Multiplexer and module

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10069476-B2
Application number	US-201615168554-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 31, 2016
Priority date	Sep 2, 2015
Publication date	Sep 4, 2018
Grant date	Sep 4, 2018

Abstract

A multiplexer includes: one or more transmit filters that are connected between an antenna terminal and one or more transmit terminals; one or more receive filters that are connected between the antenna terminal and one or more receive terminals; and a circuit that includes a longitudinally coupled acoustic wave filter and is connected in parallel to one or more series resonators of a first filter that is one of the one or more transmit filters and the one or more receive filters and includes the one or more series resonators and one or more parallel resonators each formed of a piezoelectric thin film resonator, wherein the longitudinally coupled acoustic wave filter is formed of IDTs formed on a chip of a second filter that is another one of the one or more transmit filters and the one or more receive filters and formed of a surface acoustic wave resonator.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A multiplexer comprising:
one or more transmit filters that are connected between an antenna terminal and one or more transmit terminals;
one or more receive filters that are connected between the antenna terminal and one or more receive terminals; and
a circuit that includes a longitudinally coupled acoustic wave filter and is connected in parallel to one or more series resonators of a first filter, the first filter being one of the one or more transmit filters and the one or more receive filters and including said one or more series resonators and one or more parallel resonators each formed of a piezoelectric thin film resonator,
wherein the longitudinally coupled acoustic wave filter is formed of interdigital transducers (IDTs) that is formed on a chip of a second filter that is another one of the one or more transmit filters and the one or more receive filters and that is formed of one or more surface acoustic wave resonators, and
wherein the circuit is not connected in parallel to the second filter.

2. The multiplexer according to claim 1 , wherein
a chip of the first filter and the chip of the second filter are mounted on a package substrate to be next to each other, and
the circuit is connected in parallel to the one or more series resonators of the first filter through a wiring line located on the package substrate.

3. The multiplexer according to claim 1 , wherein
the circuit includes a capacitor connected in series to the longitudinally coupled acoustic wave filter at at least one of an input side and an output side of the longitudinally coupled acoustic wave filter, and
the capacitor is formed of a comb-shaped electrode located on the chip of the second filter.

4. The multiplexer according to claim 1 , wherein:
the circuit includes a capacitor connected in series to the longitudinally coupled acoustic wave filter at at least one of an input side and an output side of the longitudinally coupled acoustic wave filter, and
the capacitor has a structure in which a dielectric film is sandwiched between a lower wiring line and an upper wiring line.

5. The multiplexer according to claim 4 , wherein
the capacitor is located on the chip of the second filter, and
the lower wiring line and the upper wiring line are made of a same material and have a same film thickness as the IDTs of the longitudinally coupled acoustic wave filter.

6. The multiplexer according to claim 4 , wherein
the capacitor is located on a chip of the first filter, and
the lower wiring line, the dielectric film, and the upper wiring line are respectively made of a same material and respectively have a same film thickness as a lower electrode, a piezoelectric film, and an upper electrode of the piezoelectric thin film resonator.

7. The multiplexer according to claim 1 , wherein
the circuit includes a capacitor connected in series to the longitudinally coupled acoustic wave filter at at least one of an input side and an output side of the longitudinally coupled acoustic wave filter, and
the capacitor is located on a package substrate on which the one or more transmit filters and the one or more receive filters are mounted.

8. The multiplexer according to claim 1 , wherein
the circuit is connected to a first node and a second node to be connected in parallel to the one or more series resonators of the first filter, and
one of the IDTs of the longitudinally coupled acoustic wave filter is coupled to the first node, and another one of the IDTs of the longitudinally coupled acoustic wave filter is coupled to the second node.

9. A module comprising:
a multiplexer comprising:
one or more transmit filters that are connected between an antenna terminal and one or more transmit terminals;
one or more receive filters that are connected between the antenna terminal and one or more receive terminals; and
a circuit that includes a longitudinally coupled acoustic wave filter and is connected in parallel to one or more series resonators of a first filter, the first filter being one of the one or more transmit filters and the one or more receive filters and including said one or more series resonators and one or more parallel resonators each formed of a piezoelectric thin film resonator
wherein the longitudinally coupled acoustic wave filter is formed of interdigital transducers (IDTs) formed on a chip of a second filter that is another one of the one or more transmit filters and the one or more receive filters and that is formed of one or more surface acoustic wave resonators, and
wherein the circuit is not connected in parallel to the second filter.

10. A multiplexer comprising:
one or more transmit filters that are connected between an antenna terminal and one or more transmit terminals;
one or more receive filters that are connected between the antenna terminal and one or more receive terminals; and
a circuit that includes a longitudinally coupled acoustic wave filter and is connected in parallel to one or more series resonators of a first filter, the first filter being one of the one or more transmit filters and the one or more receive filters and including said one or more series resonators and one or more parallel resonators each formed of a piezoelectric thin film resonator,
wherein:
the longitudinally coupled acoustic wave filter is formed of interdigital transducers (IDTs) formed on a chip of a second filter that is another one of the one or more transmit filters and the one or more receive filters and that is formed of one or more surface acoustic wave resonators,
the circuit includes a capacitor connected in series to the longitudinally coupled acoustic wave filter at at least one of an input side and an output side of the longitudinally coupled acoustic wave filter, and
the capacitor has a structure in which a dielectric film is sandwiched between a lower wiring line and an upper wiring line.

11. The multiplexer according to claim 10 , wherein:
the capacitor is located on the chip of the second filter, and
the lower wiring line and the upper wiring line are made of a same material and have a same film thickness as the IDTs of the longitudinally coupled acoustic wave filter.

12. The multiplexer according to claim 10 , wherein:
the capacitor is located on a chip of the first filter, and
the lower wiring line, the dielectric film, and the upper wiring line are respectively made of a same material and respectively have a same film thickness as a lower electrode, a piezoelectric film, and an upper electrode of the piezoelectric thin film resonator.

13. A multiplexer comprising:
one or more transmit filters that are connected between an antenna terminal and one or more transmit terminals;
one or more receive filters that are connected between the antenna terminal and one or more receive terminals; and
a circuit that includes a longitudinally coupled acoustic wave filter and is connected in parallel to one or more series resonators of a first filter, the first filter being one of the one or more transmit filters and the one or more receive filters and including said one or more series resonators and one or more parallel resonators each formed of a piezoelectric thin film resonator,
wherein:
the longitudinally coupled acoustic wave filter is formed of interdigital transducers (IDTs) formed on a chip of a second filter that is another one of the one or more transmit filters and the one or more receive filters and that is formed of one or more surface acoustic wave resonators,
the circuit includes a capacitor connected in series to the longitudinally coupled acoustic wave filter at at least one of an input side and an

Assignees

• Taiyo Yuden Kk

Inventors

• Hara Hiroshi
• Okamoto Yasuhisa
• Takahashi Naoki

Classifications

• H03H9/6433

  Coupled resonator filters · CPC title

• H03H9/6483 Primary

  Ladder SAW filters · CPC title

• H03H9/6479

  Capacitively coupled SAW resonator filters · CPC title

• H03H9/703

  Networks using bulk acoustic wave devices · CPC title

• H03H9/0571

  including bulk acoustic wave [BAW] devices · CPC title