IP Library › Granted Patent US 9,071,225
Granted Patent B2
US 9,071,225 · App. 13/485,688 · Granted Jun 30, 2015

Electronic circuit and electronic module

Inventors: Tokihiro Nishihara (Tokyo, JP); Shinji Taniguchi (Tokyo, JP); Tsuyoshi Yokoyama (Tokyo, JP); Masanori Ueda (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
H03H9/173H03H9/205H03H9/542H03H9/706H03H9/725
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Patent No.
US 9,071,225
App. No.
13/485,688
Granted
Jun 30, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic circuit includes a plurality of duplexers that are coupled to an antenna terminal and have a pass band different from each other and a plurality of acoustic wave filters that are respectively coupled between the antenna terminal and the plurality of the duplexers, wherein filter characteristics of a first acoustic wave filter of the plurality of the acoustic wave filters are set so as to allow passage of a signal in both a pass band for transmitting and a pass band for receiving of a first duplexer of the plurality of the duplexers that is coupled to the first acoustic wave filter and suppress passage of a signal in both a pass band for transmitting and a pass band for receiving of a second duplexer of the plurality of the duplexers that is different from the first duplexer.

Claims (23)

1. An electronic circuit comprising:

a plurality of duplexers that are coupled to an antenna terminal and have a pass band different from each other; and

a plurality of acoustic wave filters that are respectively coupled between the antenna terminal and the plurality of the duplexers, the plurality of acoustic wave filters including a first acoustic wave filter and a second acoustic wave filter,

wherein filter characteristics of the first acoustic wave filter of the plurality of the acoustic wave filters are set so as to allow passage of a signal in both a pass band for transmitting and a pass band for receiving of a first duplexer of the plurality of the duplexers that is coupled to the first acoustic wave filter and suppress passage of a signal in both a pass band for transmitting and a pass band for receiving of a second duplexer of the plurality of the duplexers that is different from the first duplexer and that is coupled to the second acoustic wave filter;

each of the first acoustic wave filter and the second acoustic wave filter is a band pass filter; and

a frequency band included in a pass band of the first acoustic wave filter and a frequency band included in a pass band of the second acoustic wave filter are used for Carrier Aggregation.

2. The electronic circuit as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first acoustic wave filter and the second acoustic wave filter is a double mode filter.

3. The electronic circuit as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first acoustic wave filter and the second acoustic wave filter is a filter using a bulk wave.

4. The electronic circuit as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first acoustic wave filter and the second acoustic wave filter is a CRF (Coupled Resonator Filter) having a piezoelectric thin film.

5. The electronic circuit as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the piezoelectric thin film is aluminum nitride including an element increasing piezoelectric constant.

6. The electronic circuit as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first acoustic wave filter and the second acoustic wave filter uses a plate wave.

7. An electronic module comprising an electronic circuit that includes:

a plurality of duplexers that are coupled to an antenna terminal and have a pass band different from each other; and

a plurality of acoustic wave filters that are respectively coupled between the antenna terminal and the plurality of the duplexers, the plurality of acoustic wave filters including a first acoustic wave filter and a second acoustic wave filter,

wherein:

filter characteristics of the first acoustic wave filter of the plurality of the acoustic wave filters are set so as to allow passage of a signal in both a pass band for transmitting and a pass band for receiving of a first duplexer of the plurality of the duplexers that is coupled to the first acoustic wave filter and suppress passage of a signal in both a pass band for transmitting and a pass band for receiving of a second duplexer of the plurality of the duplexers that is different from the first duplexer and that is coupled to the second acoustic wave filter; and

each of the first acoustic wave filter and the second acoustic wave filter is a band pass filter.

8. The electronic module as claimed in claim 7 , wherein a frequency band included in a pass band of the first acoustic wave filter and a frequency band included in a pass band of the second acoustic wave filter are used for Carrier Aggregation.

9. The electronic module as claimed in claim 7 , wherein at least one of the first acoustic wave filter and the second acoustic wave filter is a double mode filter.

10. The electronic module as claimed in claim 7 , wherein at least one of the first acoustic wave filter and the second acoustic wave filter is a filter using a bulk wave.

11. The electronic module as claimed in claim 7 , wherein at least one of the first acoustic wave filter and the second acoustic wave filter is a CRF (Coupled Resonator Filter) having a piezoelectric thin film.

12. The electronic module as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the piezoelectric thin film is aluminum nitride including an element increasing piezoelectric constant.

13. The electronic module as claimed in claim 7 , wherein at least one of the first acoustic wave filter and the second acoustic wave filter uses a plate wave.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 31, 2012
From: NISHIHARA, TOKIHIRO; TANIGUCHI, SHINJI; YOKOYAMA, TSUYOSHI; UEDA, MASANORI
To: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 028299/0772 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2011-123452 · Jun 1, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20120306591A1 · Dec 6, 2012