High frequency filter, multiplexer, high frequency front-end circuit, and communication device
A high frequency filter includes series arm resonators and parallel arm resonators as acoustic wave resonators and at least one inductor, wherein capacitive components of the acoustic wave resonators constitute an LPF and an HPF as hybrid filters with an inductor or with an inductor and a capacitor, and the at least one inductor includes inductors as mount component inductors.
1. A high frequency filter comprising,
an acoustic wave resonator;
at least one inductor; and
a hybrid filter comprising a capacitive component of the acoustic wave resonator and a first of the inductor, wherein:
the at least one inductor comprises a plurality of mount component inductors,
the plurality of mount component inductors comprises at least two mount component inductors having axes passing through the center of windings constituting the inductors are orthogonal, and
the direction of the magnetic flux of a first inductor of the plurality of mount component inductors is orthogonal to the direction of the magnetic flux of a second inductor of the plurality of mount component inductors.
2. The high-frequency filter according to claim 1 , wherein:
the axis of at least one of the plurality of mount component inductors is parallel to a principal surface of a substrate on which the at least one of the plurality of mount component inductors is mounted.
3. The high-frequency filter according to claim 2 , wherein:
the axis of at least one of the plurality of mount component inductors is orthogonal to the principal surface of the substrate on which the at least one of the plurality of mount component inductors is mounted.
4. The high frequency filter according to claim 1 , further comprising an LC resonant circuit comprising a capacitor and a second of the inductors, wherein the second of the inductors comprises the plurality of mount component inductors.
5. The high-frequency filter according to claim 4 , wherein:
the first inductor is a mounting component, and
the capacitor is arranged between the first inductor and the second inductor and adjacent to the first inductor and the second inductor when a principal surface of the substrate is viewed in plan.
6. The high frequency filter according to claim 1 , wherein
a stopband of the high frequency filter comprises a frequency of a first attenuation pole formed by the acoustic wave resonator and a frequency of a second attenuation pole formed by the plurality of mount component inductors, and
the frequency of the first attenuation pole is closer to a passband of the high frequency filter than the frequency of the second attenuation pole.
7. The high frequency filter according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one of the plurality of mount component inductors is a multilayer type inductor, a wire-wound type inductor, or an integrated passive device.
8. The high frequency filter according to claim 1 , wherein the hybrid filter is a high pass filter or a lowpass filter.
9. The high frequency filter according to claim 1 , wherein:
the acoustic wave resonator is a series arm resonator in a ladder circuit, and
the first of the inductors is connected in parallel to the acoustic wave resonator.
10. A multiplexer comprising:
a plurality of filters comprising at least one high frequency filter according to claim 1 ,
wherein a common terminal of the multiplexer is connected to an input terminal or an output terminal of each of the plurality of filters.
11. A high frequency front-end circuit comprising:
the multiplexer according to claim 10 , and
a switch connected to the multiplexer.
12. A high frequency front-end circuit comprising:
the multiplexer according to claim 10 , and
an amplifier circuit connected to the multiplexer.
13. A communication device comprising:
a radio frequency (RF) signal processing circuit configured to process a high frequency signal received by or to be transmitted from an antenna, and
the high frequency front-end circuit according to claim 11 , the high frequency front-end circuit being configured to send the high frequency signal between the antenna and the RF signal processing circuit.
14. A communication device comprising:
a radio frequency (RF) signal processing circuit configured to process a high frequency signal received by or to be transmitted from an antenna, and
the high frequency front-end circuit according to claim 12 , the high frequency front-end circuit being configured to send the high frequency signal between the antenna and the RF signal processing circuit.