Patent ID: 8754726

Claim:
A multilayer band-pass filter comprising: a laminate including a plurality of dielectric layers and a plurality of electrode layers; a plurality of LC parallel resonators greater than two; and a jump-coupling capacitor electrode; wherein each of the plurality of LC parallel resonators includes a first capacitor electrode, a second capacitor electrode, and a loop-shaped inductor electrode disposed on the plurality of electrode layers; the inductor electrode includes a first end connected to the first capacitor electrode and a second end connected to the second capacitor electrode, the first end defining a starting point and the second end defining an ending point; the inductor electrode includes a line electrode disposed along any one of the plurality of dielectric layers and a via electrode extending in a direction in which the plurality of dielectric layers are laminated; the plurality of LC parallel resonators includes a first first-type LC parallel resonator, a second first-type LC parallel resonator, and at least one second-type LC parallel resonator disposed between the first first-type LC parallel resonator and the second first-type LC parallel resonator; the jump-coupling capacitor electrode is disposed on any one of the plurality of electrode layers and arranged to couple the first first-type LC parallel resonator and the second first-type LC parallel resonator; the jump-coupling capacitor electrode faces at least one of the first capacitor electrode and the second capacitor electrode of each of the first first-type LC parallel resonator and the second first-type LC parallel resonator; and a direction in which the inductor electrode extends from the capacitor electrodes of each of the first-type LC parallel resonators is opposite to a direction in which the inductor electrode extends from the capacitor electrodes of the second-type LC parallel resonator.