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Surface acoustic wave waveguide-coupled resonator notch filter

Assignee: Triquint Inc
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Filing: 1990-05-02
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Granted: 1991-12-31
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Expires: 2010-05-02
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Abstract

Abstract A surface acoustic wave (SAW) waveguide-coupled resonator filter is overcoupled to produce an essentially constant conductance and susceptance over at least the bandwidth of a desired notch filter. The SAW resonator filter is embedded in a bridged-T allpass circuit to provide the pair of equal capacitances of the circuit, and the resonator ground is connected to one terminal of the parallel inductor of the circuit having the other terminal connected to a system ground.

Inventors

  • 👤 Sunder G. Gopani
  • 👤 Brent H. Horine

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-07 10:23
CPC Classifications
H; H03; H03H; H03H9/00; H03H9/02; H03H9/02535; H03H9/02818; H03H9/02944; H03H9/25; H03H9/46; H03H9/64; H03H9/6406; H03H9/6409

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim 110 words
A surface acoustic wave resonator notch filter comprising: a portion of a bridged-T allpass circuit having a series inductor in parallel with a first capacitor, and a parallel inductor having a first terminal connected to a notch filter ground; a surface acoustic wave waveguide-coupled resonator filter having over-coupled input and output resonators, said filter having an essentially constant conductance, and an essentially constant susceptance over at least a desired notch filter bandwidth, said filter having input and output terminals and a ground terminal; and said input and output terminals connected in parallel with said series inductor, and a resonator filter ground connected to a second terminal of said parallel inductor.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 110 words
A surface acoustic wave resonator notch filter comprising: a portion of a bridged-T allpass circuit having a series inductor in parallel with a first capacitor, and a parallel inductor having a first terminal connected to a notch filter ground; a surface acoustic wave waveguide-coupled resonator filter having over-coupled input and output resonators, said filter having an essentially constant conductance, and an essentially constant susceptance over at least a desired notch filter bandwidth, said filter having input and output terminals and a ground terminal; and said input and output terminals connected in parallel with said series inductor, and a resonator filter ground connected to a second terminal of said parallel inductor.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 20 words
The notch filter as defined in claim 1 in which said input and output resonators each include an interdigital transducer.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 21 words
The notch filter as defined in claim 1 in which said surface acoustic wave resonator filter includes at least two poles.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 19 words
The notch filter as defined in claim 3 in which said surface acoustic wave resonator filter includes four poles.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 105 words
A surface acoustic wave notch filter comprising: a portion of a bridged-T allpass circuit having a series inductor in parallel with a first capacitor, and a parallel inductor having a first terminal connected to a notch filter ground; a surface acoustic wave, over-coupled two-pole inline resonator filter, said filter having an essentially constant conductance, and an essentially constant susceptance over at least a desired notch filter bandwidth, said filter having input and output terminals and a ground terminal; and said input and output terminals connected in parallel with said series inductor, and a resonator filter ground connected to a second terminal of said parallel inductor.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 105 words
A surface acoustic wave notch filter comprising: a portion of a bridged-T allpass circuit having a series inductor in parallel with a first capacitor, and a parallel inductor having a first terminal connected to a notch filter ground; a surface acoustic wave, over-coupled two-pole inline resonator filter, said filter having an essentially constant conductance, and an essentially constant susceptance over at least a desired notch filter bandwidth, said filter having input and output terminals and a ground terminal; and said input and output terminals connected in parallel with said series inductor, and a resonator filter ground connected to a second terminal of said parallel inductor.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 161 words
A surface acoustic wave resonator notch filter comprising: a portion of a bridged-T allpass circuit having a series inductor in parallel with a first capacitor, and a parallel inductor having a first terminal connected to a notch filter ground; a surface acoustic wave waveguide-coupled resonator filter having a low resistance first ground bus bar formed by a two-section input resonator and a two-section output resonator deposited on a piezoelectric substrate, each said resonator having conductive means connecting respective sections thereof, and a second ground bus bar deposited on said substrate between the two sections of each resonator and connected to secondary grounding pads, said filter having an essentially constant conductance and an essentially constant susceptance over at least a desired notch filter bandwidth, said filter having input and output terminals and a ground terminal; and said input and output terminals connected in parallel with said series inductor, and a resonator filter ground connected to a second terminal of said parallel inductor.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 161 words
A surface acoustic wave resonator notch filter comprising: a portion of a bridged-T allpass circuit having a series inductor in parallel with a first capacitor, and a parallel inductor having a first terminal connected to a notch filter ground; a surface acoustic wave waveguide-coupled resonator filter having a low resistance first ground bus bar formed by a two-section input resonator and a two-section output resonator deposited on a piezoelectric substrate, each said resonator having conductive means connecting respective sections thereof, and a second ground bus bar deposited on said substrate between the two sections of each resonator and connected to secondary grounding pads, said filter having an essentially constant conductance and an essentially constant susceptance over at least a desired notch filter bandwidth, said filter having input and output terminals and a ground terminal; and said input and output terminals connected in parallel with said series inductor, and a resonator filter ground connected to a second terminal of said parallel inductor.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 21 words
The notch filter as defined in claim 6 in which each of the input and output resonators includes an interdigital transducer.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 17 words
The notch filter as defined in claim 7 in which the filter includes two or more poles.

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