Multiplexer
A multiplexer includes a common terminal, a first terminal, a second terminal, a first filter device including acoustic wave resonators including series resonators and parallel resonators, an inductor provided between an acoustic wave resonator and the first terminal, and a second filter device. The first filter device further includes a first ground terminal to which a parallel resonator is electrically connected, a second ground terminal to which the parallel resonators are electrically connected, and a wiring provided between the inductor and an acoustic wave resonator. In the first filter device, the wiring is electrically connected to the first ground terminal, and the first ground terminal is not connected to the second ground terminal.
1. A multiplexer comprising:
a common terminal, a first terminal, and a second terminal;
a first filter device including a plurality of acoustic wave resonators including one or more series resonators provided on a first path electrically connecting the common terminal and the first terminal, and two or more parallel resonators provided on one or more second paths electrically connecting the first path and a ground;
an inductor provided between an acoustic wave resonator closest to the first terminal among the plurality of acoustic wave resonators and the first terminal, on the first path; and
a second filter device provided on a third path electrically connecting the common terminal and the second terminal; wherein
the first filter device further includes:
a first ground terminal to which a first parallel resonator closest to the first terminal among the two or more parallel resonators is electrically connected, on the first path;
a second ground terminal to which a second parallel resonator different from the first parallel resonator among the two or more parallel resonators is electrically connected; and
a wiring provided between the inductor and the plurality of acoustic wave resonators when the first filter device is viewed in a plan view; and
in the first filter device, the wiring is electrically connected to the first ground terminal separately from the plurality of acoustic wave resonators, and the first ground terminal is not connected to the second ground terminal.
2. The multiplexer according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a multilayer substrate; wherein
the common terminal, the first terminal, and the second terminal are provided on the multilayer substrate; and
the first filter device, the inductor, and the second filter device are mounted on one main surface of the multilayer substrate.
3. The multiplexer according to claim 2 , wherein
the first filter device includes a substrate having piezoelectricity; and
the wiring and the first ground terminal are provided on one main surface of the substrate.
4. The multiplexer according to claim 2 , wherein, between the first filter device and the inductor, another electronic component different from the first filter device and the inductor is not mounted, and the first filter device and the inductor are adjacent to each other.
5. The multiplexer according to claim 1 , wherein the inductor is electrically connected between a power amplifier electrically connected to the first terminal and the first filter device.
6. The multiplexer according to claim 5 , wherein a radio frequency integrated circuit is electrically connected to an input terminal of the power amplifier.
7. The multiplexer according to claim 5 , wherein the inductor matches or substantially matches an impedance of the first filter device and an impedance of the power amplifier.
8. The multiplexer according to claim 1 , wherein
an acoustic wave resonator closest to the first terminal is a first series resonator closest to the first terminal among the one or more series resonators; and
the wiring is provided between the inductor and the first series resonator when the first filter device is viewed in a plan view.
9. The multiplexer according to claim 1 , wherein the wiring intersects with a straight line connecting the inductor and the plurality of acoustic wave resonators when the first filter device is viewed in a plan view.
10. The multiplexer according to claim 1 , wherein the inductor is a chip inductor or a wire-wound inductor.
11. The multiplexer according to claim 1 , wherein
each of the first filter device and the inductor has a rectangular or substantially rectangular shape when viewed in a plan view; and
a long side of the inductor is parallel or substantially parallel to a long side or a short side of the first filter device.
12. The multiplexer according to claim 1 , wherein the first filter device is a transmission filter, and the second filter device is a reception filter.
13. The multiplexer according to claim 1 , wherein an output terminal of a first amplifier is electrically connected to the first terminal and an input terminal of a second amplifier is electrically connected to the second terminal.
14. The multiplexer according to claim 1 , wherein the second filter is electrically connected in series with a second inductor on the third path.
15. The multiplexer according to claim 1 , wherein the first filter device is a ladder transmission filter.
16. The multiplexer according to claim 1 , wherein the second filter device is a ladder reception filter.
17. The multiplexer according to claim 1 , wherein the second filter device includes an acoustic wave resonator including a plurality of series resonators and a plurality of parallel resonators.
18. The multiplexer according to claim 1 , wherein each of the one or more series resonators and the two or more parallel resonators of the first filter device is defined by an interdigital transducer (IDT) electrode.