Abstract: A surface acoustic wave device includes at least one interdigital transducer which is disposed on a piezoelectric substrate so as to extend along the surface acoustic wave propagation direction. An input signal terminal and an output signal terminal are also provided on the piezoelectric substrate. The output signal terminal has first and second balanced signal terminals. A capacitance component disposed on the piezoelectric substrate is added to one of the first and second balanced signal terminals. Thus, a surface acoustic wave device having improved balance between the pair of balanced signal terminals is provided.

Abstract: A surface acoustic wave filter unit includes three interdigital transducers arranged along the surface acoustic wave propagation direction on a piezoelectric substrate so as to provide a balance-to-unbalance conversion function. Balanced signal terminals are connected to a pair of electrode finger sets of the center interdigital transducer. An unbalanced signal terminal is connected to one electrode finger set of each of the end interdigital transducers. The other electrode finger set of each of the end interdigital transducers is connected to a ground terminal. The ground terminals connected to the end interdigital transducers are electrically isolated from each other on the piezoelectric substrate.

Abstract: A SAW filter includes a plurality of IDTs arranged on substrate along a SAW propagation direction, and balanced signal terminals connected to an IDT. The SAW filter is a floating balanced type. The plurality of IDTs are arranged so as to provide a horizontally asymmetrical structure with respect to an imaginary axis that is positioned at the approximate center of the center IDT in the SAW propagation direction and which is substantially perpendicular to the SAW propagation direction. Thus, a SAW filter having filtering characteristics and a balance-to-unbalance conversion function is achieved with high balance between the balanced signal terminals.

Abstract: A longitudinally-coupled resonator surface acoustic wave (SAW) filter includes a piezoelectric substrate and at least two IDTs arranged in the direction along which a SAW propagates on the piezoelectric substrate. At least one of the IDTs has an electrode finger wherein the metallization ratio of the electrode finger is different from that of the other electrode fingers of the IDT.

Abstract: A longitudinally-coupled resonator mode SAW filter portion having at least two interdigital transducers (IDTs) is disposed on a piezoelectric substrate. At least one SAW resonator is electrically connected in parallel with the SAW filter portion such that the at least one SAW resonator is disposed between an input terminal or an output terminal and the SAW filter portion. The resonance point of the SAW resonator is disposed in the pass band of the SAW filter portion.

Abstract: A surface acoustic wave device includes, on a piezoelectric substrate, at least one surface acoustic wave filter and at least one surface acoustic wave resonator that is connected in series and/or parallel to the surface acoustic wave filter. A film having a positive frequency-temperature characteristic is disposed so as to cover at least one of the at least one surface acoustic wave resonator, except for a region in which the surface acoustic wave filter is provided.

Abstract: A surface acoustic wave apparatus includes a plurality of interdigital transducers arranged in a longitudinally-coupled-resonator manner. The interdigital transducers are located adjacent to each other, and the pitch of an electrode finger located in an end portion of an IDT is made smaller than that of electrode fingers at the other portions in the interdigital transducers, and the duty of the electrode finger of which the pitch has been made smaller is smaller than that of the electrode fingers at the other portions.

Abstract: A surface acoustic wave filter device, having a balanced-to-unbalanced conversion function, in which input/output impedances are different and in which the in-band degree of balance is satisfactory, is obtained. The surface acoustic wave filter device has a balanced-to-unbalanced conversion function, in which the spacing of input/output IDTs of a second surface acoustic wave filter element is larger by approximately half the wavelength of the surface-acoustic wave than that of a first surface acoustic wave filter element so that the phase is inverted, wherein the total of the electrostatic capacitance values of a plurality of IDTs of the second surface acoustic wave filter element is larger than the total of the electrostatic capacitance values of a plurality of IDTs of the first surface acoustic wave filter element.

Abstract: A surface acoustic wave apparatus includes three longitudinally-coupled-resonator-type interdigital transducers (IDTs) having a balanced-to-unbalanced conversion function, which are provided on a piezoelectric substrate in a direction in which a surface acoustic wave (SAW) propagates. Weighting is applied to at least one of the IDTs. For example, among the electrode fingers of the IDT located on the left side, an apodization-weighted electrode finger is provided for one of the electrode fingers positioned adjacent to the central IDT.

Abstract: A surface acoustic wave resonator includes a piezoelectric substrate and an interdigital transducer on the piezoelectric substrate. The interdigital transducer includes first and second comb-shaped electrodes having one or more electrode fingers which are interdigitated with each other. When the first comb-shaped electrode is connected to a positive potential, the second comb-shaped electrode is connected to a negative potential, and the electrode finger connected to the positive potential and the electrode finger connected to the negative potential are reversed in at least one pair of the electrode fingers in an area where electrode fingers connected to the positive potential and electrode fingers connected to the negative potential are alternately arranged in the direction of surface-wave propagation.

Abstract: A surface acoustic wave device includes a plurality of surface acoustic wave filters having different center frequencies contained in a package. In the surface acoustic wave device, one of the input terminal or the output terminal of at least one of the plurality of surface acoustic wave filters is a balanced terminal and the other is an unbalanced terminal.

Abstract: A surface acoustic wave device includes interdigital electrodes for generating a surface acoustic wave and detecting the wave, which are provided on a piezoelectric substrate having piezoelectric properties. A signal line is arranged so as to be connected to the interdigital electrodes which are unbalanced-side electrodes. Balanced-signal terminals are arranged so as to be connected to the interdigital electrode which is a balanced-side electrode. A ground line is provided between a balanced-signal terminal and the adjacent signal line. A capacitance generated between the signal line and the balanced-signal terminal is minimized by the ground line. Thus, the balance degrees between the balanced-signal terminals are greatly improved.

Abstract: A surface acoustic wave filter device has a balance-unbalance conversion function and substantially equal input impedance and output impedance so as to increase out-of-passband attenuation. The surface acoustic wave filter device includes an unbalanced signal terminal, first and second balanced signal terminals, and first and second surface acoustic wave filters having input and output impedances. In each filter, one of the input and output impedances is approximately four times the other impedance. Additionally, 2n−1 first surface acoustic wave filters are connected between the unbalanced signal terminal and the first balanced signal terminal, and 2n−1 second surface acoustic wave filters are connected between the unbalanced signal terminal and the second balanced signal terminal, where n is an integer of 1 or more. The second surface acoustic wave filters are 180 degrees out-of-phase with respect to the first surface acoustic wave filters.

Abstract: A surface acoustic wave filter that minimizes parallel capacitances generated at the interstage junction of longitudinally connected surface acoustic wave elements so that the impedance of each element is hardly capacitive, includes a piezoelectric substrate, two longitudinally-coupled resonator-type surface acoustic wave elements having a plurality of interdigital transducers disposed on the piezoelectric substrate in a direction in which a surface acoustic wave propagates, electrode pads defining input/output terminals of the longitudinally-coupled resonator-type surface acoustic wave elements, and wiring patterns for electrically connecting the longitudinally-coupled resonator-type surface acoustic wave elements. The two longitudinally-coupled resonator-type surface acoustic wave elements are longitudinally connected to each other via the wiring patterns. At least one of the electrode pads is arranged between the two longitudinally connected surface acoustic wave elements.

Abstract: A longitudinally-coupled resonator-type surface acoustic wave filter having a balanced-to-unbalanced conversion function, that improves the degree of balance outside the pass band, and allows the attenuation outside the pass band to be increased. In this surface acoustic wave filter, at least three IDTs are arranged along the propagation direction of a surface acoustic wave, and among the plurality of IDTs, the IDTs on opposite sides are disposed in an approximate point-symmetry about a central IDT. Thus, substantially equal parasitic impedances are added to first and second balanced signal terminals.

Abstract: In a longitudinally coupled resonator type surface acoustic wave filter including arrow pitch electrode finger portions provided in the portions of the neighboring IDT's, respectively each which contains a portion of the electrode fingers of the IDT having a narrower pitch than the remaining portions of the electrode fingers of the IDT, the inter-center distance between the centers of at least one pair of adjacent electrode fingers is deviated from 0.25 &lgr;A+0.25 &lgr;B, in which &lgr;A represents the wavelength determined by the pitch of one of the electrode fingers, and &lgr;A represents the wavelength determined by the pitch of the other electrode.

Abstract: A surface acoustic wave filter includes a longitudinally-coupled resonator-type surface acoustic wave filter having at least two interdigital transducers disposed on a dielectric substrate along the propagation direction of a surface acoustic wave, and at least one surface acoustic wave resonator connected between an input terminal and/or an output terminal and the longitudinally-coupled resonator-type surface acoustic wave filter. In this surface acoustic wave filter, a pass band is formed by utilizing at least one of the resonant modes of the longitudinally-coupled resonator-type surface acoustic wave filter and the inductance of the surface acoustic wave resonator.

Abstract: A longitudinally connected resonator type surface acoustic wave filter has a balanced-unbalanced conversion function, achieves a fourfold increase in the input/output impedance, and provides an improved balance degree between balanced terminals. In this longitudinally connected resonator type surface acoustic wave filter, a balanced-unbalanced conversion is achieved using first and second longitudinally connected resonator type surface acoustic wave filters, each having a plurality of IDTs which are successively arranged on a piezoelectric substrate along the propagation direction of a surface acoustic wave, and the duties of electrode fingers in the narrow-pitch electrode finger portion are different between the first and second longitudinally connected resonator type surface acoustic wave filters, whereby the balance degree between a pair of balanced signal terminals is effectively improved.

Abstract: A longitudinally coupled resonator-type surface acoustic wave filter includes a piezoelectric substrate and at least three IDTs provided on the piezoelectric substrate along the propagation direction of the surface acoustic wave and each having a plurality of electrode fingers. In at least one of the IDTs, the electrode finger period of a first portion that is adjacent to the side edge of another IDT in the propagation direction of the surface acoustic wave is different from the electrode finger period of a second portion that is the remaining part of the IDT.

Abstract: A longitudinally coupled resonator type surface acoustic wave filter includes a piezoelectric substrate and first, second and third IDTs provided on the piezoelectric substrate and arranged in a surface wave propagating direction such that the second IDT is interposed between the first and the third IDTs. Each of the first, second and third IDTs has a plurality of electrode fingers. The first and second IDTs have narrow electrode-finger pitch sections that have an electrode-finger pitch narrower than the remaining electrode-finger pitches, at respective end portions of the first and second IDTs adjacent to each other. The second and third IDTs have narrow electrode-finger pitch sections that have an electrode-finger pitch narrower than the remaining electrode-finger pitches, at respective end portions of the second and third IDTs adjacent to each other.