Surface acoustic wave element and surface acoustic wave device using the same
View Patent ↗A surface acoustic wave element includes a piezoelectric substrate, an IDT composed of a pair of first and second comb-like electrodes, formed around a center of the piezoelectric substrate, and formed on a surface of the surface acoustic wave element, and a pair of first and second terminals electrically connected to the IDT, formed at central and peripheral areas of the piezoelectric substrate, respectively, in which a package is bonded with an adhesive to a surface of the surface acoustic wave element, opposite to the surface formed with the IDT.
1. A surface acoustic wave element comprising:
a piezoelectric substrate;
an Inter Digital Transducer (IDT) composed of a pair of first and second comb-like electrodes, formed around a center of the piezoelectric substrate; and
two pairs of first and second terminals electrically connected to the IDT,
a surface of the surface acoustic wave element, opposite to the surface formed with the IDT, being bonded to a package with an adhesive,
at least one of the two pairs of terminals being disposed in a nonoverlapping position with the adhesive.
2. The surface acoustic wave element according to claim 1 , the two pairs of terminals being disposed at one side of the piezoelectric substrate in a latitudinal direction.
3. The surface acoustic wave element according to claim 1 , the two pairs of terminals being formed by extending conductive patterns electrically connected to the first and second comb-like electrodes, respectively, through the use of reflectors disposed at opposite sides of the IDT in a direction that electrode fingers of the comb-like electrodes are arranged.
4. A surface acoustic wave element comprising:
a piezoelectric substrate;
an Inter Digital Transducer (IDT) composed of a pair of first and second comb-like electrodes, formed around a center of the piezoelectric substrate; and
a pair of first and second terminals electrically connected to the IDT,
a surface of the surface acoustic wave element, opposite to the surface formed with the TDT, being bonded to a package with an adhesive,
the first terminal being formed such that the first comb-like electrode of the pairs extends to a region facing a bus bar of the first comb-like electrode, and the second terminal being formed such that the second comb-like electrode of the pair extends to a region facing a bus bar of the second comb-like electrode.
5. A surface acoustic wave device comprising:
a surface acoustic wave element including:
a piezoelectric substrate;
an Inter Digital Transducer (IDT) composed of a pair of comb-like electrodes, formed around a center of a surface of the piezoelectric substrate; and
two pairs of first and second terminals electrically connected to the IDT, and
a package bonded and secured with an adhesive to a surface of the surface acoustic wave element, opposite to the surface formed with the IDT,
at least part of the first terminal overlapping the adhesive, the second terminal being disposed in a nonoverlapping position with the adhesive.