IP Library Granted Patent US 6,870,440
Granted Patent B2
US 6,870,440 · App. 09/785,501 · Granted Mar 22, 2005

Saw branching filter with a branching filter circuit formed on the package

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Patent No.
US 6,870,440
App. No.
09/785,501
Granted
Mar 22, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

A surface acoustic wave duplexer having an antenna terminal, a transmitting terminal and a receiving terminal. The surface acoustic wave duplexer includes a transmitting SAW filter coupled between the antenna terminal and the transmitting terminal, a receiving SAW filter coupled between the antenna terminal and the receiving terminal, a common piezoelectric substrate on which both of the transmitting SAW filter and the receiving SAW filter are formed, a package covering the common piezoelectric substrate. The antenna terminal, the transmitting terminal and the receiving terminal are formed on the package, and a frequency adjusting circuit is coupled between the antenna terminal and the transmitting SAW filter or the receiving SAW filter. The frequency adjusting circuit has a capacitance element.

Claims (23)

1. A surface acoustic wave duplexer having an antenna terminal, a transmitting terminal and a receiving terminal, comprising:

a transmitting SAW filter coupled between the antenna terminal and the transmitting terminal;

a receiving SAW filter coupled between the antenna terminal and the receiving terminal:

a common piezoelectric substrate on which both of the transmitting SAW filter and the receiving SAW filter are formed; and

a package covering the common piezoelectric substrate, wherein the antenna terminal, the transmitting terminal and the receiving terminal are formed on the package;

a frequency adjusting circuit being coupled between the antenna terminal and the transmitting SAW filter or the receiving SAW filter, wherein the frequency adjusting circuit has a capacitance element; and

a branching filter circuit coupled between the frequency adjusting circuit and the transmitting SAW filter or the receiving SAW filter, wherein the branching filter circuit is formed on the package.

2. A surface acoustic wave duplexer according to claim 1 , wherein the package has a first layer substrate and a second layer substrate, the first layer substrate is disposed on the second layer substrate, and the branching filter circuit is formed on the first layer substrate or the second layer substrate of the package.

3. A surface acoustic wave duplexer according to claim 1 , wherein the frequency adjusting circuit has an inductance element.

4. A surface acoustic wave duplexer according to claim 1 , wherein the frequency adjusting circuit is formed on the package.

5. A surface acoustic wave duplexer according to claim 1 , wherein the capacitance element is coupled in series between the antenna terminal and the transmitting SAW filter or the receiving SAW filter.

6. A surface acoustic wave duplexer according to claim 1 , wherein the branching filter circuit comprises a serial arm resonator.

7. A surface acoustic wave duplexer according to claim 1 , wherein the package has a multi-layer structure.

8. A surface acoustic wave duplexer having an antenna terminal, a transmitting terminal and a receiving terminal, comprising:

a SAW filter chip including a transmitting SAW filter connected with the transmitting terminal and a receiving SAW filter connected with the receiving terminal, wherein both the transmitting SAW filter and the receiving SAW filter are formed on one common piezoelectric substrate;

a package covering the one common piezoelectric substrate, wherein the antenna terminal, the transmitting terminal and the receiving terminal are formed on the package; and

a frequency adjusting circuit being coupled between the antenna terminal and the transmitting SAW filter or the receiving SAW filter, wherein the frequency adjusting circuit has a capacitance element; and

a branching filter circuit being coupled between the frequency adjusting circuit and the transmitting SAW filter or the receiving SAW filter, wherein the branching filter circuit is formed on the package.

9. A surface acoustic wave duplexer according to claim 8 , wherein the package has a first layer substrate and a second layer substrate, the first layer substrate being disposed on the second layer substrate, and the branching filter circuit is formed on the first layer substrate or the second layer substrate.

10. A surface acoustic wave duplexer according to claim 8 , wherein the frequency adjusting circuit has an inductance element.

11. A surface acoustic wave duplexer according to claim 8 , wherein the capacitance element is coupled in series between the antenna terminal and the transmitting SAW filter or the receiving SAW filter.

12. A surface acoustic wave duplexer according to claim 8 , wherein the branching filter circuit comprises a serial arm resonator.

13. A surface acoustic wave duplexer according to claim 8 , wherein the package has a multi-layer structure.

Assignments (3)
MERGER Recorded Jan 25, 2016
From: INTELLECTUAL VENTURES FUND 77 LLC
To: INTELLECTUAL VENTURES HOLDING 81 LLC
Reel/Frame 037577/0581 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 23, 2012
From: LAPIS SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
To: INTELLECTUAL VENTURES FUND 77 LLC
Reel/Frame 028093/0534 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 31, 2012
From: OKI SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
To: LAPIS SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 027622/0360 →