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US 11,362,642 · App. 16/703,932 · Granted Jun 14, 2022

Acoustic wave filter device, composite filter device, and multiplexer

Inventor: Hiroshi Muranaka (Nagaokakyo, JP)
Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
H03H9/6483H03H9/02637H03H9/145H03H9/25H03H9/72
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Patent No.
US 11,362,642
App. No.
16/703,932
Granted
Jun 14, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An acoustic wave filter device includes a longitudinally coupled resonator acoustic wave filter on a series arm that connects an input terminal and an output terminal, first and second parallel arm resonators on first and second parallel arms that connect the series arm and a ground potential, an input-side ground port of the longitudinally coupled resonator acoustic wave filter and a ground port of at least one of the first and second parallel arm resonators are connected in common, an output-side ground port of the longitudinally coupled resonator acoustic wave filter and a ground port of at least another of the first and second parallel arm resonators are connected in common, and an electrostatic capacitance of the first parallel arm resonator is different from an electrostatic capacitance of the second parallel arm resonator.

Claims (43)

1. An acoustic wave filter device comprising:

a series arm connecting an input terminal and an output terminal;

a plurality of parallel arms connected between the series arm and a ground potential;

a longitudinally coupled resonator acoustic wave filter on the series arm, the longitudinally coupled resonator acoustic wave filter including an input port to which a signal is input, an output port from which a signal is output, an input-side ground port connected to the ground potential, and an output-side ground port connected to the ground potential; and

a first parallel arm resonator on a first parallel arm and a second parallel arm resonator on a second parallel arm, the first parallel arm and the second parallel arm being included in the plurality of parallel arms; wherein

in a first common connection, the input-side ground port of the longitudinally coupled resonator acoustic wave filter and a ground port of at least one of the first and second parallel arm resonators are connected in common;

in a second common connection separate from the first common connection, the output-side ground port of the longitudinally coupled resonator acoustic wave filter and a ground port of at least another one of the first and second parallel arm resonators are connected in common; and

an electrostatic capacitance of the first parallel arm resonator is different from an electrostatic capacitance of the second parallel arm resonator.

2. The acoustic wave filter device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a series arm resonator on the series arm; wherein

the series arm resonator and at least one of the first and second parallel arm resonators define a ladder filter.

3. The acoustic wave filter device according to claim 1 , wherein the input-side ground port and the output-side ground port of the longitudinally coupled resonator acoustic wave filter are connected in common.

4. The acoustic wave filter device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a piezoelectric substrate on which the longitudinally coupled resonator acoustic wave filter and the first and second parallel arm resonators are provided; wherein

first and second lead wires are provided on the piezoelectric substrate and connected to ground potential-side end portions of the first and second parallel arm resonators, respectively.

5. The acoustic wave filter device according to claim 4 , wherein a first inductance including an inductance of the first lead wire between the ground potential-side end portion of the first parallel arm resonator and the ground potential is different from a second inductance including an inductance of the second lead wire between the ground potential-side end portion of the second parallel arm resonator and the ground potential.

6. The acoustic wave filter device according to claim 1 , wherein the acoustic wave filter device is a reception filter having a pass band of about 791 MHz to about 821 MHz.

7. The acoustic wave filter device according to claim 1 , wherein the longitudinally coupled resonator acoustic wave filter includes first to fifth interdigital transducer electrodes and reflectors.

8. A composite filter device comprising:

a plurality of filter devices, one-end portions of which are connected in common to a common terminal; wherein

at least one of the plurality of filter devices is defined by the acoustic wave filter device according to claim 1 .

9. The composite filter device according to claim 8 , further comprising:

a series arm resonator on the series arm; wherein

the series arm resonator and at least one of the first and second parallel arm resonators define a ladder filter.

10. The composite filter device according to claim 8 , wherein the input-side ground port and the output-side ground port of the longitudinally coupled resonator acoustic wave filter are connected in common.

11. The composite filter device according to claim 8 , further comprising:

a piezoelectric substrate on which the longitudinally coupled resonator acoustic wave filter and the first and second parallel arm resonators are provided; wherein

first and second lead wires are provided on the piezoelectric substrate and connected to ground potential-side end portions of the first and second parallel arm resonators, respectively.

12. The composite filter device according to claim 11 , wherein a first inductance including an inductance of the first lead wire between the ground potential-side end portion of the first parallel arm resonator and the ground potential is different from a second inductance including an inductance of the second lead wire between the ground potential-side end portion of the second parallel arm resonator and the ground potential.

13. The composite filter device according to claim 8 , wherein at least one of the plurality of filter devices is a reception filter having a pass band of about 791 MHz to about 821 MHz.

14. The composite filter device according to claim 8 , wherein the longitudinally coupled resonator acoustic wave filter includes first to fifth interdigital transducer electrodes and reflectors.

15. A multiplexer comprising:

a plurality of band pass filters with different pass bands, one-end portions of the plurality of band pass filters being connected in common; wherein

at least one of the plurality of band pass filters is defined by the acoustic wave filter device according to claim 1 .

16. The multiplexer according to claim 15 , further comprising:

a series arm resonator on the series arm; wherein

the series arm resonator and at least one of the first and second parallel arm resonators define a ladder filter.

17. The multiplexer according to claim 15 , wherein the input-side ground port and the output-side ground port of the longitudinally coupled resonator acoustic wave filter are connected in common.

18. The multiplexer according to claim 15 , further comprising:

a piezoelectric substrate on which the longitudinally coupled resonator acoustic wave filter and the first and second parallel arm resonators are provided; wherein

first and second lead wires are provided on the piezoelectric substrate and connected to ground potential-side end portions of the first and second parallel arm resonators, respectively.

19. The multiplexer according to claim 18 , wherein a first inductance including an inductance of the first lead wire between the ground potential-side end portion of the first parallel arm resonator and the ground potential is different from a second inductance including an inductance of the second lead wire between the ground potential-side end portion of the second parallel arm resonator and the ground potential.

20. The multiplexer according to claim 15 , wherein the longitudinally coupled resonator acoustic wave filter includes first to fifth interdigital transducer electrodes and reflectors.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 5, 2019
From: MURANAKA, HIROSHI
To: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-120411 · Jun 20, 2017 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2018022521 · Jun 13, 2018
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