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US 10,461,718 · App. 15/416,263 · Granted Oct 29, 2019

Acoustic wave resonator, filter, and multiplexer

Inventors: Hidetaro Nakazawa (Tokyo, JP); Masafumi Iwaki (Tokyo, JP); Tabito Tanaka (Tokyo, JP); Takashi Matsuda (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
H03H9/1457H03H9/14532H03H9/25H03H9/64H03H9/725
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Patent No.
US 10,461,718
App. No.
15/416,263
Granted
Oct 29, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An acoustic wave resonator includes: a piezoelectric substrate; and an IDT that is located on the piezoelectric substrate and includes first regions and second regions alternately arranged in an extension direction of electrode fingers, which excite an acoustic wave, in an overlap region in which the electrode fingers overlap, at least one electrode finger of the electrode fingers in the second regions having a different width from the at least one electrode finger in the first regions, a width of an outer second region of the second regions in the extension direction differs from a width of an inner second region of the second regions.

Claims (31)

1. An acoustic wave resonator comprising:

a piezoelectric substrate; and

an IDT that is located on the piezoelectric substrate and includes first regions and second regions alternately arranged in an extension direction of electrode fingers, which excite an acoustic wave, in an overlap region in which the electrode fingers overlap, at least one electrode finger of the electrode fingers in the second regions having a different width from the at least one electrode finger in the first regions, a width of an outer second region of the second regions in the extension direction differing from a width of an inner second region of the second regions,

wherein a width of an outermost first region of the first regions in the overlap region in the extension direction is less than a width of an inner first region of the first regions in the extension direction.

2. The acoustic wave resonator according to claim 1 , wherein

the at least one electrode finger in the second regions is wider than the at least one electrode finger in the first regions, and

the width of the outer second region in the extension direction is wider than the width of the inner second region in the extension direction.

3. The acoustic wave resonator according to claim 1 , wherein

outermost regions in the overlap region are the first regions.

4. A filter comprising:

the acoustic wave resonator according to claim 1 .

5. A multiplexer comprising:

a filter according to claim 4 .

6. An acoustic wave resonator comprising:

a piezoelectric substrate; and

an IDT that is located on the piezoelectric substrate and includes first regions and second regions alternately arranged in an extension direction of electrode fingers, which excite an acoustic wave, in an overlap region in which the electrode fingers overlap, at least one electrode finger of the electrode fingers in the second regions having a different width from the at least one electrode finger in the first regions, the at least one electrode finger in an outer second region of the second regions having a different width from the at least one electrode finger in an inner second region of the second regions,

wherein a width of an outermost first region of the first regions in the overlap region in the extension direction is less than a width of an inner first region of the first regions in the extension direction.

7. The acoustic wave resonator according to claim 6 , wherein

the at least one electrode finger in the second regions is wider than the at least one electrode finger in the first regions, and

the at least one electrode finger in the outer second region is wider than the at least one electrode finger in the inner second region.

8. The acoustic wave resonator according to claim 6 , wherein

outermost regions in the overlap region are the first regions.

9. An acoustic wave resonator comprising:

a piezoelectric substrate; and

an IDT that is located on the piezoelectric substrate and includes first regions and second regions alternately arranged in an extension direction of electrode fingers, which excite an acoustic wave, in an overlap region in which the electrode fingers overlap, an acoustic velocity of the acoustic wave in the second regions differing from an acoustic velocity of the acoustic wave in the first regions, a width of an outer second region of the second regions in the extension direction differing from a width of an inner second region of the second regions in the extension direction,

wherein a width of an outermost first region of the first regions in the overlap region in the extension direction is less than a width of an inner first region of the first regions in the extension direction.

10. The acoustic wave resonator according to claim 9 , wherein

the acoustic velocity of the acoustic wave in the second regions is less than the acoustic velocity of the acoustic wave in the first regions, and

the width of the outer second region in the extension direction is greater than the width of the inner second region in the extension direction.

11. The acoustic wave resonator according to claim 9 , wherein

outermost regions in the overlap region are the first regions.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 26, 2017
From: NAKAZAWA, HIDETARO; IWAKI, MASAFUMI; TANAKA, TABITO; MATSUDA, TAKASHI
To: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 041096/0082 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-048494 · Mar 11, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170264262A1 · Sep 14, 2017
Cited By (1)
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