Abstract:
A SAW element (13) is formed of a piezoelectric substrate (14), on which are provided IDT electrodes (15), connection electrodes (16), underlying metal layers (17), and acoustic materials (18) placed on the underlying metal layers (17) and having surfaces parallel to the main surface of the piezoelectric substrate (14). The SAW element is mounted in a package (10), which is provided with external terminals (11) connected with the connection electrodes (16), and the package is hermetically sealed with a lid (20) to form a SAW device. When such a SAW element (13) is mounted faceup in a package (10) using a vacuum chuck (30), its piezoelectric substrate (14) can be protected against damage. When a SAW element (13) provided with bumps (23) on its connection electrodes (16) is mounted facedown in a package (10), the failure of electrical connections can be prevented.
Abstract:
A hybrid radio frequency (RF) switching device includes first to fourth ports, a diode coupled between the first port and second port, a first transmission line having a length of λg/4 (where λg is a wave length of a frequency in a first frequency band), and a first element coupled in series with the first transmission line having an almost simple reactance component and nearly opening in a second frequency band. The first transmission line and first element are coupled in series between the second port and third port. The device further includes a second transmission line having a length of λd/4 (where λd is a wavelength of a frequency in the second frequency band), and a second element having an almost simple reactance component and nearly opening in the first frequency band. The second transmission line and second element are coupled in series between the second port and fourth port.
Abstract:
An electronic component, in which a chip can be mounted on a certain predetermined place of the package at a high accuracy level, which package having a stepped level-difference in the inner wall of a cavity. The package is provided with a stepped level-difference in the inner wall surface, and an internal contact electrode formed on the upper surface of the stepped level-difference. At the bottom of the package is a shield electrode, on which a chip is mounted via an adhesion layer. The chip and the internal contact electrode are electrically connected by an interconnection wire. Location aligning for the chip and the interconnection wire, at least either one of these, is conducted by making use of a region, which is non-electrode portion, provided on the inner bottom surface of the package.
Abstract:
An elastic wave device has the following elements: a piezoelectric substrate; an inter-digital transducer (IDT) electrode disposed on the piezoelectric substrate; internal electrodes disposed above the piezoelectric substrate and electrically connected to the IDT electrode; side walls disposed above the internal electrodes surrounding the IDT electrode; a cover disposed above the side walls so as to cover a space above the IDT electrode; an electrode base layer disposed on the internal electrodes outside the side walls; and connection electrodes disposed on the electrode base layer. Each connection electrode has a first connection electrode disposed on the electrode base layer, and a second connection electrode disposed on the first connection electrode. The horizontal sectional shape of the second connection electrode is non-circular.
Abstract:
An electronic component, in which a chip can be mounted on a certain predetermined place of the package at a high accuracy level, which package having a stepped level-difference in the inner wall of a cavity. The package is provided with a stepped level-difference in the inner wall surface, and an internal contact electrode formed on the upper surface of the stepped level-difference. At the bottom of the package is a shield electrode, on which a chip is mounted via an adhesion layer. The chip and the internal contact electrode are electrically connected by an interconnection wire. Location aligning for the chip and the interconnection wire, at least either one of these, is conducted by making use of a region, which is non-electrode portion, provided on the inner bottom surface of the package.
Abstract:
An electronic component, in which a chip can be mounted on a certain predetermined place of the package at a high accuracy level, which package having a stepped level-difference in the inner wall of a cavity. The package 13 is provided with a stepped level-difference 26 in the inner wall surface, and an internal contact electrode 14 formed on the upper surface of the stepped level-difference 26. At the bottom of the package 13 is a shield electrode 15, on which a chip 17 is mounted via an adhesion layer 16. The chip 17 and the internal contact electrode 14 are electrically connected by an interconnection wire 19. Location aligning for the chip 17 and the interconnection wire 19, at least either one of these, is conducted by making use of a region 18a, 18b, which is non-electrode portion, provided on the inner bottom surface of the package 13.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a surface acoustic wave (SAW) filter which is used for cellular phones and other mobile communication equipment. The object of the present invention is to realize a SAW filter of which attenuation characteristics and pass characteristics can be set arbitrarily. The SAW filter of the present invention comprises comb-shaped electrodes facing each other disposed on the same piezoelectric substrate, at least two resonators with an input and output terminals, and an equivalent transmission line which is connected between an output terminal of a first resonator and an input terminal of a second resonator. The phase of the transmission line can be adjusted from 5 degrees to 175 degrees arbitrarily at the series resonance frequency of the resonators. This structure realizes a band-stop filter or a band-pass filter whose attenuation characteristics and pass characteristics can be set arbitrarily.
Abstract:
A SAW resonator disposed with an IDT electrode and reflector electrodes is formed on the surface of a piezoelectric substrate. Three pieces of the SAW resonator form an acoustic coupling by being disposed close to each other, electrode fingers comprising the IDT electrode in the center are all grounded, and IDT electrode fingers are electrically independent on the side to be connected to input-output terminals of the IDT electrodes disposed outside. As a result, three excitation modes having different propagation frequencies are generated which are used to attain a broad band SAW resonator filter. When these three pairs of the IDT electrode are electrically independent, a balanced input-output can be achieved, and excellent out-of-band rejection characteristics can be obtained.
Abstract:
An elastic wave device has the following elements: a piezoelectric substrate; an inter-digital transducer (IDT) electrode disposed on the piezoelectric substrate; internal electrodes disposed above the piezoelectric substrate and electrically connected to the IDT electrode; side walls disposed above the internal electrodes surrounding the IDT electrode; a cover disposed above the side walls so as to cover a space above the IDT electrode; an electrode base layer disposed on the internal electrodes outside the side walls; and connection electrodes disposed on the electrode base layer. Each connection electrode has a first connection electrode disposed on the electrode base layer, and a second connection electrode disposed on the first connection electrode. The horizontal sectional shape of the second connection electrode is non-circular.
Abstract:
An antenna duplexer has a power durability to a signal input from an antenna terminal and has stable characteristics. The antenna duplexer includes an input terminal, a transmission filter including a surface acoustic wave (SAW) filter having an input port connected to the input terminal, a phase shifter having an input port connected to an output port of the transmission filter, a reception filter having an input port connected to an output port of the phase shifter, an output terminal connected to the output port of the reception filter, and an antenna terminal connected between the transmission filter and the phase shifter. The transmission filter has a power durability at the output port of the filter, being equal to or larger than a power durability at the input port of the filter.