IP Library Granted Patent US 9,112,478
Granted Patent B2
US 9,112,478 · App. 13/924,118 · Granted Aug 18, 2015

Duplexer

Inventor: Akira Moriya (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
H03H9/725
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Patent No.
US 9,112,478
App. No.
13/924,118
Granted
Aug 18, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A duplexer includes: a transmission filter connected between a common terminal and a transmission terminal; and a reception filter connected between the common terminal and a reception terminal, wherein the reception filter includes resonators located on a piezoelectric substrate, at least one resonator of the resonators is grounded, and a resonator located at a side closest to the common terminal out of the grounded resonator is a divided resonator that is divided into two or more, and a resonance frequency fr of the divided resonator is in a range of fr=2×(f TL to f TH )−(f RL to f RH ) when a pass frequency of the transmission filter is f TL to f TH and a pass frequency of the reception filter is f RL to f RH .

Claims (19)

1. A duplexer comprising:

a transmission filter connected between a common terminal and a transmission terminal; and

a reception filter connected between the common terminal and a reception terminal, wherein

the reception filter includes resonators located on a piezoelectric substrate,

at least one resonator of the resonators is connected in parallel between the common terminal and the reception terminal and connected to a ground, and a resonator located at a side closest to the common terminal out of the at least one resonator of the resonators is divided into two or more divided resonators, and

a resonance frequency fr of the divided resonators is in a range of fr=2×(f TL to f TH )−(f RL to f RH ) when a pass band of the transmission filter is f TL to f TH and a pass band of the reception filter is f RL to f RH .

2. The duplexer according to claim 1 , wherein

the divided resonators are serially connected between a node, which is located between the common terminal and the reception terminal, and the ground.

3. The duplexer according to claim 2 , wherein

the divided resonators are arranged in a propagation direction of an acoustic wave.

4. The duplexer according to claim 3 , wherein

the divided resonators include pairs of IDTs (Interdigital Transducer) arranged in the propagation direction of the acoustic wave,

each of adjoining electrode fingers is located in each of adjoining IDTs out of the pairs of IDTs, adjoining electrode fingers extend in a same direction.

5. The duplexer according to claim 2 , wherein

the divided resonators are arranged in a direction intersecting with a propagation direction of an acoustic wave.

6. The duplexer according to claim 1 , wherein

each of the divided resonators is a surface acoustic wave resonator, a boundary acoustic wave resonator, or a Love wave resonator.

7. The duplexer according to claim 1 , wherein

a resonator located at a side closest to the common terminal out of the resonators is connected in parallel between the common terminal and the reception terminal.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 21, 2013
From: MORIYA, AKIRA
To: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 030664/0159 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-149728 · Jul 3, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20140009247A1 · Jan 9, 2014