Patent classifications
H03H9/6476
REDUCED TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT OF FREQUENCY AT FILTER TRANSITION BAND WHILE RETAINING PASS-BAND WIDTH
An electronic filter includes a plurality of series arm acoustic wave resonators electrically connected in series between an input port and an output port, a plurality of parallel arm acoustic wave resonators electrically connected in parallel and electrically connected on first sides between respective ones of the plurality of series arm acoustic wave resonators and electrically connected on second sides to ground, and at least one additional acoustic wave resonator electrically connected in parallel to one of one of the plurality of series arm acoustic wave resonators or one of the plurality of parallel arm acoustic wave resonators and having a temperature coefficient of frequency (TCF) lower than a TCF of the acoustic wave resonator to which it is electrically connected in parallel.
FILTER DEVICE AND MULTIPLEXER
A filter device includes a filter between an input terminal and an output terminal, and an additional circuit connected in parallel with the filter between the input terminal and the output terminal. The additional circuit includes at least two longitudinally coupled resonators connected in parallel with each other and including longitudinally coupled resonators, and at least one capacitance element between the input terminal and the at least two longitudinally coupled resonators or between the output terminal and the at least two longitudinally coupled resonators. The average pitch of a plurality of electrode fingers of IDT electrodes of the longitudinally coupled resonator and the average pitch of a plurality of electrode fingers of IDT electrodes of the longitudinally coupled resonator are different from each other.
ACOUSTIC WAVE RESONATOR WITH MULTIPLE RESONANT FREQUENCIES
Aspects of this disclosure relate to an acoustic wave resonator having at least two resonant frequencies. An acoustic wave filter can include series acoustic wave resonators and shunt acoustic wave resonators together arranged to filter a radio frequency signal. A first shunt resonator of the shunt acoustic wave resonators can include an interdigital transducer electrode and have at least a first resonant frequency and a second resonant frequency. Related acoustic wave resonators, multiplexers, wireless devices, and methods are disclosed.
Reduced temperature coefficient of frequency at filter transition band while retaining pass-band width
An electronic filter includes a plurality of series arm acoustic wave resonators electrically connected in series between an input port and an output port, a plurality of parallel arm acoustic wave resonators electrically connected in parallel and electrically connected on first sides between respective ones of the plurality of series arm acoustic wave resonators and electrically connected on second sides to ground, and at least one additional acoustic wave resonator electrically connected in parallel to one of one of the plurality of series arm acoustic wave resonators or one of the plurality of parallel arm acoustic wave resonators and having a temperature coefficient of frequency (TCF) lower than a TCF of the acoustic wave resonator to which it is electrically connected in parallel.
FILTER AND MULTIPLEXER
A filter circuit includes a signal path connecting first and second terminals having a pass band. An additional circuit is connected to a node between the first terminal and the filter circuit on the signal path and a node between the second terminal and the filter circuit on the signal path. The additional circuit includes a parallel circuit including first and second resonator groups connected in parallel and capacitor elements connected in series to the parallel circuit. The first and second resonator groups each include IDT electrodes in line in an acoustic-wave propagation direction. The additional circuit generates a signal having a phase opposite to a phase of a signal component in a frequency band that is not included in the pass band, among signals transmitted through filter circuit.
SAW FILTER AND DUPLEXER
A SAW filter is a high-frequency filter including a common terminal, a transmission terminal and a reception terminal through which high-frequency signals are inputted and outputted. The SAW filter includes: a first filter circuit having a first frequency band as a pass band, and connected to the common terminal and the transmission terminal; a second filter circuit having a second frequency band different from the first frequency band as a pass band, and connected to the common terminal and the reception terminal; an antenna connected to the common terminal; and at least one inductor connected in series between the common terminal and the first filter circuit or the second filter circuit.
MULTIPLEXER
A multiplexer includes a transmit filter circuit, a receive filter circuit, and an additional circuit connected in parallel with a portion of the transmit filter circuit. The transmit filter circuit includes series resonators on a signal path connecting a common terminal and a first terminal, and parallel resonators on the signal path between a node and ground. The series resonator closest to the first terminal includes split resonators. The additional circuit includes a capacitor and a resonator group. The resonator group includes IDT electrodes side by side in the direction of acoustic wave propagation. A first end of the resonator group is connected to the common terminal with the capacitor interposed therebetween. A second end of the resonator group is connected to the signal path between two of the split resonators such that no capacitor is interposed between the second end and the signal path.
FILTER DEVICE, RADIO-FREQUENCY FRONT-END CIRCUIT, AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS
A filter device includes a first filter and a second filter. The first filter and the second filter are disposed in parallel between a first terminal and a second terminal. A first passband of the filter device includes at least part of a second passband of the first filter. The first passband includes at least part of a third passband of the second filter. The second passband is narrower than the first passband. The third passband is narrower than the first passband. The third passband has a center frequency higher than a center frequency of the second passband. The first filter includes multiple elastic wave resonators and a first capacitive element. The first capacitive element is connected in parallel with the first elastic wave resonator.
Multiplexer
A multiplexer includes a transmission-side filter, a reception-side filter, and a cancel circuit connected between a node M and a node N to cancel out a component in a predetermined frequency band that flows along first and second paths. The cancel circuit includes at least one longitudinally-coupled resonator. An average pitch between electrode fingers of interdigital transducer electrodes of the at least one longitudinally-coupled resonator is narrower than an average pitch between electrode fingers of interdigital transducer electrodes of each of series arm resonators and parallel arm resonators that determine the pass band of the transmission-side filter and an average pitch between electrode fingers of interdigital transducer electrodes of each of series arm resonators and parallel arm resonators that determine the pass band of the reception-side filter.
ACOUSTIC WAVE FILTER WITH SHUNT RESONATOR HAVING MULTIPLE RESONANT FREQUENCIES
Aspects of this disclosure relate to an acoustic wave resonator having at least two resonant frequencies. An acoustic wave filter can include series acoustic wave resonators and shunt acoustic wave resonators together arranged to filter a radio frequency signal. A first shunt resonator of the shunt acoustic wave resonators can include an interdigital transducer electrode and have at least a first resonant frequency and a second resonant frequency. Related acoustic wave resonators, multiplexers, wireless devices, and methods are disclosed.