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- the present invention relates to a tunable filter used as a band filter in a communication system, and more particularly to a tunable filter configured using an acoustic wave resonator.
- band filters used in communication systems it may be required to be able to adjust the pass band.
- Various band-pass filters that satisfy such requirements, that is, tunable filters have been proposed.
- Patent Document 1 discloses a tunable filter using a plurality of surface acoustic wave resonators and a variable capacitor.
- FIG. 46 is a circuit diagram of a tunable filter described in Patent Document 1.
- a plurality of series arm resonators 1104 and 1105 are connected in series to a series arm connecting the input end 1102 and the output end 1103.
- parallel arm resonators 1106 and 1107 are connected to a plurality of parallel arms between the series arm and the ground potential, respectively.
- Series arm resonators 1104 and 1105 and parallel arm resonators 1106 and 1107 are formed of surface acoustic wave resonators.
- a ladder type filter circuit having the series arm resonators 1104 and 1105 and the parallel arm resonators 1106 and 1107 is configured. Furthermore, variable capacitors 1108 to 1115 are connected to enable adjustment of the pass band. That is, a variable capacitor 1108 is connected in parallel to the series arm resonator 1104, and a variable capacitor 1110 is connected in series to the series arm resonator 1104 and the variable capacitor 1108. Similarly, a variable capacitor 1109 is connected to the series arm resonator 1105 in parallel, and a variable capacitor 1111 is connected in series.
- variable capacitor 1112 is connected in parallel to the parallel arm resonator 1106, and a variable capacitor 1114 is connected in series to the parallel arm resonator 1106 and the variable capacitor 1112.
- a variable capacitor 1113 is connected in parallel to the parallel arm resonator 1107, and a variable capacitor 1115 is connected in series.
- the resonance frequency FrS in the circuit portion of the series arm can be increased as the capacitances of the variable capacitors 1110 and 1111, that is, the series capacitance decreases. Further, the antiresonance frequency FaS in the series arm can be lowered as the parallel capacitance, that is, the capacitance by the variable capacitors 1108 and 1109 increases.
- the resonance frequency FrP and anti-resonance frequency FaP of the circuit portion of the parallel arm can be changed by changing the capacitances of the variable capacitors 1112 and 1113 connected in parallel and the variable capacitors 1114 and 1115 connected in series. Can be made. Therefore, the center frequency of the entire tunable filter 1101 can be changed by changing the capacitance of the variable capacitors 1108 to 1115.
- the surface acoustic wave resonators used for the series arm resonators 1104 and 1105 and the parallel arm resonators 1106 and 1107 have a small electromechanical coupling coefficient and a frequency.
- the absolute value of the temperature coefficient TCF was large.
- a specific combination of frequency characteristics of the parallel arm resonator and the series arm resonator is not described.
- the present invention is to improve a tunable filter having a circuit configuration in which an acoustic wave resonator and a variable capacitor are connected in view of the above-described state of the art.
- An object of the present invention is to provide a tunable filter capable of expanding the pass bandwidth or changing the pass bandwidth.
- a tunable filter includes a series circuit arm that connects an input terminal and an output terminal, and a resonator circuit unit provided on at least one of a parallel arm between the series arm and a ground potential; A first variable capacitor connected in series to the resonator circuit unit; and a second variable capacitor connected in parallel to the resonator circuit unit, wherein the resonator circuit unit includes LiNbO 3 or LiTaO 3.
- An acoustic wave resonator having an electrode formed on the piezoelectric substrate, and a bandwidth expansion inductance connected to the acoustic wave resonator.
- the resonator circuit unit is a plurality of series arm resonator circuit units provided in a series arm, and the plurality of series arm resonator circuit units And a matching element connected between the input terminal and the ground potential and between the output terminal and the ground potential.
- a ladder filter is configured by the series arm resonator circuit unit and the parallel arm resonator circuit unit.
- the resonator circuit unit includes a plurality of parallel resonators, and the inductance for bandwidth expansion is connected to the plurality of parallel resonators.
- a concave portion is formed on the upper surface of the piezoelectric substrate, the electrode formed on the piezoelectric substrate is an IDT electrode, and the acoustic wave resonator Is a surface acoustic wave resonator, and the IDT electrode is made of a metal filled in the recess.
- the electromechanical coupling coefficient of the surface acoustic wave resonator can be increased. Therefore, the bandwidth can be expanded and the variable frequency range of the tunable filter can be expanded.
- the surface acoustic wave resonator further includes a SiO 2 film provided so as to cover an upper surface of the piezoelectric substrate.
- the absolute value of the frequency temperature coefficient TCF of the surface acoustic wave resonator can be reduced. Therefore, the temperature characteristics of the tunable filter can be improved.
- the tunable filter further includes a capacitor connected between the input terminal and the output terminal.
- the impedance of the matching element and the coupling element in the passband of the tunable filter is 20 to 105 ⁇ .
- the matching impedance is 50 ⁇ or 75 ⁇ . It is desirable to make the impedance close to that in terms of insertion loss, and 20 to 105 ⁇ of ⁇ 30 ⁇ is preferable.
- the bandwidth expansion inductance is any one of a spiral or meandering conductor pattern and a bonding wire.
- the bandwidth expansion inductance is a spiral or meandering conductor pattern, further comprising a package, and the spiral or meandering conductor pattern. Is formed on the piezoelectric substrate or the package.
- the inductance for increasing the bandwidth can be formed by the conductor pattern formed on the piezoelectric substrate or the package, so that the size of the tunable filter can be reduced.
- the series arm resonator provided in the series arm, the parallel arm resonator provided in the parallel arm, and at least one of the series arm resonator and the parallel arm resonator are connected.
- the resonance frequency and antiresonance frequency of the series arm resonator are FrS and FaS
- the resonance frequency and antiresonance frequency of the parallel arm resonator are FrP and FaP.
- a value obtained by normalizing the frequency variable width of the tunable filter by (FaP + FrS) / 2 is t
- the series arm resonator and the parallel arm resonator are
- the ratio of the difference between the resonance frequency FrS of the series arm resonator and the resonance frequency FrP of the parallel arm resonator to the ratio band of the series arm resonator Is the range shown in Table 1 below.
- the ratio of the difference between the resonance frequency FrS of the series arm resonator and the resonance frequency FrP of the parallel arm resonator to the ratio band of the series arm resonator Is the range shown in Table 2 below. When this range is satisfied, a tunable filter having a large variable width is formed.
- the minimum 3 dB bandwidth is smaller of (FrS-FrP) ⁇ 0.9 or (FaS-FaP) ⁇ 0.9.
- the maximum variable frequency range is 140 ⁇ (FaS ⁇ FaP) / (FaS + FaP) (%) to 180 ⁇ (FaS ⁇ FaP) / (FaS + FaP) (%).
- the specific bandwidth of the series arm resonator and the specific bandwidth of the parallel arm resonator are both 13% or more and 60% or less. In this case, the frequency variable amount can be further increased. More preferably, the specific bandwidth of the series arm resonator and the parallel arm resonator is 15% or more. In that case, the frequency variable amount can be further increased.
- the electrode normalized film thickness is in the range shown in Table 3 below.
- LiNbO 3 is abbreviated as LN in some cases.
- LiTaO 3 is abbreviated as LT.
- the series arm resonator and the parallel arm resonator are formed of a bulk wave resonator, and the bulk wave resonator is opened on an upper surface.
- a second excitation electrode provided on the upper surface of the piezoelectric thin film and disposed so as to face the first excitation electrode with the piezoelectric thin film interposed therebetween.
- the series arm resonator and the parallel arm resonator may be constituted by bulk wave resonators.
- One of the first excitation electrode and the second excitation electrode may be divided into two, and the other may be a common excitation electrode facing the excitation electrode divided into two via a piezoelectric thin film.
- a thickness shear vibration resonator or a thickness longitudinal vibration resonator may be used as the bulk wave resonator.
- a resonator circuit unit provided in at least one of a series arm connecting the input terminal and the output terminal and a parallel arm between the series arm and the ground potential; A first variable capacitor connected in series to the resonator circuit unit; and a second variable capacitor connected in parallel to the resonator circuit unit, wherein the resonator circuit unit includes a bulk wave resonator and And an inductor for expanding the bandwidth connected to the bulk wave resonator, the bulk wave resonator provided on the substrate so as to cover the substrate having a cavity opened on an upper surface and the cavity of the substrate.
- a thickness shear vibration resonator or a thickness longitudinal vibration resonator may be used as the bulk wave resonator.
- the bulk wave resonator may be a thickness shear vibration resonator.
- the thickness-shear vibration resonator is a piezoelectric thin film or a piezoelectric thin plate made of LiNbO 3 , and its Euler angle is in the range shown in Table 4 below.
- the bulk wave resonator may be a thickness longitudinal vibration resonator.
- a piezoelectric thin film or a piezoelectric thin plate whose thickness longitudinal vibration resonator is made of LiNbO 3 is used, and its Euler angles are (0 ⁇ 5 °, 107 ° to 137 °, ⁇ ), (10 ⁇ 5 °). , 112 ° to 133 °, ⁇ ), (50 ⁇ 5 °, 47 ° to 69 °, ⁇ ) or (60 ⁇ 5 °, 43 ° to 73 °, ⁇ ).
- the resonator circuit unit includes an elastic wave resonator having a piezoelectric substrate made of LiNbO 3 or LiTaO 3, and a bandwidth expansion inductance connected to the elastic wave resonator. Therefore, the pass bandwidth can be expanded.
- FrS ⁇ (FrP + FaP) / 2 FrS and FaP ⁇ FaS are satisfied, so that a variable amount of the passband frequency, for example, the center frequency of the passband can be increased. . Therefore, it is possible to provide a tunable filter having a wide frequency variable range.
- FIG. 1A is a diagram showing a circuit configuration of a tunable filter according to a first embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 1B is a schematic plan view showing a surface acoustic wave resonator used in the embodiment.
- C is a front sectional view of a portion taken along line II in (b).
- D is a front sectional view of a structure having no SiO 2 film in (c).
- FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the frequency characteristics of the surface acoustic wave resonator measured in the first experimental example, and the solid line shows the impedance characteristics and phase characteristics of the surface acoustic wave resonator in which the SiO 2 film is formed.
- FIG. 3A is a front sectional view showing a surface acoustic wave resonator in which an IDT electrode is formed on an LN substrate and a SiO 2 film is further laminated.
- (B) is a front sectional view of a structure having no SiO 2 film in (a).
- FIG. 4 is a diagram showing changes in the reflection coefficient when the normalized film thickness H / ⁇ of the IDT electrode of the surface acoustic wave resonator in 36 ° YX-LiTaO 3 is changed in the second experimental example.
- FIG. 3A is a front sectional view showing a surface acoustic wave resonator in which an IDT electrode is formed on an LN substrate and a SiO 2 film is further laminated.
- (B) is a front sectional view of a structure having no SiO 2 film in (a).
- FIG. 4 is a diagram showing changes in the reflection coefficient when the normalized film thickness H / ⁇ of the IDT electrode of the surface
- FIG. 5 shows changes in the electromechanical coupling coefficient k 2 when the normalized film thickness H / ⁇ of the IDT electrode of the surface acoustic wave resonator in 36 ° YX-LiTaO 3 is changed in the second experimental example.
- FIG. FIG. 6 is a circuit diagram of the tunable filter according to the first embodiment, in which the capacitances of the variable capacitor C2 and the variable capacitor C3 are made equal, the capacitances of the variable capacitor CP1 and the variable capacitor CP2 are made equal, It is a figure which shows the change of the filter characteristic of a tunable filter when a capacity
- FIG. 7 is a circuit diagram of the tunable filter used in FIG.
- FIG. 8 shows impedance characteristics of a buried electrode type surface acoustic wave resonator in which a groove on a LiNbO 3 substrate is filled with metal and a surface acoustic wave resonator for comparison in which an electrode is formed on a LiNbO 3 substrate.
- FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating frequency characteristics of a tunable filter of a comparative example in which embedded electrode type surface acoustic wave resonators are used as the series arm resonators S1 and S2.
- FIG. 10 is a schematic plan sectional view for explaining the tunable filter according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 11 is a diagram showing the frequency characteristics of the surface acoustic wave resonator measured in the first embodiment, and the solid line shows the impedance characteristics and phase characteristics of the surface acoustic wave resonator to which no bonding wire is connected,
- the broken line is a diagram showing impedance characteristics and phase characteristics of a surface acoustic wave resonator to which bonding wires are connected.
- FIG. 12A is a schematic plan view for explaining a bandwidth expansion inductance formed of a meander-like conductor pattern formed in a package in another modification of the first embodiment of the present invention.
- (B) is a typical top view for demonstrating the bandwidth expansion inductance which consists of a spiral-shaped or meander-shaped conductor pattern formed on the piezoelectric substrate.
- FIG. 13A is a diagram illustrating a circuit configuration of a tunable filter according to a modification of the first embodiment
- FIG. 13B is a diagram illustrating frequency characteristics when the capacitance of the capacitor CF is changed.
- FIG. 14 shows that the capacitor CF is not connected in the tunable filter shown in FIG.
- FIG. 15A is a circuit diagram of a second tunable filter connected to a tunable filter according to a modification of the present invention
- FIG. 15B is a diagram in which the capacitance of the variable capacitor in FIG. It is a figure which shows the change of the frequency characteristic in a case.
- FIG. 16A is a circuit diagram showing a tunable filter of a modification in which the second tunable filter shown in FIG.
- FIG. 15A is cascade-connected to the tunable filter shown in FIG. 14A.
- (B) is a figure which shows the frequency characteristic of the tunable filter of this modification.
- FIG. 17 shows the acoustic velocity of a surface acoustic wave in a surface acoustic wave resonator in which an IDT electrode made of Al and having a duty of 0.5 is formed on a 10 ° Y-cut X-propagation LN substrate. It is a figure which shows the relationship with the normalized film thickness H / ⁇ .
- FIG. 18 shows the acoustic velocity of a surface acoustic wave in a surface acoustic wave resonator in which an IDT electrode made of Mo and having a duty of 0.5 is formed on a 10 ° Y-cut X-propagation LN substrate. It is a figure which shows the relationship with the normalized film thickness H / ⁇ .
- FIG. 19 shows the acoustic velocity of a surface acoustic wave in a surface acoustic wave resonator in which an IDT electrode made of Cu and having a duty of 0.5 is formed on a 10 ° Y-cut X-propagation LN substrate. It is a figure which shows the relationship with the normalized film thickness H / ⁇ .
- FIG. 19 shows the acoustic velocity of a surface acoustic wave in a surface acoustic wave resonator in which an IDT electrode made of Cu and having a duty of 0.5 is formed on a 10 °
- FIG. 20 shows the acoustic velocity of a surface acoustic wave in a surface acoustic wave resonator in which an IDT electrode made of Ni and having a duty of 0.5 is formed on a 10 ° Y-cut X-propagation LN substrate. It is a figure which shows the relationship with the normalized film thickness H / ⁇ .
- FIG. 21 shows the acoustic velocity of a surface acoustic wave in a surface acoustic wave resonator in which an IDT electrode made of Ag and having a duty of 0.5 is formed on a 10 ° Y-cut X-propagation LN substrate, and the IDT electrode It is a figure which shows the relationship with the normalized film thickness H / ⁇ .
- FIG. 22 shows the acoustic velocity of a surface acoustic wave in a surface acoustic wave resonator in which an IDT electrode made of Au and having a duty of 0.5 is formed on a 10 ° Y-cut X-propagation LN substrate.
- FIG. 23 shows the acoustic velocity of a surface acoustic wave in a surface acoustic wave resonator in which an IDT electrode made of W and having a duty of 0.5 is formed on a 10 ° Y-cut X-propagation LN substrate, and the IDT electrode It is a figure which shows the relationship with the normalized film thickness H / ⁇ .
- FIG. 23 shows the acoustic velocity of a surface acoustic wave in a surface acoustic wave resonator in which an IDT electrode made of W and having a duty of 0.5 is formed on a 10 ° Y-cut X-propagation LN substrate, and the IDT electrode It is a figure which shows the relationship with the normalized film thickness H / ⁇ .
- FIG. 23 shows the acoustic velocity of a surface acoustic wave in a surface acoustic wave resonator in which an IDT electrode made of W and having a duty of
- FIG. 24 shows the acoustic velocity of a surface acoustic wave in a surface acoustic wave resonator in which an IDT electrode made of Ta and having a duty of 0.5 is formed on a 10 ° Y-cut X-propagation LN substrate. It is a figure which shows the relationship with the normalized film thickness H / ⁇ .
- FIG. 25 shows the acoustic velocity of a surface acoustic wave in a surface acoustic wave resonator in which an IDT electrode made of Pt and having a duty of 0.5 is formed on a 10 ° Y-cut X-propagation LN substrate. It is a figure which shows the relationship with the normalized film thickness H / ⁇ .
- FIG. 25 shows the acoustic velocity of a surface acoustic wave in a surface acoustic wave resonator in which an IDT electrode made of Pt and having a duty of 0.5 is formed on a 10
- FIG. 26 shows an Euler angle (0 °, 0 °, LN substrate) of a surface acoustic wave resonator in which an IDT electrode having a thickness of 0.05 ⁇ and a duty of 0.5 is formed on a LiNbO 3 substrate. It is a figure which shows the relationship between (theta) of 0, 0 degree), and a reflection coefficient.
- FIG. 27 shows an Euler angle (0 °, 0 °, LN substrate) of a surface acoustic wave resonator in which an IDT electrode made of Cu, having a thickness of 0.05 ⁇ and a duty of 0.5 is formed on a LiNbO 3 substrate.
- FIG. 28 is a circuit diagram of a tunable filter according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 29 is a diagram showing a circuit configuration example of a ladder type filter, (a) is a circuit diagram of a ladder type filter in which a series arm resonator is arranged on the input terminal side, and (b) is an input terminal side. It is a circuit diagram which shows the ladder type filter by which the parallel arm resonator is arrange
- FIG. 30 is a diagram showing the relationship between the resonance characteristics of the parallel arm resonator and the resonance characteristics of the series arm resonator in the conventional ladder type filter.
- FIG. 31 is a diagram illustrating the relationship between the resonance characteristics of the parallel arm resonator and the resonance characteristics of the series arm resonator in the tunable filter according to the embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 32 is a diagram illustrating the filter characteristics of the ladder-type tunable filter according to the second embodiment of the present invention, and the frequency can be changed.
- FIG. 33 is a diagram showing an electrode film thickness where fa coincides with the bulk shear wave velocity when duty changes in an electrode made of Al, Mo, Cu, Ni, Ag, Au, W, Ta, or Pt.
- FIG. 34 shows the characteristics of the ladder-type tunable filter according to the second embodiment configured such that the difference between FrP and FaS is 45 MHz.
- FIG. 35 is a front cross-sectional view for explaining a bulk wave resonator used in a ladder-type tunable filter in a modification of the second embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 36 is a schematic plan view of a ladder type tunable filter according to a modification of the second embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 37 is a circuit diagram of a ladder type tunable filter according to a modification of the second embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 38 is a diagram illustrating impedance characteristics of a series arm resonator and a parallel arm resonator in a ladder type tunable filter according to a modified example of the second embodiment.
- FIG. 39 is a diagram illustrating the attenuation frequency characteristics of the ladder-type tunable filter and the adjustable range in a modification of the second embodiment.
- FIGS. 40A and 40B are front sectional views showing modifications of the bulk wave resonator used in the present invention.
- FIG. 41 is a diagram illustrating impedance characteristics of a thickness-shear bulk wave resonator used in a ladder-type tunable filter according to another modification of the second embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 42 shows a band of a ladder-type tunable filter according to another modification of the second embodiment of the present invention when a coil is connected to a bulk wave resonator that is a thickness shear resonator made of LiNbO 3 .
- FIG. 43 is a thickness shear vibration resonator using LiNbO 3 with Euler angles ( ⁇ , ⁇ , ⁇ ) used in a ladder type tunable filter according to another modification of the second embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the relationship between (phi) and (theta) of Euler angles in a certain bulk wave resonator, and a bandwidth.
- FIG. 44 shows a ladder-type tunable filter according to another modification of the second embodiment of the present invention, which is a thickness-shear vibration resonator made of LiNbO 3 having an Euler angle of (30 °, 90 °, ⁇ ).
- FIG. 45 is a diagram showing the relationship between the Euler angles ⁇ and ⁇ and the bandwidth of a bulk wave resonator that is a thickness longitudinal resonator using a piezoelectric material made of LiNbO 3 .
- FIG. 46 is a circuit diagram for explaining a conventional tunable filter.
- FIG. 1A is a circuit diagram of a tunable filter according to the first embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 1B is a schematic plan view of a surface acoustic wave resonator used in the tunable filter.
- C is a front sectional view of a portion taken along line II in (b).
- D is a front sectional view of a structure having no SiO 2 film in (c).
- series arm resonator circuit portions S11 and S12 are connected in series with each other at the series arm connecting the input terminal 22 and the output terminal 23.
- inductances Lx and Lx are connected in series to the series arm resonator S1 on both sides of the series arm resonator S1.
- inductances Lx and Lx are connected in series to the series arm resonator S2 on both sides of the series arm resonator S2.
- a variable capacitor C2 is connected in series to the series arm resonator circuit unit S11.
- a capacitor C1 is provided on the first parallel arm connecting the series arm and the ground potential.
- An inductance L1 is provided on the second parallel arm connecting the connection point between the series arm resonator circuit portions S11 and S12 and the ground potential.
- a variable capacitor C3 is connected to the series arm resonator circuit unit S12.
- a capacitor C4 is provided on the third parallel arm connecting the output terminal 23 and the ground potential.
- Capacitors C1 and C4 are matching elements for impedance matching between the tunable filter and the front and rear circuits.
- the inductance L1 is a coupling element for impedance matching between the series arm resonator circuit portions S11 and S12.
- the matching element is a capacitor and the coupling element is an inductance, but the coupling element may be a capacitor.
- variable capacitor CP1 is connected in parallel to the series arm resonator circuit unit S11.
- variable capacitor CP2 is connected in parallel to the series arm resonator circuit unit S12.
- variable capacitors C2 and C3 connected in series to the series arm resonator circuit portions S11 and S12 are the first variable capacitors in the present invention.
- the variable capacitors CP1 and CP2 connected in parallel to the series arm resonator circuit portions S11 and S12 are the second variable capacitors in the present invention.
- the first variable capacitors C2 and C3 and the second variable capacitors CP1 and CP2 are connected to all the series arm resonator circuit units S11 and S12, respectively.
- the first variable capacitor and the second variable capacitor may be connected to at least one series arm resonator circuit unit.
- the series arm resonator circuit units S11 and S12 are provided.
- a similar resonator circuit unit may be provided in the parallel arm. That is, the parallel arm may be provided with a resonator circuit portion to which the bandwidth expansion inductance is connected in series with the parallel arm resonator.
- the resonator circuit unit may be configured only in the parallel arm without being provided in the series arm.
- a common bandwidth expansion inductance may be connected to a plurality of resonators provided in the parallel arm. By connecting in this way, the number of bandwidth expansion inductances can be reduced.
- the parallel arm has a circuit portion for connecting the series arm and the ground potential.
- the capacitor C1 and the capacitor C4 are provided on the parallel arm.
- a parallel arm may be formed in the same manner as the provided structure, and the resonator circuit unit may be provided on the parallel arm.
- the series arm resonators S1 and S2 are surface acoustic wave resonators.
- the structure of the surface acoustic wave resonator will be described as a representative of the series arm resonator S1.
- the surface acoustic wave resonator constituting the series arm resonator S ⁇ b> 1 has a piezoelectric substrate 11.
- the piezoelectric substrate 11 is a LiNbO 3 substrate having Euler angles (0 °, 105 °, 0 °).
- a plurality of grooves 11b are formed in the upper surface 11a of the piezoelectric substrate 11 as concave portions.
- An IDT electrode 12 is formed by filling the groove 11b with an electrode material.
- reflectors 13 and 14 are formed on both sides of the IDT electrode 12 in the surface acoustic wave propagation direction. Therefore, a 1-port surface acoustic wave resonator is formed.
- the reflectors 13 and 14 are also formed by filling a recess provided on the upper surface 11a of the piezoelectric substrate 11, that is, a plurality of grooves, with an electrode material.
- the upper surface of the IDT electrode 12, that is, the upper surface of the electrode finger portion, is flush with the upper surface 11a of the piezoelectric substrate 11.
- the upper surface 11a of the piezoelectric substrate 11 is flat.
- an SiO 2 film 15 is formed so as to cover the upper surface 11a of the piezoelectric substrate 11.
- no SiO 2 film is formed.
- the surface acoustic wave resonators shown in FIGS. 1C and 1D are assumed to be buried electrode type surface acoustic wave resonators.
- the series arm resonators S1, S2 consists of the embedded electrode type surface acoustic wave resonator, it is possible to increase the electromechanical coupling coefficient k 2 of the surface acoustic wave resonator, Thereby, the specific bandwidth can be increased.
- the SiO 2 film is formed, the absolute value of the frequency temperature coefficient TCF can be reduced, and the change in characteristics due to the temperature change can be reduced. This will be described with reference to the following first experimental example and second experimental example.
- the solid line in FIG. 2 shows a 15 ° Y-cut X-propagation LiNbO 3 substrate, that is, an Euler angle (0 °, 105 °, 0 °) LiNbO 3 substrate, Al as an electrode material, and a surface acoustic wave resonator.
- 8 is a diagram showing impedance characteristics and phase characteristics of a surface acoustic wave resonator when the thickness of the IDT electrode 12 is 0.17 ⁇ and the thickness of the SiO 2 film is 0.22 ⁇ . is there.
- the impedance-frequency characteristics and phase characteristics of the surface acoustic wave resonator formed in the same manner as shown in FIG. Show.
- the ratio of the valley and valley which is the ratio of the impedance at the antiresonance point to the impedance at the resonance frequency, was 57.5 dB when the SiO 2 film was not formed, whereas it was SiO 2. In the structure in which the film is formed, it can be increased to 60.2 dB. Further, the frequency temperature coefficient TCF was ⁇ 120 ppm / ° C. when the SiO 2 film was not provided, but the absolute value thereof can be reduced to ⁇ 10 to ⁇ 30 ppm / ° C. by forming the SiO 2 film. It was possible.
- the electromechanical coupling coefficient k 2 is slightly reduced by the formation of the SiO 2 film, but the ratio of peaks and valleys can be increased. In addition, it can be seen that the temperature characteristics can be improved.
- First surface acoustic wave resonator A a structure in which an IDT electrode 12 is formed on the upper surface of a piezoelectric substrate 11 and an SiO 2 film 15 is further formed as shown in FIG. On the upper surface of the SiO 2 film, a convex portion having a height corresponding to the thickness of the underlying electrode is formed in a portion where the electrode is positioned below.
- Second surface acoustic wave resonator B Same as the first surface acoustic wave resonator A except that there is no convex portion on the upper surface of the SiO 2 film. The upper surface of the SiO 2 film is flattened.
- Third surface acoustic wave resonator C a structure in which an IDT electrode and a reflector are formed by filling a groove provided on an upper surface of a piezoelectric substrate with an electrode material. The upper surface of the electrode and the upper surface of the piezoelectric substrate are flush with each other. A structure in which a convex portion having a height substantially equal to the thickness of the electrode is formed on the upper surface of the SiO 2 film in a portion where the electrode exists below.
- the fourth surface acoustic wave resonator D not projecting portion on the upper surface of the SiO 2 film is formed, except that a top surface of the SiO 2 film is flat, the third surface acoustic wave resonator Same structure as C.
- Fifth surface acoustic wave resonator E a structure in which only an electrode is formed on a substrate and SiO 2 is not formed.
- FIG. 4 in the first to fifth surface acoustic wave resonators A to E, when the normalized film thickness of the SiO 2 film is 0.3, the normalized film thickness H / ⁇ of the Au electrode is changed. Shows the change in reflection coefficient.
- FIG. 5 in the first to fourth surface acoustic wave resonator, a diagram showing changes in electromechanical coefficient k 2 in the case of changing the standardized thickness H / lambda of the electrodes.
- the frequency temperature coefficient TCF of the SiO 2 film has a positive value
- the frequency temperature coefficient TCF of the LiTaO 3 substrate has a negative value. Therefore, in any case, the absolute value of the frequency temperature coefficient TCF can be reduced by forming the SiO 2 film, and the temperature characteristics can be improved.
- the electromechanical coupling coefficient k 2 becomes small, it can be seen that the electromechanical coupling coefficient k 2 as the normalized thickness H / lambda of the IDT electrode increases decreases.
- the electromechanical coupling coefficient k 2 is effective by setting the normalized film thickness of the IDT electrode to 0.01 to 0.09. It can be seen that it can be increased. It can be seen that a large electromechanical coupling coefficient k 2 obtained in normalized thickness 0.01-0.04 fifth type IDT electrode in the surface acoustic wave resonator E.
- the reflection coefficient increases as the film thickness of the IDT electrode increases.
- the fourth surface acoustic wave resonator D in the third surface acoustic wave resonator C provided with a convex portion on the upper surface. It can be seen that if the normalized film thickness of the IDT electrode is the same, the reflection coefficient can be increased. Therefore, it can be seen that it is desirable to form a protrusion on the upper surface of the SiO 2 film in order to increase the reflection coefficient.
- the reflection coefficient only needs to be a certain amount (for example, 0.02) or more depending on the application. Therefore, in order to reduce the variation in the reflection coefficient due to the variation in the film thickness of the IDT electrode, or to form a wide-band resonator, the SiO 2 film It can be seen that a fourth type of surface acoustic wave resonator D or E having a flat upper surface is desirable.
- the present experimental example Au is buried in the groove provided on the upper surface of the LiTaO 3 piezoelectric substrate with Euler angles (0 °, 126 °, 0 °) to form an IDT electrode, and SiO 2
- the normalized film thickness of the IDT electrode is set to 0.01 to 0.09 to effectively increase the electromechanical coupling coefficient. I know you get. Therefore, it can be seen that the specific bandwidth can be widened. Therefore, it can be seen that the frequency characteristics of the tunable filter can be adjusted more effectively when used for a series arm resonator or a parallel arm resonator of the tunable filter. Similar results are obtained with electrodes other than Au.
- FIG. 6 shows frequency characteristics of the tunable filter 1 using the surface acoustic wave resonator shown by the solid line in FIG.
- the inductance value of the bandwidth expansion inductance Lx is 4.5 nH.
- the configuration was the same as in the above embodiment. That is, the tunable filter 41 of the comparative example shown in FIG. 7 was produced. Even when the third capacitor Cf is not connected, the same result as when the third capacitor Cf is connected is obtained. Therefore, the tunable filter 41 of the comparative example has the third capacitor Cf, but can be used for comparison with the above embodiment.
- the center frequency can be changed without changing the passband width and without deteriorating the attenuation on the higher frequency side than the passband.
- the solid line in FIG. 8 shows the impedance-frequency characteristics of an example of a surface acoustic wave resonator in which a groove on the LiNbO 3 substrate is filled with metal, and the broken line is a comparison for forming an electrode on the LiNbO 3 substrate. The impedance characteristic of a surface acoustic wave resonator is shown.
- FIG. 9 shows frequency characteristics when the buried electrode type surface acoustic wave resonator is used as the series arm resonators S1 and S2 in the tunable filter 41 of the comparative example. Again, the capacitances of the variable capacitor C2 and the variable capacitor C3 are made equal, and the capacitances of the variable capacitor CP1 and the variable capacitor CP2 are made equal.
- the tunable filter 1 of the present embodiment includes the inductance Lx for expanding the bandwidth, and therefore can achieve a wider band than the tunable filter 41 of the comparative example. .
- the impedance value when the capacitances of the capacitors C1 and C4 are 2.5 pF is 35 ⁇ at 1800 MHz, which is almost matched with the external impedance of 50 ⁇ , so that the insertion loss can be reduced.
- the impedance of the inductance L1 (inductance value 4.5 nH) near 1800 MHz is 45 ⁇ .
- FIG. 8 shows the impedance-frequency characteristics of a surface acoustic wave resonator having an electrode embedded in an LN substrate, and the impedance of a conventional surface acoustic wave resonator in which an electrode is formed on the LN substrate.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a comparison with frequency characteristics. Cu IDT electrodes and reflectors with a normalized film thickness H / ⁇ of 0.1 are formed in both buried electrode type surface acoustic wave resonators and non-buried electrode type surface acoustic wave resonators. .
- the surface bandwidth of the surface acoustic wave resonator that is not a buried electrode type has a specific bandwidth of 13%. Therefore, it can be seen that the specific bandwidth of the surface acoustic wave resonator which is not of the buried electrode type is narrower than the specific bandwidth of 17% of the buried electrode type surface acoustic wave resonator. Even in the case of such a surface acoustic wave resonator that is not a buried electrode type with a small specific bandwidth, the specific bandwidth can be expanded by shifting the resonance point by the bandwidth expansion inductance. Accordingly, a large frequency variable amount can be obtained in the tunable filter.
- the specific bandwidth is a value obtained by dividing the absolute value of the difference between the resonance frequency and the anti-resonance frequency by the resonance frequency.
- the bandwidth expanding inductance Lx is configured by a bonding wire that electrically connects the surface acoustic wave resonator to the package.
- an extra component for configuring the bandwidth expansion inductance Lx is not required, and therefore the size can be reduced.
- An example of a specific structure in which the bandwidth expansion inductance Lx is configured by such a bonding wire will be described with reference to FIGS.
- FIG. 10 is a schematic plan sectional view for explaining the tunable filter according to the first embodiment.
- an actual layout of the series arm resonators S1 and S2 on the piezoelectric substrate 200 and a state in which the piezoelectric substrate 200 is housed in a package are shown.
- a piezoelectric substrate 200 made of a 15 ° Y-cut LiNbO 3 substrate is used.
- series arm resonators S1 and S2 are configured.
- the series arm resonator S 1 is a 1-port surface acoustic wave resonator having an IDT electrode 12.
- the IDT electrode 12 has comb-tooth electrodes 12a and 12b.
- Reflectors 13 and 14 are formed on both sides of the IDT electrode 12 in the surface acoustic wave propagation direction.
- the IDT electrode 12 and the reflectors 13 and 14 are provided by embedding an electrode material in a groove formed on the upper surface of the piezoelectric substrate 200.
- a Cu electrode is used as the electrode material.
- the normalized film thickness of the electrode fingers of the IDT electrode 12 and the reflectors 13 and 14 is 0.07, and the duty is 0.6.
- the series arm resonator S2 is configured in the same manner as the series arm resonator S1.
- terminals 201, 202, and 203 made of electrode films are formed on the piezoelectric substrate 200.
- the terminal 201 is connected to the comb electrode 12 b of the IDT electrode 12.
- the terminals 202 and 203 are electrically connected to the comb electrode 12a.
- one end of the IDT electrode is connected to the terminal 201A.
- the other end of the IDT electrode is connected to the terminals 202A and 203A.
- the terminals 201 to 203 and 201A to 203A are made of the same electrode material as that constituting the IDT electrode.
- the piezoelectric substrate 200 is accommodated in the package 205. Electrodes 206 to 209 are formed on the package 205 side. A terminal 201 is connected to the electrode 206 by a bonding wire 211. Similarly, the terminal 202 is connected to the electrode 207 by a bonding wire 212. In addition, the terminal 201A is connected to the electrode 208 by a bonding wire 213, and the terminal 202A is connected to the electrode 209 by a bonding wire 214. Now, in order to explain the influence of the bonding wires 211 and 212, the series arm resonator S1 will be described as a representative.
- the solid lines in FIG. 11 indicate the impedance characteristics and phase characteristics of the series arm resonator S1, that is, the surface acoustic wave resonator, before the bonding wires 211 and 212 are connected.
- measurement is performed by bringing the probe on the signal potential side into contact with the terminal 201 and bringing the tip of the probe on the ground potential side into contact with the terminal 202. It was.
- broken lines in FIG. 11 indicate impedance characteristics and phase characteristics between the electrodes 206 and 207 after the piezoelectric substrate 200 is mounted on the package 205 and the terminals 201 and 202 are connected to the electrodes 206 and 207 by the bonding wires 211 and 212. Indicates. In this case, after the mother wafer was divided and the piezoelectric substrate 200 was obtained, the measurement was performed after the bonding wires 211 and 212 were connected.
- the resonance point is shifted to the low frequency side due to the inductance of the bonding wire, and accordingly, the band that is the difference between the anti-resonance frequency and the resonance frequency. It can be seen that the width has expanded. That is, the bonding wire functions as a bandwidth expansion inductance.
- the bandwidth expansion inductance made of the bonding wire is used.
- the bandwidth expansion inductance 221 made of the meandering conductor pattern formed in the package 205 is used. May be used.
- a bandwidth expanding inductance 221A made of a spiral conductor pattern formed on the piezoelectric substrate 200 may be used.
- the bandwidth expansion inductance may be a spiral or meandering conductor pattern.
- FIGS. 12A and 12B show a so-called face-up type surface acoustic wave resonator element chip in which the electrode forming surface of the piezoelectric substrate faces upward.
- a face-down type surface acoustic wave resonator element chip in which the IDT electrode formation surface of the surface acoustic wave resonator blocking chip faces the mounting electrode surface of the package may be used.
- the third capacitor Cf used in the tunable filter 41 of the comparative example shown in FIG. 7 is not connected.
- the pass bandwidth can be expanded and the frequency variable amount can be increased.
- the steepness of the filter characteristics on the high passband side can be increased, but the steepness on the low band side is not so high.
- the bandpass filter on the relatively high frequency side of the duplexer is required to have high steepness in the filter characteristics on the low frequency side. Therefore, a circuit of a tunable filter that can enhance the steepness of the filter characteristics on the low frequency side has been studied.
- FIG. 13B shows the frequency characteristics when the capacitance of the third capacitor Cf is changed to 0 pF, 1 pF, 2 pF, 5 pF, or 10 pF in the tunable filter 51.
- FIG. 13B it can be seen that the steepness of the filter characteristics on the low frequency side can be increased.
- FIG. 13B shows frequency characteristics of the tunable filter 51 in this case. As can be seen from FIG. 14, even if the capacitance values of the capacitors C2, C3, CP1, and CP2 are changed, the attenuation in the vicinity of 2400 MHz does not change.
- the frequency can be changed to 1800 MHz, 1700 MHz, and 1530 MHz by changing the capacitance of the variable capacitor as described above. Therefore, the center frequency of the second tunable filter 301 can be made substantially coincident with the center frequency of the tunable filter 51 by adjusting the capacitance of the variable capacitor 303.
- a second tunable filter 301 configured so that the center frequency substantially matches the center frequency of the tunable filter 51 is cascade-connected to the tunable filter 51 as shown in FIG. 304 was produced.
- the frequency characteristics of the tunable filter 304 are shown in FIG.
- variable capacitor in which the variable capacitor is connected to the series arm resonator circuit unit in which the bandwidth expansion inductance is connected to the surface acoustic wave resonator has been described.
- An appropriate variable capacitor that can change the capacitance mechanically or electrically can be used.
- the embedded electrode type surface acoustic wave resonator is used.
- FIGS. 17-25 show 10 ° Y-cut X propagation, ie, from the top of LiNbO 3 with Euler angles (0 °, 100 °, 0 °) from Al, Mo, Cu, Ni, Ag, Au, W, Ta or Pt. It is a figure which shows the characteristic of the surface acoustic wave resonator of the structure of FIG.
- FIG. 3B shows a structure in which the SiO 2 film in FIG.
- the standardized film thickness range of the Al electrode where both fr and fa become faster or slower than 4060 m / sec which is the sound velocity of the bulk shear wave which is slow is 0.001 to 0.00. 03 and 0.115 or more.
- the normalized film thickness range of the electrode made of Mo may be 0.001 to 0.008 and 0.045 or more. Table 5 below summarizes the case of other electrode metals.
- the film thickness of the IDT electrode may be set so as to be in the normalized film thickness range shown in the second column or the third column.
- the normalized film thickness range in the second column of Table 5 may be set. Furthermore, in order to eliminate the influence of the leakage component, the normalized film thickness range in the third column of Table 5 may be used.
- FIG. 33 shows the duty of an electrode made of Al, Mo, Cu, Ni, Ag, Au, W, Ta or Pt and the normalized film thickness (H / ⁇ ) when fa is equal to the bulk wave sound velocity of 4060 m / sec. Shows the relationship.
- Table 6 shows the conditions that the normalized film thickness (H / ⁇ ) of each electrode should satisfy when the duty is X. That is, fa is 4060 m / sec or less when the line thickness is greater than the line in FIG. 33 or the electrode film thickness range shown in Table 6 below, and therefore is not affected by bulk waves.
- FIGS. 17 to 25 show the results in the case of LiNbO 3 of 10 ° Y-cut X propagation, that is, Euler angles (0 °, 100 °, 0 °).
- ⁇ 70. range reflection coefficient and the electromechanical coupling coefficient of ⁇ 115 ° k 2 does not change much. Therefore, the Euler angle of LiNbO 3 may be in the range of (0 °, 70 ° to 115 °, 0 °).
- the duty is less than 0.5, more preferably in the range of 0.15 to 0.49.
- the bandwidth can be expanded by the bandwidth expansion inductance.
- FIG. 28 is a circuit diagram showing a tunable filter according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
- the second embodiment is an embodiment of the second invention of the present application.
- the series arm resonators S1 and S2 are connected in series with each other in the series arm connecting the input terminal 602 and the output terminal 603.
- a variable capacitor Css is connected to the input side of the series arm resonator S1, and another variable capacitor Css is connected to the output side of the series arm resonator S2.
- a variable capacitor Csp is connected in parallel to the series arm resonator S1, and a variable capacitor Csp is also connected in parallel to the series arm resonator S2.
- the parallel arm resonator P1 is provided on the parallel arm connecting the connection point between the series arm resonator S1 and the series arm resonator S2 and the ground potential.
- a capacitor Cps is connected in series to the parallel arm resonator P1 on the ground side of the parallel arm resonator P1.
- a capacitor Cpp is connected in parallel to the parallel arm resonator P1.
- the tunable filter 601 according to the second embodiment is a tunable filter having a ladder circuit configuration including a series arm having series arm resonators S1 and S2 and a parallel arm having a parallel arm resonator P1.
- the resonance frequency and the anti-resonance frequency of the series arm resonators S1 and S2 are FrS and FaS, respectively.
- the resonance frequency and antiresonance frequency of the parallel arm resonator P1 are FrP and FaP, respectively.
- FrS, FaS, FrP, and FaP are FrS ⁇ ⁇ (n ⁇ 1) FrP + FaP ⁇ / n, and FaP ⁇ ⁇ (n ⁇ 1) FaS + FrS ⁇ / n, and n Is an integer of 2 or more and 30 or less.
- a ladder-type tunable filter is configured by connecting to a variable capacitor connected to at least one of the series arm resonator and the parallel arm resonator. Therefore, the frequency variable amount of the tunable filter can be increased. This will be described in detail below.
- a ladder type filter has a circuit configuration shown in FIG. 29 (a) or (b). That is, in the ladder type filter 701 shown in FIG. 29A, the series arm resonator S1 is connected to the input terminal 702. The parallel arm resonator P1 closest to the input terminal 702 is provided on the parallel arm that connects the connection point between the series arm resonator S1 and the next series arm resonator S2 and the ground potential.
- the parallel arm resonator P1 is connected to the input terminal 705.
- FIG. 30 is a diagram illustrating impedance characteristics of the series arm resonator and the parallel arm resonator. As shown by the solid line in FIG. 30, the anti-resonance frequency FaP of the parallel arm resonator and the resonance frequency FrS of the series arm resonator indicated by the broken line are the same. In this way, the insertion loss in the passband is reduced.
- a tunable filter cannot be configured even if the capacitance is connected in series or in parallel to the series arm resonator or the parallel arm resonator, respectively. This will be described below.
- a pass band is formed around the frequency at which the anti-resonance frequency FaP of the parallel arm resonator and the resonance frequency FrS of the series arm resonator coincide with each other.
- the attenuation poles on both sides of the pass band are generated at the resonance frequency FrP of the parallel arm resonator and the anti-resonance frequency FaS of the series arm resonator.
- the resonance frequency FrP of the parallel arm resonator increases. Accordingly, the frequency of the attenuation pole on the low frequency side of the pass band is increased, but the pass band is not changed.
- the anti-resonance frequency FaS of the series arm resonator is lowered. Therefore, the frequency of the attenuation pole on the high frequency side of the pass band is lowered, but the pass band is not changed.
- the anti-resonance frequency FaP of the parallel arm resonator decreases.
- a filter characteristic that reduces insertion loss at each of the antiresonance frequency FaP of the parallel arm resonator and the resonance frequency FrS of the series arm resonator that is, a so-called bimodal characteristic is obtained. Accordingly, the filter characteristics are deteriorated. If the resonance frequency FrS of the series arm resonator can be lowered, the deterioration of the filter characteristics can be corrected. However, it is impossible to correct the deterioration of the filter characteristics by means of connecting a capacitance.
- the resonance frequency FrS of the series arm resonator increases.
- the anti-resonance frequency FaP of the parallel arm resonator and the resonance frequency FrS of the series arm resonator each have a filter characteristic with a small insertion loss, that is, a bimodal characteristic. Accordingly, the filter characteristics are deteriorated. If the anti-resonance frequency FaP of the parallel arm resonator can be increased, the deterioration of the filter characteristics can be corrected. However, it is impossible to correct the deterioration of the filter characteristics by means of connecting a capacitance.
- the anti-resonance frequency FaP of the parallel arm resonator is decreased, and the capacitance is connected in series to the series arm resonator.
- the resonance frequency FrS of the series arm resonator is increased.
- a filter having a center frequency in the frequency band between FrS and FaP before connecting the capacitance can be obtained. Therefore, the filter characteristic does not become a bimodal characteristic. Therefore, a tunable filter that can vary the center frequency of the filter between FrS and FaP can be obtained by adjusting the value of the connected capacitance.
- n 3, and FrS ⁇ (2FrP + FaP) / 3, FaP> FrS, and FaP ⁇ FaS are set. Since surface acoustic wave resonators having substantially the same ⁇ f, which is the difference between the antiresonance frequency and the resonance frequency, can be used as the series arm and the parallel arm resonator, the design is easy.
- N may be selected according to the specification of the tunable filter.
- a broadband resonator is prepared and the frequency of the series arm resonator is provided. It is necessary to devise how to combine the characteristics and the frequency of the parallel arm resonator. Specific examples will be described below.
- FIG. 31 is a diagram showing impedance characteristics of the parallel arm resonator and the series arm resonator configured using the surface acoustic wave resonator having the embedded electrode described above.
- the wavelength and the crossing width determined by the pitch of the IDT electrodes were adjusted, and the impedance characteristics of the parallel arm resonator and the series arm resonator were adjusted.
- the resonance frequency FrP is 1629 MHz and the anti-resonance frequency FaP is 1903 MHz.
- the resonance frequency FrS of the series arm resonator was set to 1720 MHz, which is 91 MHz higher than 1629 MHz.
- the specific bandwidth of the series arm resonator was designed to be 17%, similar to the specific bandwidth of the parallel arm resonator.
- the specific bandwidth of the resonator is a value obtained by dividing the difference between the antiresonance frequency and the resonance frequency by the resonance frequency.
- the series arm resonators S1 and S2 and the parallel arm resonator P1 in the tunable filter 601 shown in FIG. 28 are configured using the parallel arm resonator and the series arm resonator having impedance characteristics shown in FIG.
- the antiresonance frequency FaP of the series arm resonators S1 and S2 is set to 2010 MHz as is apparent from FIG.
- FIG. 32 shows the filter characteristics of the tunable filter 601 when the capacitances of the variable capacitors Css and Csp and the capacitors Cps and Cpp are the following first to third combinations.
- the result of the first combination is indicated by a broken line
- the result of the second combination is indicated by a solid line
- the result of the third combination is indicated by a one-dot chain line.
- the passband can be changed greatly by adjusting the sizes of Css, Csp, Cps and Cpp. That is, the center frequency could be changed very greatly to about 9%.
- the 3 dB bandwidth is 92 MHz.
- the 3 dB bandwidth is the width of the frequency band having an insertion loss that is 3 dB larger than the minimum insertion loss in the passband. If the frequency at one end of this frequency range is F1, and the frequency at the other end is F2, the 3 dB bandwidth is the absolute value of the difference between the frequency F1 and the frequency F2.
- the center frequency of the tunable filter 601 is represented by (F1 + F2) / 2.
- the frequency variable amount can be set to 9% as described above.
- FIG. 34 shows the filter characteristics of the ladder type tunable filter in the same manner as the tunable filter 601 with the difference between FrP and FrS being 45 MHz.
- the 3 dB bandwidth is 46 MHz.
- the frequency variable width is also increased to 11.5%.
- the 3 dB bandwidth and the frequency variable amount when the difference between the resonance frequency FrS of the series arm resonator and the resonance frequency FrP of the parallel arm resonator is variously determined in the same manner.
- the results are shown in Table 7 below.
- Table 7 As apparent from Table 7, by changing the difference between the resonance frequency FrS of the series arm resonator and the resonance frequency FrP of the parallel arm resonator, the 3 dB bandwidth of the tunable filter 601 is changed and the frequency variable amount is changed. Can be changed.
- the center frequency of the tunable filter at this time is about 1820 MHz.
- the frequency variable amount is the midpoint between the center frequencies of the difference between the center frequency in the first combination with the lowest center frequency and the center frequency in the third combination with the highest center frequency. It shall be the ratio (%) to the frequency.
- FrS-FrP The ratio of the resonator to the specific bandwidth may be set as shown in Table 8 below.
- the specific bandwidth of the series arm resonator and the specific bandwidth of the parallel arm resonator are preferably 13% or more. Thereby, as described above, the frequency variable amount can be further increased. More preferably, the specific bandwidth of the series arm resonator and the parallel arm resonator is 15% or more, whereby the frequency variable amount can be further increased. Note that an acoustic wave resonator having a specific bandwidth exceeding 60% is not generally used in a band-pass filter. Therefore, the specific bandwidth is preferably 13% or more and 60% or less.
- t is a value obtained by normalizing a frequency-variable width (FaP ⁇ FrS) by (FaP + FrS) / 2, and a specific bandwidth y of the series arm resonator and the parallel arm resonator is a specific bandwidth. Is a value normalized at each resonance frequency.
- the frequency variable width t is experimentally the maximum, t ⁇ 2 ⁇ (FaP ⁇ FrS) / (FaP + FrS) ⁇ 0.9 ⁇ 100 (%) It is. Accordingly, a suitable variable width is between 0.7 ⁇ t and 0.9 ⁇ t in consideration of the obtained filter characteristics. Therefore, the minimum 3 dB bandwidth is (FrS ⁇ FrP) ⁇ 0.9 or (FaS ⁇ FaP) ⁇ 0.9, whichever is smaller, and the maximum frequency variable width is 140 ⁇ (FaP ⁇ FrS) / (FaP + FrS). ) (%) To 180 ⁇ (FaP ⁇ FrS) / (FaP + FrS) (%).
- the frequency variable width can be increased by combining the frequency characteristics of the series arm resonators S1 and S2 and the parallel arm resonator P1.
- the frequency variable width can be increased by combining the frequency characteristics of the series arm resonators S1 and S2 and the parallel arm resonator P1 as described above.
- a ladder-type filter may be configured by providing a series arm resonator circuit unit and a parallel arm resonator circuit unit, and the series arm resonator circuit unit and the parallel arm resonator circuit unit.
- the frequency position where the spurious due to the Rayleigh wave is between the resonance frequency and the antiresonance frequency or higher than the antiresonance frequency.
- the spurious due to the Rayleigh wave appears at a frequency position lower than the resonance frequency. Therefore, it is desirable to use a non-embedded surface acoustic wave resonator as a series arm resonator and an embedded electrode type surface acoustic wave resonator as a parallel arm resonator. As a result, a tunable filter that is less prone to spurious within the passband can be obtained.
- the frequency characteristics of the series arm resonator and the parallel arm resonance are expressed as shown in the above formula (1).
- the frequency variable width can be increased by combining the frequency characteristics of the children and expanding the bandwidth.
- the ladder type tunable filter 61 of this embodiment has an input terminal 62, an output terminal 63, and a ground terminal 64 connected to the ground potential.
- First and second bulk wave resonators 65 and 66 are inserted in series with each other in a series arm connecting the input terminal 62 and the output terminal 63.
- a first variable capacitor CSs1 is connected between the input terminal 62 and the first bulk wave resonator 65.
- a variable capacitor CSp1 is connected in parallel to the first bulk wave resonator 65.
- a variable capacitor CSp2 is connected in parallel to the second bulk wave resonator 66.
- a variable capacitor CSs ⁇ b> 2 is connected between the bulk wave resonator 66 and the output terminal 63.
- a third bulk wave resonator 67 as a parallel arm resonator is connected to a parallel arm connecting the connection point N between the first and second bulk wave resonators 65 and 66 and the ground terminal 64.
- a variable capacitor CPs is connected between the third bulk wave resonator 67 and the connection point N between the first and second bulk wave resonators 65 and 66.
- a variable capacitor CPp is connected in parallel to the third bulk wave resonator 67.
- the frequency position of the pass band can be adjusted by adjusting the capacitances of the variable capacitors CSs1, CSs2, CSp1, CSp2, CPs, and CPp.
- FIG. 35 is a front sectional view of the first bulk wave resonator 65.
- the bulk wave resonator 65 has a substrate 68 made of an appropriate insulating material such as Si or a semiconductor material.
- the substrate 68 has a cavity including a through hole 68a.
- a piezoelectric thin film 69 is laminated on the substrate 68.
- the piezoelectric thin film 69 is provided so as to cover the through hole 68a.
- the piezoelectric thin film 69 is made of KNbO 3 in this embodiment.
- the piezoelectric thin film 69 may be a piezoelectric thin plate or may be formed of another piezoelectric material.
- the second excitation electrode 70 ⁇ / b> A is formed on the lower surface of the piezoelectric thin film 69 in the portion covering the through hole 68 a of the piezoelectric thin film 69.
- a first excitation electrode 71A is provided so as to face the second excitation electrode 70A via the piezoelectric thin film 69.
- the first and second excitation electrodes 71A and 70A are made of Al.
- the excitation electrodes 70A and 71A can be formed of an appropriate metal such as Cu, Ag, Au, Pt, Mo, Ni or an alloy mainly composed of these.
- the portions where the first and second excitation electrodes 71A and 70A face each other constitute an excitation unit.
- a cavity including a through hole 68a is positioned below. Accordingly, the vibration of the piezoelectric thin film 69 is not easily disturbed in the excitation unit.
- the vibration modes of the bulk wave resonator include thickness shear vibration and thickness longitudinal vibration. What is necessary is just to adjust the dimension of an excitation electrode suitably according to the vibration mode to utilize.
- thickness shear vibration in FIG. 35, when a voltage is applied between the excitation electrodes 70A and 71A formed on the piezoelectric thin film 69, the propagation direction of the bulk wave, that is, the thickness direction of the piezoelectric thin film and the displacement direction of the bulk wave. Is a vibration mode that is substantially vertical.
- the propagation direction of the bulk wave that is, the thickness direction of the piezoelectric thin film and the displacement direction of the bulk wave are substantially parallel. There is a vibration mode.
- the second and third bulk wave resonators 66 and 67 have the same structure.
- the bulk wave resonator 65 shown in FIG. 37 is connected to the input terminal 62 and the connection point described above, but the first excitation electrode 71A is connected to the input terminal 62 via CSs1 and the second excitation electrode. 70A is connected to the connection point N described above.
- FIG. 36 is a schematic plan view of the tunable filter.
- a first excitation electrode 71A is shown on the substrate 68 in a portion where the bulk wave resonator 65 is configured. Since the second excitation electrode 70A is located on the lower surface of the piezoelectric thin film, it is indicated by a broken line. Similarly, in the portion where the second and third bulk wave resonators 66 and 67 are configured, the first excitation electrode 71 ⁇ / b> A is provided on the upper surface of the substrate 68.
- each variable capacitor can be configured in the same manner as the first and second embodiments described above, that is, a conventionally known variable capacitor.
- bulk wave resonators may be used as the series arm resonator and the parallel arm resonator.
- FIG. 38 shows the impedance characteristics of the series arm resonator and the parallel arm resonator in the tunable filter 61. That is, the first and second bulk wave resonators 65 and 66 have impedance characteristics of series arm resonators indicated by broken lines in FIG. On the other hand, the third bulk wave resonator 67 has the impedance characteristic of the parallel arm resonator shown by a solid line in FIG.
- FIG. 39 shows the attenuation frequency characteristics of the tunable filter 61 using the first to third bulk wave resonators 65 to 67.
- FIG. 39 shows frequency characteristics when the capacitance of the variable capacitor described above is variously changed.
- the capacitances of the variable capacitors CSs1 and CSs2 are equal, and this capacitance is S-Cs.
- the capacitances of the variable capacitor CSp1 and the variable capacitor CSP2 are also equal, and the capacitance of these variable capacitors is S-Cp.
- FIG. 39 shows frequency characteristics when the capacitance of the variable capacitor is the following three combinations.
- the passband center frequency is about 1.67 GHz
- the passband center frequency is about 1.79 GHz.
- the frequency adjustable range can be expanded according to the present invention. I understand.
- 40 (a) and 40 (b) are front sectional views showing modifications of the bulk wave resonator.
- the substrate 68 is provided with a cavity including a through hole 68a.
- a cavity may be formed by providing a recess 68b which is not a through hole on the upper surface of the substrate 68.
- the first excitation electrode 71A on the upper surface of the piezoelectric thin film 69 is composed of divided excitation electrodes 71 and 72 opposed to each other with a gap therebetween, and the second excitation electrode 70A is The divided excitation electrodes 71 and 72 may be opposed to each other through the piezoelectric thin film 69.
- the bulk wave resonators 81 and 82 shown in FIGS. 40A and 40B may be used in place of the bulk wave resonator 65 shown in FIG.
- FIG. 41 shows impedance characteristics of a bulk wave resonator 65 using thickness shear vibration using LiNbO 3 with Euler angles (0 °, 95 °, ⁇ ) and LiNbO 3 with Euler angles (30 °, 90 ° ⁇ ).
- the thickness of LiNbO 3 was 1.45 ⁇ m.
- First and second excitation electrodes 71A and 70A were formed of Al films. The thickness of the first and second excitation electrodes 71A and 70A was 0.1 ⁇ m, and the planar shape was a circle with a radius of 50 ⁇ m.
- FIG. 42 shows a bulk wave resonator 65 using a piezoelectric thin film made of LiNbO 3 with Euler angles (30 °, 0 °, ⁇ ), and an inductance in series with the bulk wave resonator using the thickness shear vibration mode. It is a figure which shows the magnitude
- the bandwidth can be expanded by connecting the inductance for bandwidth expansion of the inductance values of 5 nH, 10 nH and 20 nH, compared to the case where the inductance, that is, the bandwidth expansion inductance is not connected. .
- FIG. 43 shows a bulk wave resonator 65 using a piezoelectric thin film made of LiNbO 3 having the Euler angles ( ⁇ , ⁇ , ⁇ ), and the Euler angles and the bandwidth ⁇ f in the resonator using the thickness shear vibration mode. It is a figure which shows the relationship with / fr.
- the bandwidth can be made very wide as 20% or more, 25% or more, or 30% or more by selecting the Euler angle within a specific range as follows. Recognize.
- FIG. 44 shows attenuation frequency characteristics and frequency variable widths when the tunable filter shown in FIG. 37 is configured in the same manner as FIG. 37 using the bulk wave resonator 65 using the thickness shear vibration mode.
- FIG. Here, in the tunable filter of FIG. 37, a piezoelectric thin film made of LiNbO 3 with Euler angles (30 °, 90 °, ⁇ ) is used as a resonator, and the thickness-shear vibration mode is used.
- the tunable filter 61 is configured in the same manner as in FIG. FIG. 44 shows frequency characteristics when the capacitance of the variable capacitor is variously changed, as in FIG. FIG. 44 shows frequency characteristics when the capacitance of the variable capacitor is the following three combinations.
- a thickness longitudinal resonator using a thickness longitudinal vibration mode may be used as the bulk wave resonator 65.
- FIG. 45 shows a case where the bulk wave resonator 65 is configured using a piezoelectric thin film made of LiNbO 3 with Euler angles ( ⁇ , ⁇ , ⁇ ), and the bandwidth ⁇ f / fr and Euler angles are calculated when the thickness longitudinal vibration mode is used. It is a figure which shows the relationship.
- the Euler angles of LiNbO 3 are (0 ⁇ 5 °, 107 ° to 137 °, ⁇ ), (10 ⁇ 5 °, 112 ° to 133 °, ⁇ ), (50 ⁇ 5 °, 47 ° to 69 °, ⁇ ) or (60 ⁇ 5 °, 43 ° to 73 °, ⁇ ) It can be seen that the bandwidth can be 10% or more.
- tunable filter 11 piezoelectric substrate 11a ... upper surface 11b ... groove 12 ... IDT electrodes 12a, 12b ... comb electrodes 13 and 14 ... reflectors 15 ... SiO 2 film 22 ... input terminal 23 ... output terminal 41 ... tunable filter DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 51 ... Tunable filter 61 ... Tunable filter 62 ... Input terminal 63 ... Output terminal 64 ... Ground terminal 65-67 ... 1st-3rd bulk wave resonator 68 ... Board
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- Input terminal C1 to C4 ... Capacitor CP1, CP2 ... Capacitor L1 ... Inductance P1 ... Parallel arm resonator S1, S2 ... Series arm resonator S11, S12 ... Series arm resonator circuit section
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{(2-t/0.9)×(1+y)-(2+t/0.9)}/{(2+t/0.9)×y}×100(%) ・・・(1)
図1(a)は、本発明の第1の実施形態に係るチューナブルフィルタの回路図であり、(b)は、該チューナブルフィルタに用いられる弾性表面波共振子の模式的平面図であり、(c)は、(b)中のI-I線に沿う部分の正面断面図である。(d)は、(c)中のSiO2膜が存在しない構造の正面断面図である。
図2の実線は、15°YカットX伝搬のLiNbO3基板、すなわちオイラー角で(0°,105°,0°)のLiNbO3基板を用い、電極材料としてAlを用い、弾性表面波共振子の波長をλとしたときに、IDT電極12の膜厚を0.17λとし、SiO2膜の膜厚を0.22λとしたときの弾性表面波共振子のインピーダンス特性及び位相特性を示す図である。比較のために、SiO2膜が形成されていないことを除いては、同様に形成された図1(d)に示す弾性表面波共振子のインピーダンス-周波数特性及び位相特性を図2に破線で示す。
オイラー角が(0°,126°,0°)のLiTaO3基板を圧電基板として用い、電極材料としてAuを用い、圧電基板を覆うようにSiO2膜を成膜し、種々の構造の弾性表面波共振子を作製した。弾性表面波共振子のIDT電極の電極指ピッチで定まる波長をλとしたときに、SiO2膜の厚みhを波長λで規格化してなる規格化厚みh/λは0.3とした。用意した弾性表面波共振子としては、以下の第1~第5の弾性表面波共振子A~Eを用意した。
後述の図8の実線で示した弾性表面波共振子を用いた上記チューナブルフィルタ1の周波数特性を図6に示す。ここでは、可変コンデンサC2と可変コンデンサC3との容量を等しくし、可変コンデンサCP1と可変コンデンサCP2との容量を等しくした構造において、静電容量を図6に示すように変化させた場合の周波数特性を図6に示す。なお、帯域幅拡大用インダクタンスLxのインダクタンス値は4.5nHとした。
本実施形態のチューナブルフィルタ1では、弾性表面波共振子をパッケージと電気的に接続するボンディングワイヤにより帯域幅拡大用インダクタンスLxが構成されている。この場合には、帯域幅拡大用インダクタンスLxを構成するための余分な部品を必要としないので、小型化を図ることができる。このようなボンディングワイヤにより帯域幅拡大用インダクタンスLxを構成した具体的な構造の例を、図10及び図11を参照して説明する。
上記第1の実施形態では、ボンディングワイヤからなる帯域幅拡大用インダクタンスを用いたが、図12(a)に示すようにパッケージ205に形成されたミアンダ状の導体パターンからなる帯域幅拡大用インダクタンス221を用いてもよい。
以下、図13~16を参照しつつ、第1の実施形態のチューナブルフィルタにおける変形例を説明する。
図28は、本発明の第2の実施形態のチューナブルフィルタを示す回路図である。第2の実施形態は、本願の第2の発明の実施形態である。第2の実施形態のチューナブルフィルタ601では、入力端子602と出力端子603とを結ぶ直列腕において、直列腕共振子S1及びS2が互いに直列に接続されている。直列腕共振子S1の入力側には、可変コンデンサCssが接続されており、直列腕共振子S2の出力側には、他の可変コンデンサCssが接続されている。また、直列腕共振子S1に並列に可変コンデンサCspが接続されており、直列腕共振子S2にも並列に可変コンデンサCspが接続されている。
第2の組み合わせ:Css=1.5pF、Csp=0.5pF、Cps=7pF、Cpp=2.3pF
第3の組み合わせ:Css=0.5pF、Csp=0pF、Cps=2.3pF、Cpp=0pF
{(2-t/0.9)×(1+y)-(2+t/0.9)}/{(2+t/0.9)×y}×100(%) ・・・(1)
t≒2×(FaP-FrS)/(FaP+FrS)×0.9×100(%)
である。従って、適した可変幅は、得られるフィルタ特性を考慮すると、0.7×t~0.9×tの間である。よって、最小の3dB帯域幅は、(FrS-FrP)×0.9あるいは(FaS-FaP)×0.9のいずれか小さいほうで、最大周波数可変幅は140×(FaP-FrS)/(FaP+FrS)(%)から180×(FaP-FrS)/(FaP+FrS)(%)、が得られる。
図35~図39を参照して、第2の実施形態の変形例に係るラダー型チューナブルフィルタを説明する。図37に回路図で示すように、本実施形態のラダー型チューナブルフィルタ61は、入力端子62と出力端子63と、グラウンド電位に接続されるグラウンド端子64とを有する。入力端子62と出力端子63とを結ぶ直列腕に、第1,第2のバルク波共振子65,66が互いに直列に挿入されている。また、入力端子62と第1のバルク波共振子65との間に、第1の可変コンデンサCSs1が接続されている。第1のバルク波共振子65に並列に可変コンデンサCSp1が接続されている。
第2の組み合わせ:S-Cs=0.6pF、S-Cp=0.6pF、P-Cs=4.0pF、P-Cp=3.0pF。
第3の組み合わせ:S-Cs=0.2pF、S-Cp=0pF,P-Cs=0.8pF、P-Cp=0pF。
第2の組み合わせ:S-Cs=0.2pF、S-Cp=0.26pF、P-Cs=0.8pF、P-Cp=1.0pF。
第3の組み合わせ:S-Cs=0.08pF、S-Cp=0.2pF、P-Cs=0.3pF、P-Cp=0pF。
11…圧電基板
11a…上面
11b…溝
12…IDT電極
12a,12b…くし歯電極
13,14…反射器
15…SiO2膜
22…入力端子
23…出力端子
41…チューナブルフィルタ
51…チューナブルフィルタ
61…チューナブルフィルタ
62…入力端子
63…出力端子
64…グラウンド端子
65~67…第1~第3のバルク波共振子
68…基板
68a…貫通孔
68b…凹部
69…圧電薄膜
70…共通励振電極
70A…第2の励振電極
71A…第1の励振電極
71,72…分割励振電極
81,82…バルク波共振子
200…圧電基板
201~203…端子
201A…端子
202A…端子
205…パッケージ
206~209…電極
211~214…ボンディングワイヤ
221…帯域幅拡大用インダクタンス
221A…帯域幅拡大用インダクタンス
301…第2のチューナブルフィルタ
302…インダクタンス
303…可変コンデンサ
304…チューナブルフィルタ
601…チューナブルフィルタ
602…入力端子
603…出力端子
701…ラダー型フィルタ
702…入力端子
704…ラダー型フィルタ
705…入力端子
C1~C4…コンデンサ
CP1,CP2…コンデンサ
L1…インダクタンス
P1…並列腕共振子
S1,S2…直列腕共振子
S11,S12…直列腕共振子回路部
Claims (25)
- 入力端子と出力端子とを接続する直列腕および該直列腕とグラウンド電位との間の並列腕の少なくとも一方に設けられた共振子回路部と、
前記共振子回路部に直列に接続された第1の可変コンデンサと、
前記共振子回路部に並列に接続された第2の可変コンデンサとを備え、
前記共振子回路部が、LiNbO3またはLiTaO3からなる圧電基板と、前記圧電基板上に形成された電極とを有する弾性波共振子と、前記弾性波共振子に接続された帯域幅拡大用インダクタンスとを備える、チューナブルフィルタ。 - 前記共振子回路部が、直列腕に設けられた複数の直列腕共振子回路部であり、
複数の前記直列腕共振子回路部間の接続点とグラウンド電位との間に接続された結合素子と、
入力端子とグラウンド電位間及び出力端子とグラウンド電位間に接続された整合素子とをさらに備える、請求項1に記載のチューナブルフィルタ。 - 前記共振子回路部として、直列腕と並列腕の両方にそれぞれ設けられた直列腕共振子回路部と並列腕共振子回路部とを有し、
前記直列腕共振子回路部と前記並列腕共振子回路部とによりラダー型フィルタが構成されている、請求項1に記載のチューナブルフィルタ。 - 前記共振子回路部が、複数の並列共振子からなり、前記複数の並列共振子に前記帯域幅拡大用インダクタンスが接続されている、請求項3に記載のチューナブルフィルタ。
- 前記圧電基板の上面に凹部が形成されており、前記圧電基板上に形成された電極がIDT電極であり、前記弾性波共振子が弾性表面波共振子であって、さらに前記IDT電極が前記凹部に充填された金属からなる、請求項1~4のいずれか1項に記載のチューナブルフィルタ。
- 前記弾性表面波共振子が、前記圧電基板の上面を覆うように設けられたSiO2膜をさらに備える、請求項1~5のいずれか1項に記載のチューナブルフィルタ。
- 入力端子と出力端子との間に接続されているコンデンサをさらに備えている、請求項2~6のいずれか1項に記載のチューナブルフィルタ。
- 前記整合素子及び前記結合素子のチューナブルフィルタの通過帯域におけるインピーダンスが20~105Ωである、請求項2に記載のチューナブルフィルタ。
- 前記帯域幅拡大用インダクタンスがスパイラル状もしくはミアンダ状の導体パターン及びボンディングワイヤのうちのいずれか1つである、請求項1~8のいずれか1項に記載のチューナブルフィルタ。
- 前記帯域幅拡大用インダクタンスがスパイラル状もしくはミアンダ状の導体パターンであり、パッケージをさらに備え、前記スパイラル状またはミアンダ状の導体パターンが前記圧電基板上または前記パッケージに形成されている、請求項9に記載のチューナブルフィルタ。
- 直列腕に設けられた直列腕共振子と、並列腕に設けられた並列腕共振子と、直列腕共振子及び並列腕共振子の少なくとも一方に接続された可変コンデンサとを備えるラダー型回路構成のチューナブルフィルタにおいて、前記直列腕共振子の共振周波数及び反共振周波数をFrS、FaS、前記並列腕共振子の共振周波数及び反共振周波数をFrP、FaPとしたときに、FrS≦{(n-1)FrP+FaP}/nかつFaP≦{(n-1)FaS+FrS}/nであり、nが2以上、30以下の整数である、チューナブルフィルタ。
- FrS≦(FrP+FaP)/2、FaP>FrS及びFaP<FaSを満たす、請求項11に記載のチューナブルフィルタ。
- FrS≦(2FrP+FaP)/3、FaP>FrS及びFaP<FaSである、請求項11に記載のチューナブルフィルタ。
- チューナブルフィルタの周波数可変幅を(FaP+FrS)/2で規格化してなる値をt、直列腕共振子及び並列腕共振子の比帯域幅をそれぞれの共振周波数で規格化した値をyとしたときに、Δfr=FrS-FrPのFrPに対する比であるΔfr/FrPを比帯域幅yで規格化した値が、以下の式(1)で示す値以下とされている、請求項11に記載のチューナブルフィルタ。
{(2-t/0.9)×(1+y)-(2+t/0.9)}/{(2+t/0.9)×y}×100(%) ・・・(1) - 最小の3dB帯域幅が、(FrS-FrP)×0.9あるいは(FaS-FaP)×0.9のいずれか小さいほうで、最大周波数可変幅が140×(FaP-FrS)/(FaP+FrS)(%)から180×(FaP-FrS)/(FaP+FrS)(%)の範囲とされている、請求項15または16に記載のチューナブルフィルタ。
- 直列腕共振子の比帯域幅及び並列腕共振子の比帯域幅がいずれも13%以上、60%以下である、請求項11~16のいずれか1項に記載のチューナブルフィルタ。
- 前記直列腕共振子及び並列腕共振子が、バルク波共振子からなり、該バルク波共振子が、上面に開いたキャビティを有する基板と、前記基板のキャビティを覆うように基板上に設けられた圧電薄膜あるいは圧電薄板と、前記圧電薄膜の下面であって前記キャビティに臨む部分に設けられた第1の励振電極と、
前記圧電薄膜の上面に設けられており、かつ前記第1の励振電極と圧電薄膜を介して対向するように配置されている第2の励振電極とを有する、請求項11~18のいずれか1項に記載のチューナブルフィルタ。 - 前記バルク波共振子が厚みすべり振動共振子である、請求項20に記載のチューナブルフィルタ。
- 前記バルク波共振子が厚み縦振動共振子である、請求項20に記載のチューナブルフィルタ。
- 入力端子と出力端子とを接続する直列腕および該直列腕とグラウンド電位との間の並列腕の少なくとも一方に設けられた共振子回路部と、
前記共振子回路部に直列に接続された第1の可変コンデンサと、
前記共振子回路部に並列に接続された第2の可変コンデンサとを備え、
前記共振子回路部が、バルク波共振子と、該バルク波共振子に接続された帯域幅拡大用インダクタンスとを備え、前記バルク波共振子が、上面に開いたキャビティを有する基板と、前記基板のキャビティを覆うように基板上に設けられた圧電薄膜あるいは圧電薄板と、前記圧電薄膜の下面であって前記キャビティに臨む部分に設けられた第1の励振電極と、
前記圧電薄膜の上面に設けられており、かつ前記第1の励振電極と圧電薄膜を介して対向するように配置されている第2の励振電極とを有する、チューナブルフィルタ。 - 前記バルク波共振子が、LiNbO3からなる圧電薄膜あるいは圧電薄板を用いた厚み縦振動共振子であって、そのオイラー角が(0±5°、107°~137°、ψ)、(10±5°、112°~133°、ψ)、(50±5°、47°~69°、ψ)または(60±5°、43°~73°、ψ)の範囲内である、請求項22または請求項23に記載のチューナブルフィルタ。
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