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Three electrode type saw longitudinal coupling filter
Assignee: Panasonic Holdings Corp
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Filing: 1994-12-29
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Granted: 1996-01-16
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Expires: 2014-12-29
Abstract
Abstract A three electrode type SAW longitudinal coupling filter includes a piezoelectric substrate having an electromechanical coupling factor (K2) higher than 10% and, three sets in total of input electrodes and output electrodes. Each of the electrodes includes a plurality of a electrode fingers of comb shape and are formed on the piezoelectric substrate. Reflectors are disposed at opposite sides of the input electrodes and output electrodes. The number of pairs of electrode fingers of the input electrodes is differentiated from the number of pairs of electrode fingers of the output electrodes. By the above arrangement, a large pass-band width can be obtained with small ripples and with an increase of the attenuation amount outside the band region.
Inventors
- 👤 Shunichi Seki
- 👤 Kazuo Eda
- 👤 Yutaka Taguchi
- 👤 Keiji Onishi
Bibliographic Details
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US
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2026-11-07 04:02
CPC Classifications
H; H03; H03H; H03H9/00; H03H9/02; H03H9/02535; H03H9/02543; H03H9/02559; H03H9/125; H03H9/145; H03H9/14544; H03H9/1455; H03H9/46; H03H9/64; H03H9/6423; H03H9/6426
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
188 words
A three electrode type SAW longitudinal coupling filter, comprising: a piezoelectric substrate having an electro-mechanical coupling factor higher than 10%; three sets of electrodes on said piezoelectric substrate, including sets of input electrodes and an output electrode, wherein each of said sets of electrodes comprises a plurality of electrode fingers that confront each other and are interdigitated; and a pair of reflectors on said piezoelectric substrate disposed at respective opposite sides of said input electrodes and said output electrode; wherein a ratio of the number of pairs of said electrode fingers of each said input electrode to the number of pairs of said electrode fingers of said output electrode is 0.70±0.07; wherein there is a propagation path length dc between said input electrodes and said output electrode, a propagation path length dr between said reflectors and adjacent ones of said input electrodes and said output electrode, and dc and dr satisfy either dc=(α+m/2)·L or dr=(β+n/2)·L, where α=0.25±0.05, β=0+0.05 (n=0), β=0±0.05 (n>0), and m, n=0, 1, 2, 3, . . . , and L is the periodicity of said electrode fingers of said input electrodes and said output electrode.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
188 words
A three electrode type SAW longitudinal coupling filter, comprising: a piezoelectric substrate having an electro-mechanical coupling factor higher than 10%; three sets of electrodes on said piezoelectric substrate, including sets of input electrodes and an output electrode, wherein each of said sets of electrodes comprises a plurality of electrode fingers that confront each other and are interdigitated; and a pair of reflectors on said piezoelectric substrate disposed at respective opposite sides of said input electrodes and said output electrode; wherein a ratio of the number of pairs of said electrode fingers of each said input electrode to the number of pairs of said electrode fingers of said output electrode is 0.70±0.07; wherein there is a propagation path length dc between said input electrodes and said output electrode, a propagation path length dr between said reflectors and adjacent ones of said input electrodes and said output electrode, and dc and dr satisfy either dc=(α+m/2)·L or dr=(β+n/2)·L, where α=0.25±0.05, β=0+0.05 (n=0), β=0±0.05 (n>0), and m, n=0, 1, 2, 3, . . . , and L is the periodicity of said electrode fingers of said input electrodes and said output electrode.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
64 words
The three electrode type SAW longitudinal coupling filter of claim 1, wherein said reflectors comprise reflector electrode fingers having a width of 1.030, ±0.015, times the width of said electrode fingers of said input electrodes and said output electrodes and having an interval between said reflector electrode fingers 1.030±0.015, times the interval between said electrode fingers of said input electrodes and said output electrodes.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
55 words
The three electrode type SAW longitudinal coupling filter of claim 1, wherein said input electrodes and said output electrode have an occupation rate, Lm/(Lm+Lg), where Lm is the width of one of said electrode fingers and Lg is the width of an interval between adjacent said electrode fingers, higher than 0.30 and lower than 0.45.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
110 words
The three electrode type SAW longitudinal coupling filter of claim 1, wherein said reflectors comprise reflector electrode fingers having a width of 1.030, ±0.015, times the width of said electrode fingers of said input electrodes and said output electrodes and having an interval between said reflector electrode fingers 1.030, ±0.015, times the interval between said electrode fingers of said input electrodes and said output electrodes, and wherein said input electrodes and said output electrode have an occupation rate, Lm/Lm+Lg), where Lm is the width of one of said electrode fingers and Lg is the width of an interval between adjacent said electrode fingers, higher than 0.30 and lower than 0.45.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
26 words
The three electrode type SAW longitudinal coupling filter of claim 1, 2, 3 or 4, wherein said piezoelectric substrate comprises 41° Y-cut X propagation lithium niobate.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
28 words
The three electrode type SAW longitudinal coupling filter of claim 5, and further comprising a plurality of said three electrode type SAW longitudinal coupling filters connected in series.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
26 words
The three electrode type SAW longitudinal coupling filter of claim 1, 2, 3, or 4, wherein said piezoelectric substrate comprises 64° Y-cut X propagation lithium niobate.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
28 words
The three electrode type SAW longitudinal coupling filter of claim 7, and further comprising a plurality of said three electrode type SAW longitudinal coupling filters connected in series.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
32 words
The three electrode type SAW longitudinal coupling filter of claim 1, 2, 3 or 4 and further comprising a plurality of said three electrode type SAW longitudinal coupling filter connected in series.
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