Split-type, half-lattice micro-acoustic filter using a phase shifter and having broad bandwidth
AssigneeRF360 Singapore Pte. Ltd.
InventorEdgar Schmidhammer
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Abstract
A micro-acoustic RF filter comprises first and second ports (101, 102). First and a second signal paths (120, 110) are coupled between the first and second ports and include a corresponding resonator (111, 121). The resonator of at least one of the signal paths is a micro-acoustic resonator. One of the signal paths includes also a phase shifter (232) serially connected with the resonator (111). The micro-acoustic RF filter achieves a broad passband determined by the resonance frequencies of the micro-acoustic resonators. The filter allows flexible adaption of the passband and stopband performance.
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A micro-acoustic RF filter, comprising:
- a first port and a second port;
- a first node coupled to the first port;
- a second node coupled to the second port;
- a first signal path coupled between the first node and the second node, the first signal path including a first resonator;
- a second signal path coupled between the first node and the second node, the second signal path including a second resonator and a phase shifter connected in series to the second resonator, wherein at least one of the first resonator or the second resonator comprises a micro-acoustic resonator;
- a third resonator, wherein the third resonator comprises an additional micro-acoustic resonator having a first end coupled directly to the second node and a second end coupled to a reference node;
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- a fourth resonator having a first end coupled to the first port and a second end coupled directly to the first node,
- wherein the third resonator and the fourth resonator are configured to provide a finite transmission zero (FTZ) function outside of a passband, and
- wherein the first resonator, the second resonator, and the phase shifter configure a frequency response within the passband, and
- wherein each of the first resonator, the second resonator, and the fourth resonator comprise a pair of resonators connected in anti-series having opposite polarities.
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