Patent ID: 8193874

Claim:
A high-frequency switch module comprising: a multilayer substrate including a plurality of stacked dielectric layers and electrode layers; a FET switch mounted on a first main surface of the multilayer substrate and including a transmission input port arranged to input a transmission signal, a reception output port arranged to output a reception signal, and an antenna port arranged to output the transmission signal to an antenna or input the reception signal from the antenna, the FET switch being arranged to selectively connect the antenna port to the transmission input port or the reception output port by switching; and a filter provided on at least one of a main surface of or within the multilayer substrate and including a first input/output terminal connected to the transmission input port, a second input/output port connected to a transmission signal input terminal, the filter being arranged to attenuate higher harmonics of the transmission signal; wherein a transmission input port electrode, a reception output port electrode, and an antenna port electrode respectively connected to the transmission input port, the reception output port, and the antenna port via connection elements are provided on the first main surface of the multilayer substrate; a transmission signal input terminal mounting electrode that is connected to the transmission signal input terminal via a connection element is provided on a second main surface of the multilayer substrate opposite to the first main surface; the filter includes at least one inductor connected in series between the transmission input port and the transmission signal input terminal, a first capacitor, one end of which is connected to the transmission input port and another end of which is grounded, and a second capacitor, one end of which is connected to the transmission signal input terminal and another end of which is grounded; and the first capacitor and the second capacitor have different capacitance values, at least one capacitor electrode included in the first capacitor is directly connected to the transmission input port electrode through a conduction via hole disposed within the multilayer substrate, and at least one capacitor electrode included in the second capacitor is directly connected to the transmission signal input terminal mounting electrode through a conduction via hole disposed within the multilayer substrate.