IP Library Granted Patent US 9,099,987
Granted Patent B2
US 9,099,987 · App. 13/997,168 · Granted Aug 4, 2015

Filter arrangement and method for producing a filter arrangement

Inventors: Gerhard Maurer (Germering, DE); Edgar Schmidhammer (Stein An Der Traun, DE)
Assignee: EPCOS AG
H03H9/703H03H3/00H03H9/605H03H9/6483H03H9/70H03H9/706H03H9/725Y10T29/49016
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Patent No.
US 9,099,987
App. No.
13/997,168
Granted
Aug 4, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a filter arrangement ( 10 ) comprising a substrate ( 16 ) having a first series resonator ( 11 ) and a first and a second parallel resonator ( 12, 13 ). The filter arrangement ( 10 ) further comprises a carrier ( 18 ), on which the substrate ( 16 ) is arranged and which comprises a first inductor ( 17 ), the first connection of which is coupled to a first connection of the first series resonator ( 11 ) by means of the first parallel resonator ( 12 ) and to a second connection of the first series resonator ( 11 ) by means of the second parallel resonator ( 13 ).

Claims (17)

1. A duplexer, comprising a transmission filter and a reception filter, wherein at least one filter from a group comprising the transmission filter and the reception filter has a filter arrangement comprising:

a substrate having a first series resonator and also a first and a second parallel resonator; and

a carrier, on which the substrate is arranged and which comprises a first inductance, the first connection of which is coupled to a first connection of the first series resonator via the first parallel resonator and to a second connection of the first series resonator via the second parallel resonator,

wherein

the substrate is connected to the carrier using flip-chip technology,

the substrate comprises a first ground connection pad, which is connected to the first and second parallel resonators and also the first connection of the first inductance,

at least one resonator from a group comprising the first series resonator and also the first and second parallel resonators is realized as a bulk acoustic wave resonator,

the carrier comprises at least one substrate from a group comprising a printed circuit board and a ceramic substrate, in particular an LTCC or an HTCC,

the first inductance is integrated in the carrier and is realized as a planar coil,

the planar coil is produced in at least one metallization layer and has a spiral conductor track, or is produced in at least two metallization layers and has turns lying one above another, and

an interconnection of the first and second parallel resonators generates at least one pole for suppressing spurious frequency.

2. The duplexer according to claim 1 , wherein the substrate is realized as a mono-crystalline substrate having a first main area, at which the first series resonator and also the first and second parallel resonators are arranged.

3. The duplexer according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein the substrate is realized as a mono-crystalline semiconductor body, in particular silicon body, or as a monocrystalline insulator body, in particular quartz body.

4. The duplexer according to claim 1 , the substrate comprising:

at least one further series resonator, which is connected in series with the first series resonator; and

at least one further parallel resonator, which couples the first connection of the inductance to a connection of the further series resonator.

5. The duplexer according to claim 1 , the carrier comprising at least one insulation layer and at least two metallization layers.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 2, 2017
From: EPCOS AG
To: SNAPTRACK, INC.
Reel/Frame 041608/0145 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 26, 2013
From: MAURER, GERHARD; SCHMIDHAMMER, EDGAR, DR.
To: EPCOS AG
Reel/Frame 031085/0487 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2010 055 649 · Dec 22, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130335164A1 · Dec 19, 2013