Acoustic wave filter
An acoustic wave filter includes: a plurality of first series resonators connected in series between a first port and a second port; a plurality of shunt resonators, each shunt resonators being connected between a different node disposed between the first port and the second port and the ground; at least one second series resonator connected in parallel to at least one of the first series resonators; and an inductor connected between one of the shunt resonators and the ground. A resonant frequency of the shunt resonator connected to the inductor is the same as a resonant frequency of at least one of the plurality of first series resonators.
1. An acoustic wave filter comprising:
a plurality of first series resonators connected in series between a first port and a second port;
a plurality of shunt resonators, each shunt resonators being connected between a different node disposed between the first port and the second port and the ground;
at least one second series resonator connected in parallel to at least one of the first series resonators; and
an inductor connected between one of the shunt resonators and the ground,
wherein a resonant frequency of the at least one second series resonator and a resonant frequency of at least one of the first series resonators are set so that an active area of the at least one second series resonator and an active area of the at least one of the first series resonators do not overlap, the active area representing an area between a resonance point and an anti-resonance point of a corresponding resonator,
wherein a resonant frequency of the shunt resonator connected to the inductor is the same as a resonant frequency of at least one of the plurality of first series resonators.
2. The acoustic wave filter of claim 1 , wherein
a resonant frequency of the at least one second series resonator is smaller than a resonant frequency of at least one of the first series resonators.
3. The acoustic wave filter of claim 1 , wherein
a resonant frequency of the at least one second series resonator is the same as a resonant frequency of at least one of the shunt resonators except for the shunt resonator connected to the inductor.
4. The acoustic wave filter of claim 1 , wherein
a resonant frequency of the shunt resonator connected to the inductor is larger than a resonant frequency of at least one of the shunt resonators except for the shunt resonator connected to the inductor.
5. The acoustic wave filter of claim 1 , wherein
the at least one second series resonator includes two second series resonators, and each of the second series resonators is connected to a different first series resonators among the first series resonators.
6. An acoustic wave filter comprising:
a second series resonator connected in parallel to one series resonator of a plurality of first series resonators connected in series between a first port and a second port; and
an inductor connected between the ground and a first shunt resonator among a plurality of shunt resonators connected between a plurality of nodes between the first port and the second port and the ground,
wherein a resonant frequency of the second series resonator and a resonant frequency of the one series resonator are set so that an active area of the second series resonator and an active area of the one series resonator do not overlap, the active area representing an area between a resonance point and an anti-resonance point of a corresponding resonator, and
wherein a resonant frequency of the second series resonator is the same as a resonant frequency of at least one of the shunt resonators except for the first shunt resonator.
7. The acoustic wave filter of claim 6 , wherein
a resonant frequency of the first shunt resonator is the same as a resonant frequency of the one first series resonator connected to the second series resonator.
8. The acoustic wave filter of claim 6 , wherein
the resonant frequency of the second series resonator is smaller than a resonant frequency of one first series resonator connected to the second series resonator.
9. The acoustic wave filter of claim 6 , wherein
a resonant frequency of the first shunt resonator is larger than a resonant frequency of at least one of the shunt resonators except for the first shunt resonator.
10. The acoustic wave filter of claim 6 , further comprising
a third series resonator connected in parallel to another one of the plurality of first series resonators,
wherein a resonant frequency of the third series resonator is the same as a resonant frequency of at least one of the shunt resonators except for the first shunt resonator.