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US 8,013,692 B2Granted
Boundary acoustic wave device
AssigneeMurata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
InventorKazumasa Haruta
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Abstract
A boundary acoustic wave device includes an electrode structure that is provided at the interface between a piezoelectric substrate and a dielectric layer. The electrode structure defines a ladder filter in which at least two ground pads of a plurality of ground pads, to be connected to a ground potential, provided on the piezoelectric substrate are electrically connected by a connection conductor provided on the dielectric layer, and all of the ground pads are electrically connected.
Claims10
A boundary acoustic wave device, comprising:
- a piezoelectric substrate;
- a first dielectric layer provided on the piezoelectric substrate;
- and
- an electrode structure provided at an interface between the piezoelectric substrate and the first dielectric layer;
- wherein
- the electrode structure includes:
- a plurality of series arm resonators connected to one another in series on a series arm that connects an input terminal and an output terminal;
- a parallel arm resonator connected between the series arm and a ground potential on each of a plurality of parallel arms provided between the series arm and the ground potential;
- a plurality of ground wiring lines respectively connected to ends of the plurality of the parallel arms to be connected to the ground potential;
- and
- a plurality of ground pads respectively connected to the plurality of the ground wiring lines;
- wherein
- the electrode structure defines a ladder filter;
- the boundary acoustic wave device further comprises:
- a signal wiring line defining the series arm arranged so as to be located between at least two of the plurality of the ground pads;
- and
- a ground connection conductor arranged to electrically connect the at least two of the plurality of ground pads;
- the signal wiring line is arranged to three-dimensionally cross the ground connection conductor with the first dielectric layer therebetween;
- and
- all of the plurality of ground pads are electrically connected to one another.
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