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Granted Patent B2
US 9,520,858 · App. 14/475,724 · Granted Dec 13, 2016

Communication device

Inventors: Takashi Miyake (Nagaokakyo, JP); Koji Nosaka (Nagaokakyo, JP); Ryo Nakagawa (Nagaokakyo, JP); Haruki Kyouya (Nagaokakyo, JP)
Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
H03H9/725H03H9/0038H03H9/542H03H9/703H03H9/706H03H9/72H04L5/14H01Q1/50H03H9/14576H04B1/50H04B1/525
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Patent No.
US 9,520,858
App. No.
14/475,724
Granted
Dec 13, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A communication device is provided with a band elimination filter that has one end connected to an antenna terminal, and a first multiplexer that is connected to the other end of the band elimination filter. The band elimination filter is configured to eliminate signals of a frequency band that is different from the frequencies of signals transmitted and received in the first multiplexer, and is configured from a filter circuit that includes a bulk wave element.

Claims (27)

1. A communication device that is configured to perform transmission and reception at the same time in a plurality of frequency bands, the communication device comprising:

an antenna terminal connected to an antenna;

a band elimination filter including a first end connected to the antenna terminal and second end; and

a first multiplexer connected to the second end of the band elimination filter; wherein

the band elimination filter is configured to eliminate signals of a frequency band that is different from a frequency of signals transmitted and received in the first multiplexer, and the band elimination filter is configured from a filter circuit that includes a bulk wave element; and

the first multiplexer includes a filter circuit that includes an elastic wave element.

2. The communication device according to claim 1 , wherein the band elimination filter includes a plurality of serial arm resonators and a plurality of parallel arm resonators.

3. The communication device according to claim 2 , wherein the serial arm resonators and the parallel arm resonators are each configured from a bulk acoustic wave resonator.

4. The communication device according to claim 1 , wherein the band elimination filter includes a ladder circuit.

5. The communication device according to claim 1 , further comprising a second multiplexer that is connected to the antenna terminal and is configured to transmit and receive signals of a frequency band that is different from that of the first multiplexer.

6. The communication device according to claim 5 , wherein a stop frequency band of the band elimination filter includes at least a portion of a transmission band of the second multiplexer.

7. The communication device according to claim 6 , wherein the transmission band of the second multiplexer is included within the stop frequency band of the band elimination filter.

8. The communication device according to claim 1 , wherein the first multiplexer includes a first transmission filter and a first reception filter.

9. The communication device according to claim 8 , wherein the first transmission filter is connected to a first transmission terminal.

10. The communication device according to claim 8 , wherein the first reception filter is connected to first and second reception terminals.

11. The communication device according to claim 8 , wherein the first reception filter includes first, second and third 3-IDT longitudinally coupled resonator-type surface acoustic wave filters.

12. The communication device according to claim 11 , wherein input terminals of the first, second and third longitudinally coupled resonator-type surface acoustic wave filters are connected in common, and are connected to an unbalanced signal terminal via a 1-port-type surface acoustic wave resonator.

13. The communication device according to claim 11 , wherein the first, second and third longitudinally coupled resonator-type surface acoustic wave filters include first, second and third IDTs arranged in a propagation direction of surface acoustic waves and a plurality of reflectors.

14. The communication device according to claim 1 , wherein the bulk wave element includes a bulk wave resonator.

15. The communication device according to claim 14 , wherein the bulk wave element includes a piezoelectric layer and excitation electrodes provided on both surfaces of the piezoelectric layer.

16. A communication device that is configured to perform transmission and reception at the same time in a plurality of frequency bands, the communication device comprising:

an antenna terminal connected to an antenna;

a band elimination filter including a first end connected to the antenna terminal and second end; and

a first multiplexer connected to the second end of the band elimination filter; wherein

the band elimination filter is configured to eliminate signals of a frequency band that is different from a frequency of signal transmitted and received in the first multiplexer, and the band elimination filter is configured from a filter circuit that includes a bulk wave element;

the first multiplexer includes a first transmission filter and a reception filter; and

the first reception filter includes a balanced longitudinally coupled resonator-type surface acoustic wave filter.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 4, 2014
From: MIYAKE, TAKASHI; NOSAKA, KOJI; NAKAGAWA, RYO; KYOUYA, HARUKI
To: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 033664/0521 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-085578 · Apr 4, 2012 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2013052693 · Feb 6, 2013
Related Publication 20140368401A1 · Dec 18, 2014