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US 12,537,509 · App. 18/102,860 · Granted Jan 27, 2026

Acoustic wave filter and multiplexer

Inventor: Shunsuke Nakata (Nagaokakyo, JP)
Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
H03H9/54H03H9/205H03H9/70
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Patent No.
US 12,537,509
App. No.
18/102,860
Granted
Jan 27, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An acoustic wave filter includes a first input terminal and a first output terminal, and a longitudinally coupled resonator coupled between the first input terminal and the first output terminal. The longitudinally coupled resonator includes one or more input-side resonators coupled to the first input terminal and one or more output-side resonators coupled to the first output terminal. A total electrostatic capacitance of the one or more input-side resonators is less than a total electrostatic capacitance of the one or more output-side resonators.

Claims (66)

1 . An acoustic wave filter comprising:

a first input terminal and a first output terminal; and

a longitudinally coupled resonator coupled in series in a path between the first input terminal and the first output terminal; wherein

the path is the only path connecting the first input terminal to the first output terminal;

the longitudinally coupled resonator includes one or more input-side resonators coupled to the first input terminal and one or more output-side resonators coupled to the first output terminal; and

a total electrostatic capacitance of the one or more input-side resonators is less than a total electrostatic capacitance of the one or more output-side resonators.

2 . The acoustic wave filter according to claim 1 , wherein an electrostatic capacitance of each of the one or more input-side resonators is less than an electrostatic capacitance of each of the one or more output-side resonators.

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

an impedance of the longitudinally coupled resonator at a high-frequency end of a pass band of the acoustic wave filter when the longitudinally coupled resonator is viewed from a first input terminal side is in a first quadrant of a Smith chart; and

an impedance of the longitudinally coupled resonator at a low-frequency end of the pass band of the acoustic wave filter when the longitudinally coupled resonator is viewed from the first input terminal side is in a fourth quadrant of the Smith chart.

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

a series arm resonator provided in a path connecting the first input terminal and the longitudinally coupled resonator; wherein

a resonant frequency of the series arm resonator is within a pass band of the acoustic wave filter.

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

a parallel arm resonator coupled between ground and a node in a path connecting the first input terminal and the longitudinally coupled resonator; wherein

an anti-resonant frequency of the parallel arm resonator is within a pass band of the acoustic wave filter.

6 . A multiplexer comprising:

a common terminal;

the acoustic wave filter according to claim 1 ; and

one or more filters each including an input terminal and an output terminal; wherein

the first input terminal and the input terminal or the output terminal of each of the one or more filters are coupled to the common terminal.

7 . The multiplexer according to claim 6 , wherein a pass band of the acoustic wave filter and a pass band of each of the one or more filters are included in a range of about 1.4 GHz to about 2.7 GHz.

8 . The multiplexer according to claim 7 , wherein

the one or more filters include a first filter, a second filter, and a third filter;

the pass band of the acoustic wave filter is from about 1.452 GHz to about 1.496 GHZ;

the pass band of the first filter is from about 1.805 GHz to about 1.880 GHz;

the pass band of the second filter is from about 2.110 GHz to about 2.170 GHz; and

the pass band of the third filter is from about 2.620 GHz to about 2.690 GHz.

9 . The multiplexer according to claim 6 , wherein an electrostatic capacitance of each of the one or more input-side resonators is less than an electrostatic capacitance of each of the one or more output-side resonators.

10 . The multiplexer according to claim 6 , wherein

an impedance of the longitudinally coupled resonator at a high-frequency end of a pass band of the acoustic wave filter when the longitudinally coupled resonator is viewed from a first input terminal side is in a first quadrant of a Smith chart; and

an impedance of the longitudinally coupled resonator at a low-frequency end of the pass band of the acoustic wave filter when the longitudinally coupled resonator is viewed from the first input terminal side is in a fourth quadrant of the Smith chart.

11 . The multiplexer according to claim 6 , further comprising:

a series arm resonator provided in a path connecting the first input terminal and the longitudinally coupled resonator; wherein

a resonant frequency of the series arm resonator is within a pass band of the acoustic wave filter.

12 . The multiplexer according to claim 6 , further comprising:

a parallel arm resonator coupled between ground and a node in a path connecting the first input terminal and the longitudinally coupled resonator; wherein

an anti-resonant frequency of the parallel arm resonator is within a pass band of the acoustic wave filter.

13 . An acoustic wave filter comprising:

a first input terminal and a first output terminal; and

a longitudinally coupled resonator coupled between the first input terminal and the first output terminal; wherein

the longitudinally coupled resonator includes one or more input-side resonators coupled to the first input terminal and one or more output-side resonators coupled to the first output terminal;

the one or more input-side resonators and the one or more output-side resonators each include an interdigital transducer (IDT) electrode including a plurality of electrode fingers; and

a total of a product of a number of pairs of the plurality of electrode fingers of the IDT electrode and an overlap width of the plurality of electrode fingers of the individual one or more input-side resonators is smaller than a total of a product of a number of pairs of the plurality of electrode fingers of the IDT electrode and an overlap width of the plurality of electrode fingers of the individual one or more output-side resonators.

14 . The acoustic wave filter according to claim 13 , wherein the product of the number of pairs of the plurality of electrode fingers of the IDT electrode and the overlap width of the plurality of electrode fingers of each of the one or more input-side resonators is smaller than the product of the number of pairs of the plurality of electrode fingers of the IDT electrode and the overlap width of the plurality of electrode fingers of each of the one or more output-side resonators.

15 . The acoustic wave filter according to claim 13 , wherein

an impedance of the longitudinally coupled resonator at a high-frequency end of a pass band of the acoustic wave filter when the longitudinally coupled resonator is viewed from a first input terminal side is in a first quadrant of a Smith chart; and

an impedance of the longitudinally coupled resonator at a low-frequency end of the pass band of the acoustic wave filter when the longitudinally coupled resonator is viewed from the first input terminal side is in a fourth quadrant of the Smith chart.

16 . The acoustic wave filter according to claim 13 , further comprising:

a series arm resonator provided in a path connecting the first input terminal and the longitudinally coupled resonator; wherein

a resonant frequency of the series arm resonator is within a pass band of the acoustic wave filter.

17 . The acoustic wave filter according to claim 13 , further comprising:

a parallel arm resonator coupled between ground and a node in a path connecting the first input terminal and the longitudinally coupled resonator; wherein

an anti-resonant frequency of the parallel arm resonator is within a pass band of the acoustic wave filter.

18 . A multiplexer comprising:

a common terminal;

the acoustic wave filter according to claim 13 ; and

one or more filters each including an input terminal and an output terminal; wherein

the first input terminal and the input terminal or the output terminal of each of the one or more filters are coupled to the common terminal.

19 . The multiplexer according to claim 18 , wherein a pass band of the acoustic wave filter and a pass band of each of the one or more filters are included in a range of about 1.4 GHz to about 2.7 GHZ.

20 . The multiplexer according to claim 19 , wherein

the one or more filters include a first filter, a second filter, and a third filter;

the pass band of the acoustic wave filter is from about 1.452 GHz to about 1.496 GHz;

the pass band of the first filter is from about 1.805 GHz to about 1.880 GHz;

the pass band of the second filter is from about 2.110 GHz to about 2.170 GHz; and

the pass band of the third filter is from about 2.620 GHz to about 2.690 GHz.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 7, 2023
From: NAKATA, SHUNSUKE
To: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-130840 · Jul 31, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2021026760 · Jul 16, 2021
Related Publication 20230179173A1 · Jun 8, 2023
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