Acoustic wave device and system

• US 8,289,106 B2
• Filed: 08/31/2009
• Issued: 10/16/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/02/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Taiyo Yuden Company Limited (Taiyo Yuden Co)
• Original Assignee: Taiyo Yuden Company Limited (Taiyo Yuden Co)
• Inventors: Kuroda, Yasushi, Moriya, Akira
• Primary Examiner(s): Summons, Barbara
• Application Number:
  US12/551,092
• Publication Number:
  US 20100052819A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,142 Days
• Field of Search: 333193-196, 333150-154, 310/313.R
• US Class Current: 333/195
• CPC Class Codes: H03H 9/0033 having one acoustic track only
• CPC Class Codes: H03H 9/0071 the balanced terminals being on the same side of the tracks
• CPC Class Codes: H03H 9/008 having three acoustic tracks H03H9/0085 takes precedence

Abstract

An acoustic wave device includes: a piezoelectric substrate; at least five IDTs (InterDigital Transducers) arranged on the substrate in directions of SAW (Surface Acoustic Wave) propagation; and two balanced terminals connected to two first IDTs that are two out of the at least five IDTs and are 180 degrees out of phase. One of a pair of comb electrodes of one of the two first IDTs is connected to one of the two balanced terminals, and one of a pair of comb electrodes of the other one of the two first IDTs being connected to the other one of the two balanced terminals. The other comb electrodes of the two first IDTs are connected in series, and one of a pair of comb electrodes that form an IDT that is included in the at least five IDTs and is not connected to the two first IDTs is grounded.

Claims

1. An acoustic wave device comprising:

a piezoelectric substrate;

at least five IDTs (InterDigital Transducers) arranged on the substrate in directions of SAW (Surface Acoustic Wave) propagation; and

two balanced terminals connected to two first IDTs that are two out of the at least five IDTs and are 180 degrees out of phase,

one of a pair of comb electrodes of one of the two first IDTs being connected to one of the two balanced terminals, and one of a pair of comb electrodes of the other one of the two first IDTs being connected to the other one of the two balanced terminals,

the other comb electrodes of the two first IDTs being connected in series, and

one of a pair of comb electrodes that form an IDT that is included in the at least five IDTs and is not connected to the two first IDTs being grounded, and

additional balanced terminals connected to comb electrodes that are not grounded and are included in at least two second IDTs that are included in the at least five IDTs and are not connected to the two first IDTs,

wherein the two first IDTs are not adjacent to each other.

2. The acoustic wave device according to claim 1, wherein IDTs that are included in the at least two second IDTs and are in phase are connected in parallel.

3. An acoustic wave device comprising:

a piezoelectric substrate;

at least five IDTs (InterDigital Transducers) arranged on the substrate in directions of SAW (Surface Acoustic Wave) propagation; and

two balanced terminals connected to two first IDTs that are two out of the at least five IDTs and are 180 degrees out of phase,

one of a pair of comb electrodes of one of the two first IDTs being connected to one of the two balanced terminals, and one of a pair of comb electrodes of the other one of the two first IDTs being connected to the other one of the two balanced terminals,

the other comb electrodes of the two first IDTs being connected in series, and

one of a pair of comb electrodes that form an IDT that is included in the at least five IDTs and is not connected to the two first IDTs being grounded, and

an unbalanced terminal connected to comb electrodes that are not grounded and are included in at least two second IDTs that are included in the at least five IDTs and are not connected to the two first IDTs,

wherein the at least two first IDTs are connected in series via at least one third IDT that is included in the at least five IDTs and is other than the two first IDTs and the at least two second IDTs, the at least two second IDTs are connected in parallel, each of the at least two second IDTs has an odd number of electrode fingers, and the acoustic wave device includes one of a reflector and a floating electrode juxtaposed to the at least one third IDT.

4. An acoustic wave device comprising:

a piezoelectric substrate;

at least three IDTs (InterDigital Transducers) arranged on the substrate in directions of SAW (Surface Acoustic Wave) propagation; and

two balanced terminals that are connected to two first IDTs that are two out of the at least three IDTs and are 180 degrees out of phase and are not connected to IDTs other than the first IDTs among the at least three IDTs,

one of a pair of comb electrodes of each of the two first IDTs being divided into two divided comb electrodes,

one of the two divided comb electrodes of one of the two first IDTs being connected to one of the two balanced terminals, and one of the two divided comb electrodes of the other one of the two first IDTs being connected to the other one of the two balanced terminals,

the other ones of the two divided comb electrodes of the two first IDTs being connected in series, and

one of a pair of comb electrodes that form an IDT that is included in the at least three IDTs and is not connected to the two first IDTs being grounded.

5. An acoustic wave system comprising:

multiple acoustic wave devices each including at least three IDTs (InterDigital Transducers);

multiple balanced terminals respectively connected to the multiple acoustic wave devices; and

multiple unbalanced terminals respectively connected to the multiple acoustic wave devices,

the multiple acoustic wave devices connected to the multiple balanced terminals being connected in series by connecting the balanced terminals that are 180 degrees out of phase to each other so that two of the multiple balanced terminals that are 180 degrees out of phase are formed to the acoustic wave system,

the multiple unbalanced terminals being connected in parallel, and

an intermediate IDT that is one of the at least three IDTs and is not connected to corresponding two of the multiple balanced terminals in each of the multiple acoustic wave devices being provided between the IDTs connected to the corresponding two of the multiple balanced terminals.

6. An acoustic wave system comprising:

multiple acoustic wave devices each including at least three IDTs (InterDigital Transducers);

first balanced terminals respectively connected to the multiple acoustic wave devices; and

second balanced terminals respectively connected to the multiple acoustic wave devices,

the multiple acoustic wave devices connected to the first balanced terminals being connected in series by connecting the first balanced terminals that are 180 degrees out of phase to each other so that two of the first balanced terminals that are 180 degrees out of phase are formed to the acoustic wave system,

ones of the second balanced terminals that are in phase being connected in parallel, and

an intermediate IDT that is one of the at least three IDTs and is not connected to corresponding two of the first balanced terminals in each of the multiple acoustic wave devices being provided between the IDTs connected to the corresponding two of the first balanced terminals.

7. An acoustic wave system comprising:

multiple acoustic wave devices each including at least three IDTs (InterDigital Transducers);

multiple balanced terminals respectively connected to the multiple acoustic wave devices; and

multiple unbalanced terminals respectively connected to the multiple acoustic wave devices,

the multiple acoustic wave devices connected to the multiple balanced terminals being connected in series by connecting the balanced terminals that are 180 degrees out of phase to each other so that two of the multiple balanced terminals that are 180 degrees out of phase are formed to the acoustic wave system,

the multiple unbalanced terminals being connected in parallel,

each of ones of pairs of comb electrodes that form the IDTs connected to corresponding ones of the multiple balanced terminals being divided into two divided comb electrodes,

one of the two divided comb electrodes in each of the IDTs connected to the corresponding ones of the multiple balanced terminals being connected to a corresponding one of the two of the multiple balanced terminals, and

the other ones of the two divided comb electrodes in the IDTs connected to the two of the multiple balanced terminals being connected in series.

8. An acoustic wave system comprising:

multiple acoustic wave devices each including at least three IDTs (InterDigital Transducers);

first balanced terminals respectively connected to the multiple acoustic wave devices; and

second balanced terminals respectively connected to the multiple acoustic wave devices,

the multiple acoustic wave devices connected to the first balanced terminals being connected in series by connecting the first balanced terminals that are 180 degrees out of phase to each other so that two of the first balanced terminals that are 180 degrees out of phase are formed to the acoustic wave system,

ones of the second balanced terminals that are in phase being connected in parallel,

each of ones of pairs of comb electrodes that form the IDTs connected to corresponding ones of the first balanced terminals being divided into two divided comb electrodes,

one of the two divided comb electrodes in each of the IDTs connected to the corresponding ones of the first balanced terminals being connected to a corresponding one of the two of the first balanced terminals, and

the other ones of the two divided comb electrodes in the IDTs connected to the two of the first balanced terminals being connected in series.