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Granted Patent B2
US 12,289,095 · App. 17/327,117 · Granted Apr 29, 2025

Filter system including resonator

Inventors: Sungchan Kang (Hwaseong-si, KR); Cheheung Kim (Yongin-si, KR); Sangha Park (Seoul, KR); Yongseop Yoon (Seoul, KR); Choongho Rhee (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
H03H9/54G01H11/08H03H9/13H03H9/24H04R17/02H04R17/10H04R25/00H04R2499/13H04R2499/15
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Patent No.
US 12,289,095
App. No.
17/327,117
Granted
Apr 29, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A filter system includes a first resonator having a first resonant frequency, and a second resonator having a second resonant frequency different from the first resonant frequency, and electrically connected to the first resonator. A first response characteristic of the first resonator and a second response characteristic of the second resonator with respect to a frequency include a first section in which a first phase of the first resonator is equal to a second phase of the second resonator, and a second section in which the first phase is different from the second phase by 180 degrees. A first electrode of the first resonator is reversely connected to a second electrode of the second resonator.

Claims (39)

1. A filter system comprising:

a first resonator group; and

a second resonator group,

wherein the first resonator group comprises:

a first resonator having a first resonant frequency, and

a second resonator having a second resonant frequency different from the first resonant frequency,

wherein the second resonator group comprises:

a third resonator having a third resonant frequency different from the first and second resonant frequencies, and

a fourth resonator having a fourth resonant frequency different from the first, second, and third resonant frequencies, and

wherein a first length difference between the first resonator and the second resonator is less than a second length difference between the second resonator and the third resonator, and a third length difference between the third resonator and the fourth resonator is less than the second length difference between the second resonator and the third resonator,

wherein the first resonator group and the second resonator group are directly adjacent to each other, and

wherein the second resonator and the third resonator are directly adjacent to each other.

2. The filter system of claim 1 , wherein a first response characteristic of the first resonator and a second response characteristic of the second resonator with respect to a frequency comprise a first section in which a first phase of the first resonator is equal to a second phase of the second resonator, and a second section in which the first phase is different from the second phase by 180 degrees.

3. The filter system of claim 2 , wherein the first section is a frequency region less than the first resonant frequency or greater than the second resonant frequency.

4. The filter system of claim 3 , wherein, in the first section, a response characteristic of the filter system with respect to the frequency is reduced as much as a difference between a first value of the first response characteristic and a second value of the second response characteristic with respect to the frequency.

5. The filter system of claim 2 , wherein the second section is a frequency region between the first resonant frequency and the second resonant frequency.

6. The filter system of claim 5 , wherein, in the second section, a response characteristic of the filter system with respect to the frequency, according to a sum of a first value of the first response characteristic and a second value of the second response characteristic with respect to the frequency, is maintained constant.

7. The filter system of claim 2 , wherein a third response characteristic of the third resonator and a fourth response characteristic of the fourth resonator with respect to a frequency comprise the first section in which the first phase of the first resonator is equal to the second phase of the second resonator, and the second section in which the first phase is different from the second phase by 180 degrees.

8. The filter system of claim 1 , wherein the first resonator comprises a first sensor unit, the second resonator comprises a second sensor unit, the third resonator comprises a third sensor unit, and the fourth resonator comprises a fourth sensor unit.

9. The filter system of claim 8 , wherein the first sensor unit comprises a first lower electrode, a first piezo-material layer, and a first upper electrode,

the second sensor unit comprises a second lower electrode, a second piezo-material layer, and a second upper electrode, and

the first upper electrode is electrically connected to the second lower electrode.

10. The filter system of claim 8 , wherein the first sensor unit comprises a first lower electrode, a first piezo-material layer, and a first upper electrode,

the second sensor unit comprises a second lower electrode, a second piezo-material layer, and a second upper electrode, and

the first lower electrode is electrically connected to the second upper electrode.

11. The filter system of claim 8 , wherein the third sensor unit comprises a third lower electrode, a third piezo-material layer, and a third upper electrode,

the fourth sensor unit comprises a fourth lower electrode, a fourth piezo-material layer, and a fourth upper electrode, and

the third upper electrode is electrically connected to the fourth lower electrode.

12. The filter system of claim 8 , wherein the third sensor unit comprises a third lower electrode, a third piezo-material layer, and a third upper electrode,

the fourth sensor unit comprises a fourth lower electrode, a fourth piezo-material layer, and a fourth upper electrode, and

the third lower electrode is electrically connected to the fourth upper electrode.

13. The filter system of claim 8 , further comprising a fixing unit,

wherein the first resonator further comprises a first supporting unit extending from the fixing unit, the first supporting unit having a first side on which the first sensor unit is disposed,

wherein the second resonator further comprises a second supporting unit extending from the fixing unit, the second supporting unit having a second side on which the second sensor unit is disposed,

wherein the third resonator further comprises a third supporting unit extending from the fixing unit, the third supporting unit having a third side on which the third sensor unit is disposed, and

wherein the fourth resonator further comprises a fourth supporting unit extending from the fixing unit, the fourth supporting unit having a fourth side on which the fourth sensor unit is disposed.

14. The filter system of claim 13 , wherein the first supporting unit has a first length different from a second length of the second supporting unit, and the third supporting unit has a third length different from a fourth length of the fourth supporting unit.

15. The filter system of claim 1 , wherein the first resonator comprises a first mass unit provided on a first side of a first supporting unit, and

the second resonator comprises a second mass unit provided on a first side of a second supporting unit.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2016-0128569 · Oct 5, 2016 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16597069 · Oct 9, 2019
Continuation 15643778 · Jul 7, 2017
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