IP Library Granted Patent US 8,476,991
Granted Patent B2
US 8,476,991 · App. 12/757,475 · Granted Jul 2, 2013

Elastic wave resonator, elastic wave filter, and antenna sharing device using the same

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Patent No.
US 8,476,991
App. No.
12/757,475
Granted
Jul 2, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

An acoustic wave resonance device includes: piezoelectric substrate ( 1 ), first acoustic wave resonator ( 100 ) provided on an upper surface of piezoelectric substrate ( 1 ) and including first interdigital transducer electrode ( 110 ), and second acoustic wave resonator ( 200 ) provided on piezoelectric substrate ( 1 ) and including second interdigital transducer electrode ( 210 ). First acoustic wave resonator ( 100 ) and second acoustic wave resonator ( 200 ) are connected to each other. An overlap width of a plurality of first comb-shaped electrodes ( 112 ) forming first acoustic wave resonator ( 100 ) is larger than an overlap width of a plurality of second comb-shaped electrodes ( 212 ) forming second acoustic wave resonator ( 200 ). With such a configuration, frequencies in which a transverse mode spurious response is generated can be distributed and loss can be reduced.

Claims (54)

1. An acoustic wave resonance device comprising:

a piezoelectric substrate;

a first acoustic wave resonator provided on an upper surface of the piezoelectric substrate and including a first interdigital transducer electrode; and

a second acoustic wave resonator provided on the upper surface of the piezoelectric substrate and including a second interdigital transducer electrode,

wherein the first acoustic wave resonator and the second acoustic wave resonator are connected to each other, and

when an overlap width of a plurality of comb-shaped electrodes forming the first acoustic wave resonator is represented by L 1 , L 2 that is an overlap width of a plurality of comb-shaped electrodes forming the second acoustic wave resonator satisfies a following mathematical formula:

L 2 ≠L 1 +nSC

wherein n represents an integer, and SC represents an amount of change of an overlap width in which transverse mode spurious responses are generated in a same frequency in the first acoustic wave resonator.

2. The acoustic wave resonance device of claim 1 ,

wherein the first acoustic wave resonator and the second acoustic wave resonator are connected in series.

3. The acoustic wave resonance device of claim 1 ,

wherein the first acoustic wave resonator and the second acoustic wave resonator are connected in parallel.

4. A ladder-type filter comprising:

a first acoustic wave resonance device that is a resonance device of claim 1 connected to a series arm; and

a second acoustic wave resonance device that is a resonance device of claim 1 connected to a parallel arm;

wherein when an overlap width of a first acoustic wave resonator provided in the first acoustic wave resonance device is represented by EL 1 ,

an overlap width of a second acoustic wave resonator provided in the first acoustic wave resonance device is represented by EL 2 ,

an overlap width of a first acoustic wave resonator provided in the second acoustic wave resonance device is represented by GL 1 , and

an overlap width of a second acoustic wave resonator provided in the second acoustic wave resonance device is represented by GL 2 ,

EL 1 , EL 2 , GL 1 , and GL 2 are all different, and

when smaller one of any two overlap widths selected from EL 1 , EL 2 , GL 1 and GL 2 is represented by L 1 , and larger one is represented by L 2 , following mathematical formula is satisfied:

L 2 —L 1 +nSC

wherein n represents an integer, and SC represents an amount of change of an overlap width in which transverse mode spurious responses are generated in a same frequency in an acoustic wave resonator having an overlap width of L 1 .

5. A ladder-type filter comprising:

a first acoustic wave resonance device that is a resonance device of claim 1 connected to a series arm; and

a second acoustic wave resonance device that is a resonance device of claim 1 connected to a parallel arm;

wherein when an overlap width of a first acoustic wave resonator provided in the first acoustic wave resonance device is represented by EL 1 ,

an overlap width of a second acoustic wave resonator provided in the first acoustic wave resonance device is represented by EL 2 ,

an overlap width of a first acoustic wave resonator provided in the second acoustic wave resonance device is represented by GL 1 , and

an overlap width of a second acoustic wave resonator provided in the second acoustic wave resonance device is represented by GL 2 ,

EL 1 , EL 2 , GL 1 , and GL 2 are all different, and

when smaller one of any two overlap widths selected from EL 1 , EL 2 , GL 1 and GL 2 is represented by L 1 , and larger one is represented by L 2 , following mathematical formula is satisfied:

L 2 =L 1+( n+ ½) SC

wherein n represents an integer, and SC represents an amount of change of an overlap width in which transverse mode spurious responses are generated in a same frequency in an acoustic wave resonator having an overlap width of L 1 .

6. A ladder-type filter comprising:

a first acoustic wave resonance device that is a resonance device of claim 1 connected to a series arm; and

a second acoustic wave resonance device that is a resonance device of claim 1 connected to a parallel arm;

wherein when an overlap width of a first acoustic wave resonator provided in the first acoustic wave resonance device is represented by EL 1 ,

an overlap width of a second acoustic wave resonator provided in the first acoustic wave resonance device is represented by EL 2 ,

an overlap width of a first acoustic wave resonator provided in the second acoustic wave resonance device is represented by GL 1 , and

an overlap width of a second acoustic wave resonator provided in the second acoustic wave resonance device is represented by GL 2 ,

|EL 1 −EL 2 | that is an absolute value of a difference between EL 1 and EL 2 is larger than |GL 1 −GL 2 | that is an absolute value of a difference between GL 1 and GL 2 .

7. An acoustic wave resonance device comprising:

a piezoelectric substrate;

a first acoustic wave resonator provided on an upper surface of the piezoelectric substrate and including a first interdigital transducer electrode; and

a second acoustic wave resonator provided on the upper surface of the piezoelectric substrate and including a second interdigital transducer electrode,

wherein the first acoustic wave resonator and the second acoustic wave resonator are connected to each other, and

when an overlap width of a plurality of comb-shaped electrodes forming the first acoustic wave resonator is represented by L 1 , L 2 that is an overlap width of a plurality of comb-shaped electrodes forming the second acoustic wave resonator satisfies a following mathematical formula:

L 2 =L 1+( n+ ½) SC

wherein n represents an integer, and SC represents an amount of change of an overlap width in which transverse mode spurious responses are generated in a same frequency in the first acoustic wave resonator.

8. The acoustic wave resonance device of claim 7 ,

wherein the first acoustic wave resonator and the second acoustic wave resonator are connected in series.

9. The acoustic wave resonance device of claim 7 ,

wherein the first acoustic wave resonator and the second acoustic wave resonator are connected in parallel.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 19, 2016
From: SKYWORKS PANASONIC FILTER SOLUTIONS JAPAN CO., LTD.
To: SKYWORKS FILTER SOLUTIONS JAPAN CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 040084/0571 →
ASSIGNMENT AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT Recorded May 14, 2015
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: SKYWORKS PANASONIC FILTER SOLUTIONS JAPAN CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 035664/0406 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 22, 2010
From: GOTO, REI; HAMAOKA, YOSUKE; NAKAMURA, HIROYUKI; TSURUNARI, TETSUYA; FUJIWARA, JOJI
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 024574/0862 →