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- the present invention relates to a multimode acoustic wave element mainly used in mobile communication equipment and the like.
- communication devices such as mobile phones have been remarkably reduced in size and weight.
- an elastic wave device such as a surface acoustic wave device or a boundary acoustic wave device that can be miniaturized is used.
- communication systems such as CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) that transmit and receive simultaneously have increased rapidly, and demand for duplexers has increased rapidly. Furthermore, in recent years, many duplexers in which the receiving end operates in a balanced manner have been used.
- a multi-mode acoustic wave device having an unbalance-balance conversion function is used as a filter on the receiving side of the duplexer. Furthermore, with changes in mobile communication systems, duplexer requirements are becoming stricter. That is, there is a need for a multimode acoustic wave device having a passband characteristic that is broader, closer to a rectangle, and excellent in steepness as compared with the prior art.
- Patent Document 1 to Patent Document 3 are known.
- Patent Document 1 discloses a technique for providing a change pattern in the electrode period of a reflector in order to achieve both suppression of spurious and steepness for a multimode acoustic wave element having three IDT electrodes.
- Patent Document 2 discloses a technique of using a plurality of reflector groups having different periods as reflectors in order to suppress spurious near the passband and obtain good attenuation characteristics for a multimode acoustic wave element having three IDT electrodes. Is disclosed.
- Patent Document 3 discloses a technique in which a narrow pitch portion at the boundary portion of an IDT electrode is devised in order to improve the steepness in the vicinity of the pass band for a multimode acoustic wave element having five IDT electrodes. That is, when the narrow pitch portion at the boundary portion of the IDT electrode is sequentially set as the first to fourth narrow pitch portions, the electrode finger pitch of the first narrow pitch portion is smaller than the electrode finger pitch of the second narrow pitch portion, The electrode finger pitch of the fourth narrow pitch portion is made smaller than the electrode finger pitch of the third narrow pitch portion. With this configuration, the displacement distribution excited by the elastic wave is controlled.
- JP 2003-258595 A Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2001-332954 International Publication No. 2009/001651
- the present invention provides a multimode acoustic wave device having a more rectangular and steep attenuation characteristic.
- the first multimode acoustic wave device includes a piezoelectric substrate, first and second reflectors, a first IDT electrode, a second IDT electrode, a third IDT electrode, and a fourth IDT.
- An electrode and a fifth IDT electrode are disposed on the piezoelectric substrate.
- the first to fifth IDT electrodes are arranged between the first and second reflectors in order from the side closer to the first reflector along the propagation direction of the elastic wave.
- the electrode finger pitch average of the first IDT electrode and the electrode finger pitch average of the fifth IDT electrode are smaller than both the electrode finger pitch average of the second IDT electrode and the electrode finger pitch average of the fourth IDT electrode.
- the second multimode acoustic wave device includes a piezoelectric substrate, first and second reflectors, a first IDT electrode, a second IDT electrode, a third IDT electrode, and a fourth IDT.
- the first and second reflectors and the first to fifth IDT electrodes are disposed on the piezoelectric substrate.
- the first to fifth IDT electrodes are arranged between the first and second reflectors in order from the side closer to the first reflector along the propagation direction of the elastic wave.
- Each of the first to fifth IDT electrodes has a constant pitch region in which the electrode finger pitch is substantially equal.
- the electrode finger pitch in the constant pitch area of the first IDT electrode, the electrode finger pitch in the constant pitch area of the third IDT electrode, and the electrode finger pitch in the constant pitch area of the fifth IDT electrode are the second This is smaller than either the electrode finger pitch in the constant pitch region of the IDT electrode or the electrode finger pitch in the constant pitch region of the fourth IDT electrode.
- the displacement distribution of the standing wave of the elastic wave can be concentrated on the reflector side from the arrangement region of the second and fourth IDT electrodes.
- the characteristics are affected by the reflector. Therefore, using a reflector, high-order longitudinal mode resonance can be suppressed at a frequency near the low band side of the pass band, and a steep attenuation characteristic can be obtained.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic top view of a multimode acoustic wave device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2A is an explanatory diagram of electrode finger pitch definition of the multimode acoustic wave device shown in FIG.
- FIG. 2B is an explanatory diagram of electrode finger pitch definition of the multimode acoustic wave device shown in FIG. 1.
- FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of the electrode finger pitch of the multimode acoustic wave device shown in FIG.
- FIG. 4A is a schematic top view of a multimode acoustic wave device of a comparative example.
- FIG. 4B is an explanatory diagram of electrode finger pitches of the multimode acoustic wave device shown in FIG. 4A.
- FIG. 5 is a characteristic comparison diagram between the multimode acoustic wave device shown in FIG. 3 and the multimode acoustic wave device shown in FIG. 4B.
- FIG. 6 is a schematic top view of still another multimode acoustic wave device according to the embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 7 is a characteristic diagram of the multimode acoustic wave device shown in FIG.
- IDT-IDT mode in which displacement distribution is concentrated in the adjacent portion of two IDT electrodes adjacent to the zeroth-order resonance mode.
- filter passband a resonance mode in which displacement distribution is concentrated in the adjacent portion of two IDT electrodes adjacent to the zeroth-order resonance mode.
- higher-order longitudinal mode resonances such as the second-order mode and the fourth-order mode are present in the low-frequency side near the passband. For this reason, it is difficult to obtain steepness on the low side of the pass band of the filter. In order to obtain a filter having a steep characteristic at the low-frequency side of the pass band, it is necessary to sufficiently weaken these higher-order longitudinal mode resonances to the extent that they do not couple with the 0th-order mode resonances.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the structure of a multimode acoustic wave device 100 according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
- the multimode acoustic wave element is, for example, a Double Mode SAW element, and is an acoustic wave element that forms a desired band-pass characteristic by exciting an elastic wave in a plurality of modes.
- the multimode acoustic wave device 100 includes a piezoelectric substrate 101, a first reflector 102, a second reflector 108 (hereinafter referred to as reflectors 102 and 108), a first IDT electrode 103, and a second IDT.
- the electrode 104, the third IDT electrode 105, the fourth IDT electrode 106, and the fifth IDT electrode 107 (hereinafter referred to as IDT electrodes 103 to 107) are provided.
- the reflectors 102 and 108 and the IDT electrodes 103 to 107 are disposed on the piezoelectric substrate 101.
- the IDT electrodes 103 to 107 are sequentially arranged between the reflector 102 and the reflector 108 along the elastic wave propagation direction from the side closer to the reflector 102. That is, the IDT electrode 103 is closest to the reflector 102 and the IDT electrode 107 is closest to the reflector 108.
- the piezoelectric substrate 101 is made of lithium tantalate or lithium niobate.
- Each of the IDT electrodes 103 to 107 is composed of a pair of comb electrodes (interdigital transducer electrodes).
- the reflectors 102 and 108 and the IDT electrodes 103 to 107 are made of, for example, a single metal made of aluminum, copper, silver, gold, titanium, tungsten, molybdenum, platinum, or chromium, or an alloy containing these as a main component. Yes. Or it has the structure which laminated
- the multimode acoustic wave element 100 excites, as a main wave, a surface acoustic wave such as an SH (Shear Horizontal) wave or a Rayleigh wave.
- a surface acoustic wave such as an SH (Shear Horizontal) wave or a Rayleigh wave.
- 1 schematically shows the reflectors 102 and 108 and the IDT electrodes 103 to 107, and the number of comb electrodes is not limited to that shown in FIG.
- the electrode finger pitch P is defined by the distance between the centers of the electrode fingers 21 and 22 adjacent to each other in the elastic wave propagation direction.
- the reflector 102 is composed of, for example, 74 electrode fingers, and the electrode finger pitch average defined by the distance between the centers of the electrode fingers is 2.055 ⁇ m.
- the reflector 108 is also composed of 74 electrode fingers, and the electrode finger pitch average is 2.055 ⁇ m.
- the electrode finger pitch average is obtained by dividing the sum of the electrode finger pitch dimensions by the number of electrode fingers minus one.
- the IDT electrode 103 is composed of 35 (17.5 pairs) electrode fingers, and the electrode finger pitch average is 1.936 ⁇ m.
- the IDT electrode 104 is composed of 35 (17.5 pairs) electrode fingers, and the electrode finger pitch average is 2.005 ⁇ m.
- the IDT electrode 105 is composed of 58 (29 pairs) electrode fingers, and the average electrode finger pitch is 1.946 ⁇ m.
- the IDT electrode 106 is composed of 35 (17.5 pairs) electrode fingers, and the electrode finger pitch average is 2.005 ⁇ m.
- the IDT electrode 107 is composed of 35 (17.5 pairs) electrode fingers, and the average electrode finger pitch is 1.936 ⁇ m.
- the IDT electrode 105 is divided into two regions at the center in the propagation direction, and comb electrodes are arranged so that the phases differ by 180 degrees in these two regions.
- the electrode finger pitch average of the IDT electrode 103 and the electrode finger pitch average of the IDT electrode 107 are smaller than both the electrode finger pitch average of the IDT electrode 104 and the electrode finger pitch average of the IDT electrode 106.
- the displacement distribution of the standing wave of the elastic wave can be concentrated on the IDT electrode arrangement regions 103 and 107 closer to the reflectors 102 and 108 than the IDT electrodes 104 and 106 arrangement region.
- the characteristics are affected by the reflectors 102 and 108.
- the multimode acoustic wave element 100 can suppress high-order longitudinal mode resonance at a frequency near the low band side of the passband using the reflectors 102 and 108, and has a steep attenuation characteristic. Obtainable. That is, high-order longitudinal mode resonance can be suppressed, and filter characteristics with excellent steepness near the low frequency side of the pass band can be obtained.
- the electrode finger pitch average of the IDT electrode 105 is desirably smaller than both the electrode finger pitch average of the IDT electrode 104 and the electrode finger pitch average of the IDT electrode 106.
- the displacement distribution of the low standing wave of the elastic wave can be concentrated on the arrangement region of the IDT electrode 105 which is the central portion from the arrangement region of the IDT electrodes 104 and 106, and the insertion loss on the high band side of the pass band is reduced. can do.
- the electrode finger pitch average of the IDT electrode 103, the electrode finger pitch average of the IDT electrode 105, and the electrode finger pitch average of the IDT electrode 107 are either the electrode finger pitch average of the IDT electrode 104 or the electrode finger pitch average of the IDT electrode 106. Is preferably small. With this configuration, the displacement distribution of the standing wave is concentrated on the side close to the reflectors 102 and 108, and a filter having a steep characteristic on the low band side of the passband without impairing the insertion loss using the reflectors 102 and 108. Can be made. It is more preferable that the electrode finger pitch average of the IDT electrode 103 and the electrode finger pitch average of the IDT electrode 107 are smaller than the electrode finger pitch average of the IDT electrode 105. With this configuration, the characteristics are more easily affected by the reflectors 102 and 108, and the effect of obtaining a rectangular filter characteristic with excellent attenuation characteristics is enhanced. That is, it becomes easy to realize steep characteristics.
- the ratio value Pr1 / Pi2 of the electrode finger pitch average Pr1 of the reflector 102 and the electrode finger pitch average Pi2 of the IDT electrode 104 is preferably 1.02 or more and 1.035 or less.
- the value Pr2 / Pi4 of the electrode finger pitch average Pr2 of the reflector 108 and the electrode finger pitch average Pi4 of the IDT electrode 106 is preferably 1.02 or more and 1.035 or less. If Pr1 / Pi2 or Pr2 / Pi4 is smaller than 1.02, a phenomenon that the insertion loss of the filter increases on the low frequency side of the pass band occurs. If Pr1 / Pi2 or Pr2 / Pi4 is greater than 1.035, suppression of higher-order longitudinal mode resonance is insufficient, and the steepness near the low band side of the passband is lowered.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the electrode finger pitch configuration of the multimode acoustic wave device 100 in more detail. That is, FIG. 3 shows in detail how the electrode finger pitch is in each part.
- the horizontal axis in FIG. 3 is a gap number between the left and right electrode fingers of the reflector 102 located on the left side in FIG. 1 (hereinafter referred to as an electrode finger pitch number) is 1, and the left
- the numbers assigned to the gaps between the electrode fingers are shown in order from right to left. That is, FIG. 3 shows the electrode finger pitch at each of the numbers assigned to the gaps of the electrode fingers in sequence up to the reflector 102, the IDT electrode 103, the IDT electrode 104, the IDT electrode 105, the IDT electrode 106, the IDT electrode 107, and the reflector 108. ( ⁇ m) is shown on the vertical axis. 3 indicates the boundary between the reflector and the IDT electrode or the boundary between the IDT electrode and the IDT electrode, and for convenience, indicates which range is the position of which reflector or IDT electrode.
- the electrode finger pitch is set so as to have a maximum value of 2.095 ⁇ m and a minimum value of 1.987 ⁇ m in the region relatively close to the IDT electrode 103 or the IDT electrode 107. Has been. In the region relatively far from the IDT electrode 103 or the IDT electrode 107, the electrode finger pitch is set to be substantially constant at 2.058 ⁇ m.
- the electrode finger pitch average of the IDT electrode 103, the electrode finger pitch average of the IDT electrode 105, and the electrode finger pitch average of the IDT electrode 107 are the electrode finger pitch average of the IDT electrode 104 and the electrode finger pitch average of the IDT electrode 106. Smaller than any of the above.
- the change rate of the electrode finger pitch of the adjacent gap in the region relatively close to the IDT electrode 103 or IDT electrode 107 in the reflectors 102 and 108 is changed to the adjacent region in the region relatively far from the IDT electrode 103 or IDT electrode 107. It is preferable to increase the rate of change of the electrode finger pitch in the gap. As a result, high-order longitudinal mode resonance can be suppressed, and filter characteristics with excellent steepness on the low pass band side can be realized.
- each of the reflectors 102 and 108 is divided into three or more regions, each region has an equal electrode finger pitch, and the average electrode finger pitch in each region is It may be set differently. That is, it is preferable that the reflectors 102 and 108 each have at least three types of electrode finger pitches.
- the IDT electrodes 103 to 07 have regions where the electrode finger pitches are substantially equal. That is, the electrode finger pitch is substantially constant in that region (constant pitch region).
- the dimension of the electrode finger pitch in the constant pitch area is 1.980 ⁇ m for the IDT electrode 103, 2.094 ⁇ m for the IDT electrode 104, 1.985 ⁇ m for the IDT electrode 105, 2.094 ⁇ m for the IDT electrode 106, and 1.94 ⁇ m for the IDT electrode 107. 980 ⁇ m.
- the electrode finger pitch of the constant pitch region of the IDT electrode 103, the electrode finger pitch of the constant pitch region of the IDT electrode 105, and the electrode finger pitch of the constant pitch region of the IDT electrode 107 are the electrode finger pitch of the constant pitch region of the IDT electrode 104.
- the electrode finger pitch in the constant pitch region of the IDT electrode 106 is smaller.
- This configuration also concentrates the displacement distribution of the standing wave on the side closer to the reflectors 102 and 108, and realizes a steep characteristic on the low band side of the passband without damaging the insertion loss using the reflectors 102 and 108. Contribute to. Therefore, in addition to the above-described relationship between the average electrode finger pitches of the IDT electrodes, the size relationship of the electrode finger pitch in the constant pitch region may be set.
- the electrode finger pitch in the constant pitch region of the IDT electrode 104 and the electrode finger pitch in the constant pitch region of the IDT electrode 106 are the electrode finger pitch in the constant pitch region of the reflector 102 and the electrode finger pitch in the constant pitch region of the reflector 108. It is preferably larger than the pitch. With this configuration, it is possible to reduce the low-pass attenuation of the pass band.
- the electrode finger pitch between adjacent comb electrodes between two adjacent IDT electrodes is plotted on the alternate long and short dash line in FIG. Specifically, the electrode finger pitch between adjacent comb electrodes of IDT electrode 103 and IDT electrode 104 is 2.030 ⁇ m, and the electrode finger pitch between adjacent comb electrodes of IDT electrode 104 and IDT electrode 105 is 1.924 ⁇ m, IDT. The electrode finger pitch between adjacent comb electrodes of the electrode 105 and the IDT electrode 106 is 1.924 ⁇ m, and the electrode finger pitch between adjacent comb electrodes of the IDT electrode 106 and the IDT electrode 107 is 2.030 ⁇ m.
- the minimum electrode finger pitch in the IDT electrode 103 is 1.752 ⁇ m
- the minimum electrode finger pitch in the IDT electrode 104 is 1.796 ⁇ m
- the minimum electrode finger pitch in the IDT electrode 105 is 1.690 ⁇ m
- the minimum in the IDT electrode 106 The electrode finger pitch is 1.796 ⁇ m
- the minimum electrode finger pitch in the IDT electrode 107 is 1.752 ⁇ m.
- the electrode finger pitch between adjacent comb electrodes between two adjacent IDT electrodes is set larger than the minimum electrode finger pitch of each of the IDT electrode 103 to the IDT electrode 107.
- FIG. 5 is a schematic top view of the multimode acoustic wave device 50.
- the illustration of the piezoelectric substrate is omitted.
- FIG. 4B is an explanatory diagram of the electrode finger pitch of the multimode acoustic wave device 50.
- the electrode finger pitch in the reflectors 52 and 58 is constant at 2.058 ⁇ m.
- the electrode finger pitch average of the first IDT electrode 53 is 1.958 ⁇ m
- the electrode finger pitch average of the second IDT electrode 54 is 1.921 ⁇ m
- the electrode finger pitch average of the third IDT electrode 55 is 1.965 ⁇ m
- the fourth The electrode finger pitch average of the IDT electrode 56 is 1.921 ⁇ m
- the electrode finger pitch average of the fifth IDT electrode 57 is 1.958 ⁇ m. That is, the electrode finger pitch average of the IDT electrode 53 and the electrode finger pitch average of the IDT electrode 57 are larger than the electrode finger pitch average of the IDT electrode 54 and the electrode finger pitch average of the IDT electrode 56.
- the electrode finger pitch average of the IDT electrode 55 is larger than the electrode finger pitch average of the IDT electrode 54 and the electrode finger pitch average of the IDT electrode 56.
- a curve (a) indicated by a solid line indicates the filter characteristics of the multimode acoustic wave element 100
- a curve (b) indicated by a broken line indicates the filter characteristics of the multimode acoustic wave element 50.
- the multimode acoustic wave device 100 has a very steep attenuation characteristic on the low pass band side.
- the configuration of the multimode acoustic wave element 50 is disclosed in Patent Document 3.
- the minimum electrode finger pitch at the boundary portion between the IDT electrode 53 and the IDT electrode 54 and the minimum electrode finger pitch at the boundary portion between the IDT electrode 56 and the IDT electrode 57 are the IDT electrode 54 and the IDT electrode 55. It is disclosed that a steep characteristic can be obtained at a low frequency in the passband if the pitch is smaller than both the minimum electrode finger pitch at the boundary portion and the minimum electrode finger pitch at the boundary portion between the IDT electrode 55 and the IDT electrode 56. Yes. However, the multimode acoustic wave device 100 has a further excellent effect.
- the five-electrode type multimode elastic wave device 100 has been described as an example of the multimode elastic wave device.
- a multimode elastic wave device having five or more electrodes such as a seven-electrode type multimode elastic wave device is used. If the electrode configuration described above is applied, the effect is obtained.
- a 7-electrode type multi-mode acoustic wave element having first to seventh IDT electrodes in order in the propagation direction of the acoustic wave so as to be sandwiched between the first and second reflectors is assumed.
- the first IDT electrode is adjacent to the first reflector
- the seventh IDT electrode is adjacent to the second reflector.
- the electrode finger pitch average of the first IDT electrode and the electrode finger pitch average of the seventh IDT electrode are smaller than both the electrode finger pitch average of the second IDT electrode and the sixth electrode finger pitch average.
- the characteristics are affected by the reflector.
- the seven-electrode multimode acoustic wave element can suppress high-order longitudinal mode resonance at a frequency near the low band side of the passband using a reflector, and has a steep attenuation characteristic. Obtainable.
- n an odd number of 5 or more.
- the first IDT electrode is adjacent to the first reflector, and the nth IDT electrode is adjacent to the second reflector.
- the electrode finger pitch average of the first IDT electrode and the electrode finger pitch average of the nth IDT electrode are determined by either the electrode finger pitch average of the second IDT electrode or the n ⁇ 1th electrode finger pitch average. It can be set small.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a configuration of a cascade connection type multimode acoustic wave device according to the present embodiment.
- the piezoelectric substrate is omitted.
- FIG. 7 shows the characteristics of the multimode acoustic wave device shown in FIG.
- the five-electrode first multimode acoustic wave element 200 and the five-electrode second multimode acoustic wave element 300 are cascade-connected.
- the first multimode acoustic wave element 200 is connected to the input terminal 11, and the second multimode acoustic wave element 300 is connected to the output terminals 12 and 13 and configured to perform a balance operation.
- One of the first multimode elastic wave element 200 and the second multimode elastic wave element 300 is the multimode elastic wave element 100 described above, and the other is, for example, the multimode elastic wave element 50.
- curve (a) has a steep attenuation characteristic on the low pass band side.
- This curve shows the characteristics of the multimode acoustic wave device 100.
- Curve (b) shows the characteristics of the multimode acoustic wave element 50, and has a relatively gentle slope attenuation characteristic on the low pass band side.
- the attenuation pole may be set so as to substantially match the jump (side lobe) of the attenuation characteristic of the curve (a).
- the attenuation pole near 917 MHz is about 40 dB in the curve (a), but near 917 MHz in the curve (c) in which the filter characteristics of the first multimode acoustic wave element 200 and the second multimode acoustic wave element 300 are cascade-connected. Is attenuated by about 77 dB.
- the multimode acoustic wave element according to the present invention has a more rectangular and steep attenuation characteristic, it is particularly useful as a filter having excellent attenuation characteristics on the low pass band side used for applications such as a reception filter of an antenna duplexer. is there.
- Multimode acoustic wave element 101 Piezoelectric substrate 52, 102 First reflector (reflector) 58,108 Second reflector (reflector) 53,103 First IDT electrode (IDT electrode) 54, 104 Second IDT electrode (IDT electrode) 55,105 Third IDT electrode (IDT electrode) 56, 106 Fourth IDT electrode (IDT electrode) 57,107 Fifth IDT electrode (IDT electrode) 200 First multimode elastic wave device 300 Second multimode elastic wave device
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12,13 出力端子
21,22 電極指
50,100 多重モード弾性波素子
101 圧電基板
52,102 第1反射器(反射器)
58,108 第2反射器(反射器)
53,103 第1のIDT電極(IDT電極)
54,104 第2のIDT電極(IDT電極)
55,105 第3のIDT電極(IDT電極)
56,106 第4のIDT電極(IDT電極)
57,107 第5のIDT電極(IDT電極)
200 第1多重モード弾性波素子
300 第2多重モード弾性波素子
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- 圧電基板と、
前記圧電基板の上に配置された第1、第2反射器と、
前記圧電基板の上にあって前記第1、第2反射器の間に弾性波の伝播方向に沿って、前記第1反射器に近い側から順に配置された第1のIDT電極と、第2のIDT電極と、第3のIDT電極と、第4のIDT電極と、第5のIDT電極と、を備え、
前記第1のIDT電極の電極指ピッチ平均と前記第5のIDT電極の電極指ピッチ平均は、前記第2のIDT電極の電極指ピッチ平均と前記第4のIDT電極の電極指ピッチ平均のいずれよりも小さい、
多重モード弾性波素子。 - 前記第3のIDT電極の電極指ピッチ平均は、前記第2のIDT電極の電極指ピッチ平均と前記第4のIDT電極の電極指ピッチ平均のいずれよりも小さい、
請求項1記載の多重モード弾性波素子。 - 前記第1反射器における、前記第1のIDT電極に近い第1領域での隣り合う間隙の電極指ピッチの変化率は、前記第1領域よりも前記第1のIDT電極から遠い第2領域での隣り合う間隙の電極指ピッチの変化率より大きく、
前記第2反射器における、前記第5のIDT電極に近い第3領域での隣り合う間隙の電極指ピッチの変化率は、前記第3領域よりも前記第5のIDT電極から遠い第4領域での隣り合う間隙の電極指ピッチの変化率より大きい、
請求項2記載の多重モード弾性波素子。 - 前記第1、第2反射器の電極指ピッチがそれぞれ前記第1、第5のIDT電極に近い領域で極大、極小を有する、
請求項2記載の多重モード弾性波素子。 - 前記第3のIDT電極の電極指ピッチ平均は前記第1のIDT電極の電極指ピッチ平均と前記第5のIDT電極の電極指ピッチ平均のいずれよりも大きい、
請求項1記載の多重モード弾性波素子。 - 前記第1反射器の電極指ピッチ平均と前記第2のIDT電極の電極指ピッチ平均の比の値、及び前記第2反射器の電極指ピッチ平均と前記第4のIDT電極の電極指ピッチ平均の比の値は、1.02以上、1.035以下である、
請求項1記載の多重モード弾性波素子。 - 前記第1、第2反射器がそれぞれ少なくとも3種類の電極指ピッチを有する、
請求項1記載の多重モード弾性波素子。 - 前記第1~第5のIDT電極において、隣り合う2つのIDT電極の間で隣接する櫛電極同士の電極指ピッチは、前記第1~第5のIDT電極のそれぞれの最小電極指ピッチより大きい、
請求項1記載の多重モード弾性波素子。 - 前記第1から第5のIDT電極はそれぞれ電極指ピッチが実質的に等しいピッチ一定領域を有し、
前記第1のIDT電極の前記ピッチ一定領域の電極指ピッチと、前記第3のIDT電極の前記ピッチ一定領域の電極指ピッチと、前記第5のIDT電極の前記ピッチ一定領域の電極指ピッチとは、前記第2のIDT電極の前記ピッチ一定領域の電極指ピッチと、前記第4のIDT電極の前記ピッチ一定領域の電極指ピッチとのいずれより小さい、
請求項1記載の多重モード弾性波素子。 - 圧電基板と、
前記圧電基板の上に配置された第1、第2反射器と、
前記圧電基板の上にあって前記第1、第2反射器の間に弾性波の伝播方向に沿って、前記第1反射器に近い側から順に配置された第1のIDT電極と、第2のIDT電極と、第3のIDT電極と、第4のIDT電極と、第5のIDT電極と、を備え、
前記第1から第5のIDT電極はそれぞれ電極指ピッチが実質的に等しいピッチ一定領域を有し、
前記第1のIDT電極の前記ピッチ一定領域の電極指ピッチと、前記第3のIDT電極の前記ピッチ一定領域の電極指ピッチと、前記第5のIDT電極の前記ピッチ一定領域の電極指ピッチとは、前記第2のIDT電極の前記ピッチ一定領域の電極指ピッチと、前記第4のIDT電極の前記ピッチ一定領域の電極指ピッチとのいずれより小さい、
多重モード弾性波素子。 - 前記第1、第2反射器はそれぞれ電極指ピッチが実質的に等しいピッチ一定領域を有し、
前記第2のIDT電極の前記ピッチ一定領域の電極指ピッチと前記第4のIDT電極の前記ピッチ一定領域の電極指ピッチとは、前記第1、第2反射器の前記ピッチ一定領域の電極指ピッチのいずれよりより大きい、
請求項10記載の多重モード弾性波素子。 - 前記第1反射器の電極指ピッチ平均と前記第2のIDT電極の電極指ピッチ平均の比の値、若しくは前記第2反射器の電極指ピッチ平均と前記第4のIDT電極の電極指ピッチ平均の比の値は、1.02以上、1.035以下である、
請求項10記載の多重モード弾性波素子。 - 前記第1、第2反射器の電極指ピッチがそれぞれ前記第1、第5のIDT電極に近い領域で極大、極小を有する、
請求項10記載の多重モード弾性波素子。 - 前記第1、第2反射器がそれぞれ少なくとも3種類の電極指ピッチを有する、
請求項10記載の多重モード弾性波素子。 - 前記第1~第5のIDT電極において、隣り合う2つのIDT電極の間で隣接する櫛電極同士の電極指ピッチは、前記第1~第5のIDT電極のそれぞれの最小電極指ピッチより大きい、
請求項10記載の多重モード弾性波素子。 - 圧電基板と、
前記圧電基板の上に配置された第1、第2反射器と、
前記圧電基板の上にあって前記第1、第2反射器の間に弾性波の伝播方向に沿って、前記第1反射器に近い側から順に配置された第1~第nのIDT電極と、を備え、
nは7以上の奇数であり、
前記第1のIDT電極の電極指ピッチ平均と前記第nのIDT電極の電極指ピッチ平均は、前記第2のIDT電極の電極指ピッチ平均と前記第n-1のIDT電極の電極指ピッチ平均のいずれよりも小さい、
多重モード弾性波素子。
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