Abstract: An acoustic wave device includes: an electrode that excites an acoustic wave and is located on a substrate; and a silicon oxide film that is located so as to cover the electrode and is doped with an element or molecule displacing O in a Si—O bond, wherein the element or molecule is F, H, CH3, CH2, Cl, C, N, P, or S.

Abstract: An electrochemical device includes a container, a storage element, and a structure. The container includes a container main body including a first inner surface, and a lid including a second inner surface that is opposed to the first inner surface, the lid being joined to the container main body. The storage element includes a first electrode layer that is bonded to the first inner surface, a second electrode layer that is bonded to the second inner surface, and a separator that is provided between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer, the storage element being sandwiched between the first inner surface and the second inner surface. The structure is provided to at least one of the first inner surface and the second inner surface, at least partially embedded in an inside of at least one of the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer, and made of a cured conductive adhesive.

Abstract: Provided is a high-frequency circuit module that has high mounting density. In a high-frequency circuit module, an RFIC that performs transmission and reception processes for high-frequency signals, a power amplifier IC that amplifies a transmission signal from the RFIC, and a duplexer that separates a transmission signal outputted from the power amplifier IC to an antenna and a reception signal that is inputted from the antenna to the RFIC are formed on the top surface thereof. The duplexer is disposed between the RFIC and the power amplifier IC.

Abstract: A piezoelectric ceramic is constituted by a polycrystal whose main phase is an alkali-containing niobate perovskite structure, where both elemental nickel and elemental manganese are present at the grain boundary of the polycrystal. The piezoelectric ceramic is such that drop in piezoelectric characteristics due to application of high electric field is suppressed.

Abstract: A laminated inductor having an internal conductor forming region, as well as a top cover region and bottom cover region formed in a manner sandwiching the internal conductor forming region between top and bottom; wherein the internal conductor forming region has a magnetic part formed with soft magnetic alloy grains, as well as helical internal conductor embedded in the magnetic part; and at least one of the top cover region and bottom cover region (or preferably both) is/are formed with soft magnetic alloy grains whose average grain size is greater than that of grains in the internal conductor forming region including the soft magnetic alloy grains constituting the magnetic part.

Abstract: A high-frequency circuit module having a high mounting density is provided. The high-frequency circuit module includes an RFIC configured to transmit and receive a high-frequency signal, a power amplifier IC configured to amplify a transmission signal output from the RFIC, and duplexers configured to separate the transmission signal output from the power amplifier IC and input to an antenna and a received signal from the antenna and input to the RFIC from each other, wherein at least one of the RFIC and power amplifier IC is embedded in the circuit board, and the duplexers are disposed between the RFIC and the power amplifier IC.

Abstract: Provided is a high-frequency module that can prevent a transmission signal from reaching a reception circuit and that can achieve high mounting density. A first duplexer for a first frequency band is mounted on a circuit substrate, and a second transmission filter and a second reception filter that constitute a second duplexer for a second frequency band are embedded in the circuit substrate. The second transmission filter and the second reception filter are embedded in the circuit substrate in locations that overlap at least a part of a projection region that is formed by projecting the first duplexer in a thickness direction of the circuit substrate. The first frequency band and the second frequency band are separated from each other by at least a prescribed frequency range.

Abstract: Provided is a substrate with a built-in electronic component that can avoid as much as possible the occurrence of malfunctions in the electronic component due to moisture entering, even when an electronic component, provided with a structure in which a terminal pad is present where a hole in the sealing part provided on the main body of a component is located, is built into the substrate. A SAW filter 12 built into a substrate 11 is provided with a structure that has terminal pads 12c to 12e on the bottom of respective holes 12f1 in a sealing part 12f. The lower surfaces of respective conductive vias 11d2 are connected to the upper surfaces of the terminal pads 12c to 12e through the respective holes 12f1 such that a ring-shaped gap CC is formed between outer surfaces of the conductive vias 11d2 and inner surfaces of the holes 12f1. Each ring-shaped gap CC is filled with a part that is integral with a first insulating layer 11c.

Abstract: Provided is a high-frequency module that can prevent a transmission signal from reaching a reception circuit and that can achieve high mounting density. A first duplexer for a first frequency band is mounted on a circuit substrate, and a second transmission filter and a second reception filter that constitute a second duplexer for a second frequency band are embedded in the circuit substrate. The second transmission filter and the second reception filter are embedded in the circuit substrate in locations that overlap at least a part of a projection region that is formed by projecting the first duplexer in a thickness direction of the circuit substrate. The first frequency band and the second frequency band are separated from each other by at least a prescribed frequency range.

Abstract: Provided is a high-frequency module that can prevent a transmission signal from reaching a reception circuit and that can achieve high mounting density. A first duplexer for a first frequency band is mounted on a circuit substrate, and a second transmission filter and a second reception filter that constitute a second duplexer for a second frequency band are embedded in the circuit substrate. The second transmission filter and the second reception filter are embedded in the circuit substrate in locations that overlap at least a part of a projection region that is formed by projecting the first duplexer in a thickness direction of the circuit substrate. The first frequency band and the second frequency band are separated from each other by at least a prescribed frequency range.

Abstract: A magnetic material suitable for a coil component has multiple metal grains constituted by Fe—Si-M soft magnetic alloy (where M is a metal element that oxidizes more easily than Fe) and oxide film formed on the surface of the metal grains, wherein such magnetic material includes a grain compact having bonding parts where adjacent metal grains are bonded together via the oxide film formed on their surface, and bonding parts where metal grains are directly bonded together in areas where oxide film does not exist. The magnetic material is capable of improving both insulation resistance and magnetic permeability.

Abstract: [Problem] To provide a substrate bonding technique having a wide range of application. [Solution] A silicon thin film is formed on a bonding surface, and the interface with the substrate is surface-treated using energetic particles/metal particles.

Abstract: An acoustic wave filter includes: at least a parallel resonator, wherein at least one of the parallel resonator includes a piezoelectric substance, an IDT located on the piezoelectric substance, and reflectors located on the piezoelectric substance so as to sandwich the IDT, and a distance between a first electrode finger that is an electrode finger closest to the reflector among electrode fingers of the IDT and a second electrode finger that is an electrode finger closest to the IDT among electrode fingers of the reflector is less than 0.25(?IDT+?ref) where a period of the electrode fingers of the IDT is ?IDT and a period of the electrode fingers of the reflector is ?ref.

Abstract: Provided is a high-frequency module that can prevent a transmission signal from reaching a reception circuit and that can achieve high mounting density. A first duplexer for a first frequency band is mounted on a circuit substrate, and a second transmission filter and a second reception filter that constitute a second duplexer for a second frequency band are embedded in the circuit substrate. The second transmission filter and the second reception filter are embedded in the circuit substrate in locations that overlap at least a part of a projection region that is formed by projecting the first duplexer in a thickness direction of the circuit substrate. The first frequency band and the second frequency band are separated from each other by at least a prescribed frequency range.

Abstract: Provided is a high-frequency module that can prevent a transmission signal from reaching a reception circuit and that can achieve high mounting density. A first duplexer for a first frequency band is mounted on a circuit substrate, and a second transmission filter and a second reception filter that constitute a second duplexer for a second frequency band are embedded in the circuit substrate. The second transmission filter and the second reception filter are embedded in the circuit substrate in locations that overlap at least a part of a projection region that is formed by projecting the first duplexer in a thickness direction of the circuit substrate. The first frequency band and the second frequency band are separated from each other by at least a prescribed frequency range.

Abstract: Provided is a substrate with a built-in electronic component that can minimize an occurrence of a deformation such as warping or distortion of the substrate with a built-in electronic component, which is caused by a difference in rigidity between a region of low rigidity and a region of high rigidity that are formed in a core layer thereof. In the substrate with a built-in electronic component, electronic components 12 are respectively housed in a plurality of housing portions 11a1 that are formed in a core layer 11a, and in the core layer 11a, a plurality of openings 11a2 filled with an insulator 11k are formed.

Abstract: Provided is a chip electronic device that has an increased reliability with a small size. A chip electronic component has a main body made of a ceramic having an internal electrode therein. Provided on the main body is an external electrode that is made of a first electrode layer on the main body, a conductive protective layer on the first electrode layer, and a second electrode layer on the conductive protective layer formed by electrolytic plating. The conductive protective layer prevents hydrogen from diffusing into the main body during the electrolytic plating.

Abstract: A common mode noise filter includes: a first magnetic body and a second magnetic body; a non-magnetic body sandwiched between the first magnetic body and second magnetic body; and a first coil conductor and a second coil conductor of planar shape which are embedded in the non-magnetic body and positioned on the first magnetic body side and second magnetic body side in the non-magnetic body in a manner facing each other in a non-contact state; wherein a first lead conductor that connects one end of the first coil conductor to a first external terminal is embedded in the non-magnetic body 13, while a second lead conductor that connects one end of the second coil conductor to a third external terminal is embedded in the non-magnetic body.

Abstract: A piezoelectric thin film resonator of the present has a substrate 1, an intermediate layer 7 disposed on the substrate 1 and is formed of an insulator, a lower electrode 3 disposed on the intermediate layer 7, a piezoelectric film 4 disposed on the lower electrode 3, and an upper electrode 5 disposed on a position facing the lower electrode 3 with the piezoelectric film 4 interposed therebetween, in which, in a resonant region 8 where the lower electrode 3 and the upper electrode 5 face each other, a space 6 is formed in the substrate 1 and the intermediate layer 7 or between the lower electrode 3 and the intermediate layer 7 and the region of the space 6 is included in the resonant region 8. With the structure, the dissipation of the vibrational energy to the substrate from the resonance portion can be suppressed, thereby improving the quality factor.

Abstract: A high-frequency circuit includes: first duplexers, each including a first transmit filter having a first transmit band, a first receive filter having a first receive band, and a first common terminal to which first ends of the first transmit filter and the first receive filter are commonly connected; a first switch that selects and connects one of the first common terminals to a first antenna; an LPF or BPF that is connected between the first antenna and the first switch, and passes a signal in the first transmit band and the first receive band; and a second duplexer including: a second transmit filter having a second transmit band, a second receive filter having a second receive band, and a second common terminal that is connected to a second antenna and to which first ends of the second transmit filter and the second receive filter are commonly connected.