance between the inner conductor and the lid 130.
- the distance d either increases or decreases as the length of the piezoelectric strip changes. In the former case, the capacitance between the inner conductor and the lid decreases, for which reason the natural frequency of the resonator increases. In the latter case, the natural frequency decreases correspondingly.
- the extent of the change naturally depends on the magnitude of the absolute value of the control voltage.
- the tuning element can also be fastened in a corresponding way on the upper surface of the inner conductor. Further, it can be fastened to the resonator lid only at its one end so that its free end is above the inner conductor. In principal, the possibility of the resonator tuning is also in these cases similar to the one described above.
- Fig. 2 shows a second example of a known piezoelectric tuning element.
- the tuning element 240 is presented enlarged as a side view and the largest part from the middle cut away. It has three actual layers: there is the first piezoelectric layer 241 uppermost in the figure, a metal layer 243 in the middle and the second piezoelectric layer 242 undermost.
- a first conductive coating 244 is on the upper surface of the first piezoelectric layer and a second conductive coating 245 on the lower surface of the second piezoelectric layer for leading the electric field evenly to the piezoelectric layers.
- thermal stability is achieved better than e.g. by the tuning element according to Fig. 1. Namely, the tuning element 240 being bent e.g. from the middle downwards, the thermal expansion of the first piezoelectric layer 241 tends to straighten the member, but the thermal expansion of the second piezoelectric layer 242 tends to bend it further. For this reason, the arched form of the element remains almost unchanged.
- the electric field is led to the tuning element with a line 250 which has a first 251 and a second conductor 252.
- the first conductor 251 is connected to the metal layer 243, and the second conductor 252 is connected both to the first conductive coating 244 and the second conductive coating 245. Because of this, the directions of the electric field in piezoelectric layers are opposite, from which further follows that when the length of one layer decreases, the length of the other layer increases. The changes in the length of both layers thus bend the element to the same direction, as they should. When the polarity of the control voltage changes, also the bending direction of the tuning element changes.
- the number of layers in the piezoelectric tuning element can be greater than three in order to make the element as ideal as possible.
- the object of the invention is to minimize aforementioned disadvantages related to prior art.
- the tuning element according to the invention is characterised by what is presented in the independent claim 1.
- the resonator according to the invention is characterised by what is presented in the independent claim 6.
- the basic idea of the invention is the following: To the piezoelectric basic element belong at least one piezoelectric layer and metal layer. Such a basic element is first covered with a thin insulating layer and then with a good conductor. The thick- ness of the conductive coating is greater than the skin depth of the field corresponding the operating frequency of the structure in the conductor. The tuning element thus formed is fastened on e.g. some inner surface of the resonator cavity to change the natural frequency of the resonator by an electric control.
- An advantage of the invention is that when using a tuning element according to it, a mechanical arrangement for moving the tuning element is not needed, which decreases the manufacturing costs of the whole product and increases its reliability.
- a further advantage of the invention is that the tuning element does not cause considerable dielectric losses when being in a radiofrequency electromagnetic field. This is caused by the fact that the field cannot penetrate in a considerable amount through said conductive coating into the piezoelectric material. From this follows such an additional advantage that the piezoelectric material does not either cause intermodulation to the signal in the field of which the tuning element is.
- Fig. 1 shows an example of a tuning element according to prior art in a resonator
- Fig. 2 shows a second example of a tuning element according to prior art
- Figs. 3a, b show an example of a tuning element according to the invention
- Fig. 4 shows an example of a coaxial resonator according to the invention
- Figs. 5a, b show a second example of a coaxial resonator according to the invention
- Fig. 6 shows a third example of a coaxial resonator according to the invention
- Figs. 7a, b show an example of a tuning element and a resonator according to the invention
- Fig. 8 shows another example of a resonator according to the invention.
- Figs. 3a and 3b show an example of a tuning element according to the invention.
- Fig. 3a is a side view of the tuning element 340 as a longitudinal section and the largest part from the middle cut away, and Fig. 3b shows it as a perspective draw- ing.
- the tuning element 340 comprises a basic element similar to the one shown in Fig. 2 and its coating layers according to the invention.
- the basic element has a metal layer 343 in the middle and a first 341 and a second 342 piezoelectric layer with their immediate conductive coatings.
- the function of the insulating coating is to insulate the conductive coating galvanically from the basic element.
- the insulating coating is relatively thin and of flexible material so that it does not resists the bending of the tuning element much.
- the function of the conductive coating is, accord- ing to the invention, to prevent the penetration of the electromagnetic field into the piezoelectric material. For this reason, the thickness of the conductive coating is greater than the skin depth of the field corresponding the operating frequency of the structure in the conductor. If the thickness of the conductive coating is e.g. three times greater than the skin depth, the field strength inside the "housing" formed by the conductive coating is only about 5% of the field strength outside it. When using copper, the skin depth at the gigahertz frequency is 2.7 ⁇ m, so about 10 ⁇ m is an adequate thickness for the conductive coating.
- the tuning element 340 is a strip-like plate: it is relatively thin and elongated rectangle seen from above.
- the control line 350 of the tuning element joins the element at its one end and is connected in the same way as in Fig. 2: the first con- ductor 351 is connected to the metal layer 343, and the second conductor 352 is connected to the immediate conductive coating of both the first and the second piezoelectric layer.
- Fig. 4 shows an example of a coaxial resonator which comprises a tuning element according to the invention.
- the resonator 400 shown as a longitudinal section is a similar quarter-wave resonator of its basic structure as the one in Fig. 1.
- it comprises a resonator housing formed by an outer conductor 410, a bottom 415 and a lid 430 and an inner conductor 420 the lower end of which joins galvanically the bottom and the upper end is in the free space in the resonator cavity.
- the tuning element 440 is similar to the one in Figs. 3a and 3b, a piezoelectric strip iso- lated electromagnetically with the conductive coating.
- the tuning element is fastened at its ends to the lid 430 via projections 461 , 462 on the lower surface of the lid.
- the projections separate the tuning element from the lid enough for it to be able to bend from the mid- die also towards the lid.
- the projections can be of the same object with the lid or conductive intermediate pieces fastened to it.
- the fastening of the tuning element to the projections 461 , 462 takes place e.g. by soldering or by screws penetrating the tuning element.
- the end of the control line 450 of the tuning element 440 is brought to the resona- tor cavity via a small hole in the lid 430.
- the tuning element can be controlled so that it bends either upwards or downwards, as described in the description of Fig. 2.
- the amplitude of the movement i.e., the maximum change of the distance d between the upper surface of the inner conductor and the tuning element is e.g. ⁇ 0.25 mm.
- Figs. 5a and 5b show a second example of a coaxial resonator which has a tuning element according to the invention.
- Fig. 5a is a side view of the resonator 500 as a longitudinal section and
- Fig. 5b is a top view of it the lid removed.
- the resonator is a half-wave resonator, which appears from the fact that the inner conductor 520 of the resonator extends from the bottom 515 to the lid 530.
- the transmission line formed by the inner conductor and the outer conductor 510 is thus short-circuited from its both ends.
- the outer conductor consists of four side walls having a rectangular cross section.
- the tuning element 540 is in this example placed around halfway of the resonator in elevation so that its longitudinal direction is horizontal and its lateral direction is vertical.
- the tuning element fastens to the structure so that its ends extend to recesses in the two opposite side walls.
- the control line 550 of the tuning element extends to the tuning element via a small hole in the resonator side wall at one of said recesses.
- the tuning element bends either towards the inner conductor 520 or away from it depending on the polarity of control voltage. In the former case the natural frequency of the resonator increases and in the latter case it decreases.
- Fig. 6 shows a third example of the use of a tuning element according to the invention in a coaxial resonator.
- the resonator 600 shown as a longitudinal section is a similar quarter-wave resonator of its basic structure as the one in Figs. 1 and 4.
- the tuning element 640 is located in the upper part of the resonator cavity above the level of the upper surface of the inner conductor 620, as in Fig. 4.
- the difference compared to Fig. 4 is that the tuning element 640 is fastened only at its one end to the lid 630.
- the fastening is implemented by a bolt 660. Seen from above, the fastening point is off from the inner conductor 620, and the free end of the tuning element extends above the inner conductor.
- the tuning element is manufactured so that in its inactive state it is somewhat arched towards the inner conductor. Then, when controlling the tuning element, its free end turns either towards the upper end of the inner conductor or away from it depending on the po- larity of the control voltage. Naturally, the tuning element can be in inactive state also straight and fastened via a conductive projection to the lid.
- Figs. 7a and 7b show an example of a tuning element and a resonator according to the invention.
- Fig. 7a is a top view of the tuning element 740 only. It is a piezoelectric plate of circular form, which plate is completely coated with conductive ma- terial according to the invention.
- the control voltage is led to the tuning element with a line 750.
- the tuning element 740 is fastened from its edges so that its side surface shaped like a cylindrical ring cannot move in any direction in the level of the tuning element.
- the dashed line in Fig. 7a delimits a relatively narrow edge area 748 of the upper surface of the tuning element which area presents an ex- ample of a fastening area.
- Fig. 7a is a top view of the tuning element 740 only. It is a piezoelectric plate of circular form, which plate is completely coated with conductive ma- terial according to the invention.
- the control voltage is led to the tuning element with a line 750
- the tuning element 740 is located in the upper part of the resonator cavity above the level of the upper surface of the inner conductor 720, as in Fig. 4.
- the tuning element 740 is thus fastened at its ends to the lid 730.
- the fastening can be made e.g. so that the edge area 748 of the upper surface visible in Fig. 7a is soldered to a ring-shaped projection formed on the lower surface of the lid.
- the inner diameter of the projection of the lid can also be the same as the diameter of the tuning element, in which case the tuning element can be fastened at its side surface.
- the projection of the lid can also extend to the side of the lower surface of the tuning element.
- Fig. 8 shows a further example of a resonator according to the invention.
- the resonator 800 is presented as a longitudinal section. It has a resonator cavity confined by an outer conductor 810, a bottom 815 and a lid 830. In the cavity there is a solid, cylindrical dielectric object 820 for decreasing the size of the resonator.
- the ends of the cylinder are parallel to the bottom and the lid of the resonator, and it has been raised above the bottom 815 of the resonator by a dielectric support piece SU.
- the support piece has substantially lower permittivity than the dielectric object 820. This has been dimensioned so that a wave form TE O i is excited in it at the operating frequencies of the filter.
- the type of the resonator is a half- wave cavity resonator.
- the tuning element 840 is a piezoelectric member for example similar to the one in Figs. 3a and 3b or Fig. 7a. It is located in the upper part of the resonator cavity above the upper surface of the dielectric object 820 and, is also in this case, fas- tened to the lid so that its conductive coating is in a galvanic contact to the lid.
- the tuning element 840 is controlled so that it bends towards the dielectric object 820, the electric size of the object increases, in which case the natural frequency of both the dielectric object and the whole resonator decreases.
- the tuning element is controlled so that it bends towards the lid 830, the natural frequency of the resonator increases.
- the tuning element is strip-like and fastened at its both ends. Naturally, a strip-like element can also be fastened only at its one end as in Fig. 6.
- Figs. 4-8 the structure is drawn to continue to the right of the described resonator.
- the resonator in question can be a part of a multi-resonator filter.
- each resonator of the filter has a tuning element according to the invention. These can be controlled separately or together.
- the epithets "lower”, “upper”, “horizontal”, “vertical”, “a side view” and “from above” refer to the position of the resonator in which its outer conductor is vertical and its bottom the undermost. The operating position of the resonator can naturally be whichever.
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