Abstract: An acoustic filter device includes a transversely-excited film bulk acoustic resonator (XBAR) including a plurality of sub-resonators, and conductors connecting the plurality of sub-resonators in series between a first node and a second node. At least one of the conductors connects two of the plurality of sub-resonators and has a shape that minimizes an area of the at least one conductor.

Abstract: A surface acoustic wave device includes a piezoelectric substrate and a pair of IDT electrodes. The pair of IDT electrodes includes a pair of busbars and multiple electrode fingers. The pair of busbars are formed on the piezoelectric substrate. The electrode fingers extend in a comb shape from each of the busbars toward the opposing busbar. The pair of IDT electrodes has an intersection region as a region where the electrode fingers connected to one busbar and the electrode fingers connected to another busbar are intersected when viewed along an arrangement direction of the electrode fingers. The electrode finger in a non-intersection region outside the intersection region has a thickness thinner than a thickness of the electrode finger in the intersection region.

Abstract: An acoustic wave device includes a piezoelectric substrate, a first interdigital transducer (IDT) electrode, reflectors on both sides of the first IDT electrode in a propagation direction of an acoustic wave, and a second IDT electrode facing the first IDT electrode with a reflector interposed therebetween. The first and second IDT electrodes include first and second intersecting areas in which electrode fingers overlap in the propagation direction. The first and second intersecting areas overlap in the propagation direction. A third busbar of the second IDT electrode is coupled to a first busbar of the first IDT electrode. A fourth busbar of the second IDT electrode is coupled to a ground potential. A resonant frequency of the second IDT electrode is in a frequency band of an interference wave signal.

Abstract: A semiconductor device including a first functional module arranged on a first substrate and having a chip, an electrical connection component and a sealing ring, where the sealing ring surrounds the chip, and the chip is electrically connected to the electrical connection component; a second functional module having a packaging substrate, where the packaging substrate includes at least two metal layers and a dielectric layer between the metal layers; a third functional module having multiple redistribution lines and multiple micro through holes for electrical connection between the first functional module and the second functional module, where the electrical connection component in the first functional module is electrically connected to the third functional module; and a second substrate, where the second substrate is sealed with the first substrate.

Abstract: A method for packaging chips includes: flip-chip bonding a plurality of filter chips to be packaged on a substrate to be packaged; applying a first mold material layer on the filter chips to be packaged; applying a second mold material layer on a side of the first mold material layer away from the filter chip to be packaged, the first mold material layer and the second mold material layer forming a first mold layer; thinning the first mold material layer and the second mold material layer to expose substrates of the filter chips to be packaged, and thinning the substrates of the filter chips to be packaged to a preset thickness; applying a second mold layer on the exposed substrates of the filter chips to be packaged to obtain a mold structure; and cutting the mold structure into a plurality of particle chips.

Abstract: Filter devices. A first chip includes a first interdigital transducer (IDT) of a first acoustic resonator formed on a surface of a first piezoelectric wafer having a first thickness, interleaved fingers of the first IDT disposed on a portion of the first piezoelectric wafer spanning a first cavity in a first base. A second chip includes a second IDT of a second acoustic resonator formed on a surface of a second piezoelectric wafer having a second thickness less than the first thickness, interleaved fingers of the second IDT disposed on a portion of the second piezoelectric wafer spanning a second cavity in a second base. A circuit card coupled to the first chip and the second chip includes at least one conductor for making an electrical connection between the first IDT and the second IDT.

Abstract: An acoustic resonator includes a piezoelectric layer on a substrate and an interdigital electrode structure on the piezoelectric layer. The interdigital electrode structure includes a first bus bar, a second bus bar, a first set of electrode fingers, and a second set of electrode fingers. The first bus bar and the second bus bar extend parallel to one another along a length of the interdigital electrode structure. The first set of electrode fingers are coupled to the first bus bar and extend to a first apodization edge. The second set of electrode fingers are coupled to the second bus bar and extend to a second apodization edge. The first set of electrode fingers and the second set of electrode fingers are interleaved. At least one of the first apodization edge and the second apodization edge provides a wave pattern along the length of the interdigital electrode structure.

Abstract: An RF filter comprising a resonator element and a polymer composition is provided. The polymer composition contains an aromatic polymer and has a melting temperature of about 240° C. or more. The polymer composition exhibits a dielectric constant of about 5 or less and dissipation factor of about 0.05 or less at a frequency of 10 GHz.

Abstract: A radio frequency module includes: a first mounting board having a first principal surface and a second principal surface; a second mounting board having a third principal surface facing the second principal surface and a fourth principal surface; a transmission filter having a first mounting surface facing the second principal surface and a first top surface; and a reception filter having a second mounting surface facing the third principal surface and a second top surface; wherein the transmission and reception filters overlap at least partially in a plan view of the first and second mounting boards, an output terminal of the transmission filter is arranged on the first top surface, an input terminal of the reception filter is arranged on the second top surface, and the output and input terminals are connected by a conductive member not routed through the first mounting board or the second mounting board.

Abstract: The present disclosure includes devices, systems, and methods for reducing signal noise in endoscopic rotational imaging. Many embodiments include an elongate member that includes an impedance matching network disposed between a proximal imaging core and a distal imaging core. In many such embodiments, the elongate member may connect a controller at the proximal end and include a rotational transducer at the distal end. In various embodiments, the proximal and distal imaging cores may include a plurality of insulated conductors disposed within a shield (e.g., a shielded twisted pair (STP)). In various such embodiments, the insulated conductors may be utilized to communicate differential signals between the controller and the rotational imaging transducer. In some embodiments, the insulated conductors in the proximal imaging core may have a larger diameter than the insulated conductors in the distal imaging core.

Abstract: An acoustic wave device includes a support substrate and first and second resonant sections adjacent to each other on the support substrate. Each of the first and second resonant sections includes a piezoelectric thin film, an IDT electrode on the piezoelectric thin film, and a support layer surrounding the piezoelectric thin film in a plan view of the acoustic wave device. The support layer has a different linear expansion coefficient from the piezoelectric thin film. The piezoelectric thin film in the first resonant section and the piezoelectric thin film in the second resonant section are divided by the support layer between the resonant section and the resonant section.

Abstract: At least three acoustic filters circuits FC are arranged on a single chip CH. At least two of them are electrically connected already on the chip for multiplexing. This reduces space consumption and leads to smaller device size.

Abstract: A laterally excited bulk acoustic wave device is disclosed. The laterally excited bulk acoustic wave device can include a first solid acoustic mirror, a second solid acoustic mirror, a piezoelectric layer that is positioned between the first solid acoustic mirror and the second solid acoustic mirror, an interdigital transducer electrode on the piezoelectric layer, and a support substrate arranged to dissipate heat associated with the bulk acoustic wave. The interdigital transducer electrode is arranged to laterally excite a bulk acoustic wave. The first solid acoustic mirror and the second solid acoustic mirror are arranged to confine acoustic energy of the bulk acoustic wave. The first solid acoustic mirror is positioned on the support substrate.

Abstract: Acoustic filters are disclosed. An acoustic filter device includes a substrate having a surface and a single-crystal piezoelectric plate having front and back surfaces and a thickness ts, the back surface attached to the surface of the substrate except for portions of the piezoelectric plate forming a plurality of diaphragms that span respective cavities in the substrate. A conductor pattern is formed on the front surface of the piezoelectric plate, the conductor pattern comprising a plurality of interdigital transducers (IDTs) of a plurality of acoustic resonators, interleaved fingers of each IDT of the plurality of IDTs disposed on a respective diaphragm of the plurality of diaphragms. The interleaved fingers of all of the plurality of IDTs are substantially aluminum with a common thickness tm, where 0.12 ts?tm?0.32 ts.

Abstract: This invention focuses on minimizing the hot spots on a filter chip by creating thermal radiators using the mechano-acoustic structures and connection circuitry. A gradual increase of metal to wafer relation is made to provide better heat dissipation and heat sinking. Preferably the shunt lines of the ladder type arrangement of SAW resonators (RS1, RS2, RS3) comprise a broadened section (BBCN).

Abstract: A filter device has a first piezoelectric plate spanning a first and second cavity of a substrate. A first and second interdigital transducer (IDT) are on a front surface of the first piezoelectric plate over the first and second cavity. A dielectric layer is bonded to the first piezoelectric plate and covers the first IDT and second IDT. A second piezoelectric plate is bonded to a front surface of the dielectric layer over the first cavity and the second cavity. A second dielectric layer is formed on a front surface of the second piezoelectric plate over the first cavity but not over the second cavity. The thickness of the dielectric layer, the first piezoelectric plate and the second piezoelectric plate can be selected to tune a shunt resonator over the first cavity and a series resonator over the second cavity to function at 15 GHz.

Abstract: Radio frequency filters are disclosed. A filter includes a first transversely-excited film bulk acoustic resonator (XBAR) having a first sub-resonator and a second sub-resonator connected in parallel. A pitch of the first sub-resonator is not equal to a pitch of the second sub-resonator and/or a mark of the first sub-resonator is not equal to a mark of the second sub-resonator.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a new and improved temperature compensated surface-launched acoustic wave (SAW) strain sensor using multiple reflectors in SAW devices mounted on a split-carrier package that provides complete isolation from strain for a temperature sensing portion of the device, while exposing a strain sensing portion of the device to both strain and temperature, with the influence of temperature being common to the various portions of the device, and a single acoustic reference with respect to which multiple differential acoustic measurements can be made, to provide inherently temperature-compensated strain measurements.

Abstract: A resonance apparatus that processes an electrical loss using a conductive material and a method of manufacturing the resonance apparatus are provided. The resonance apparatus includes a lower electrode formed at a predetermined distance from a substrate, and a piezoelectric layer formed on the lower electrode. The resonance apparatus further includes an upper electrode formed on the piezoelectric layer, and a conductive layer formed on the upper electrode or the lower electrode.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to wireless communication, and high-frequency filters with resonators. One example is a frequency band filter circuit having a split resonator. The split resonator comprises a resonator including a first section of a shared input busbar, a first section of a shared output busbar, and an electrode structure between the first section of the shared input busbar and the first section of the shared output busbar, the electrode structure configured for a resonance. The split resonator also comprises a detuned resonator. The detuned resonator includes a second section of the shared input busbar, a second section of the shared output busbar, and a detuned electrode structure between the second section of the shared input busbar and the second section of the shared output busbar, the detuned electrode structure configured for a detuned resonance different from the resonance.

Abstract: A package that includes an integrated device, an integrated passive device and a void. The integrated device is configured as a filter. The integrated device includes a substrate comprising a piezoelectric material, and at least one metal layer coupled to a first surface of the first substrate. The integrated passive device is coupled to the integrated device. The integrated passive device is configured as a cap for the integrated device. The void is located between the integrated device and the integrated passive device.

Abstract: A filter device has a substrate with a first cavity and a second cavity on a single die; and a bonding layer formed on the substrate but not spanning the first cavity or the second cavity. A piezoelectric plate is bonded to the bonding layer and spans the first and the second cavity. However, excess portions of piezoelectric plate are removed that extend a certain length past the perimeter of the first cavity and of the second cavity. Excess portions may be piezoelectric material that extends in the length and width direction past the perimeter of a cavity by more than between 2 and 25 percent of the cavity perimeter. An interdigital transducer (IDT) is on a front surface of the piezoelectric plate and having interleaved fingers over the first cavity.

Abstract: A filter device includes a piezoelectric substrate including a high acoustic velocity material layer and a piezoelectric layer, and series and parallel arm resonators on the piezoelectric substrate. The parallel arm resonator includes a first IDT electrode on the piezoelectric substrate, and the series arm resonator includes a second IDT electrode on the piezoelectric substrate. First and second busbars of the first IDT electrode include opening formation regions, and an occupancy ratio of areas of openings in the first and second busbars of the first IDT electrode is greater than an occupancy ratio of areas of openings in first and second busbars of the second IDT electrode. In the first and second IDT electrodes, low acoustic velocity regions sandwich a central region. A high acoustic velocity region is provided in the opening formation region of each of the first and second busbars in the first IDT electrode.

Abstract: An apparatus for providing signals to a device may include one or more radio frequency signal generators, and electrically-small transmission line, which coupled signals from the one or more RF signal generators to a fabrication chamber. The apparatus may additionally include a reactive circuit to transform impedance of the electrically-small transmission line from a region of relatively high impedance-sensitivity to region of relatively low impedance-sensitivity.

Abstract: A multiplexer includes a first filter on a first path, a second filter on a second path, and a third filter on a third path. A frequency of intermodulation distortion generated by a transmission signal within a pass band of the first filter and a transmission signal within a pass band of the second filter is within a pass band of the third filter. The first filter includes one or more series resonators on the first path and one or more parallel resonators on one or more paths connecting one or more nodes on the first path to a ground. A relative permittivity of a resonator of the one or more series resonators and the one or more parallel resonators that is closest to a common terminal is lowest among relative permittivities of the resonators.

Abstract: A transmit/receive module includes plural duplexers, a power amplifier, and a sending transmission line. The plural duplexers operate in bands different from each other and each includes a transmit filter and a receive filter. The power amplifier amplifies signals of pass bands of the plural transmit filters and outputs the amplified signals. The sending transmission line is connected to the plural transmit filters. The signals of the pass bands of the plural transmit filters output from the power amplifier are transmitted through the sending transmission line.

Abstract: A high-frequency module (1) includes a mounting substrate (90), a duplexer (60L) arranged on the mounting substrate (90), a duplexer (60H) arranged on the mounting substrate (90) and having a pass band with a higher frequency than a pass band of the duplexer (60L), and a semiconductor control IC (40) arranged on the mounting substrate (90) and stacked with the duplexer (60L) of the duplexers (60L and 60H).

Abstract: An acoustic wave device includes an IDT electrode on a piezoelectric body and the IDT electrode includes first and second busbars, and first and second electrode fingers. A first dielectric film extends from a region between tip end portions of the first electrode fingers and the piezoelectric body to a region between the second busbar and the piezoelectric body with a first gap in between. The second electrode fingers are in direct contact with the piezoelectric body at a center of an overlap width, and a permittivity of the first dielectric film is lower than a permittivity of the piezoelectric body.

Abstract: An acoustic wave device includes a mounting substrate, and an acoustic wave element chip. The mounting substrate includes a first major surface with a bump-mounting electrode land thereon, and a second major surface facing the first major surface. The acoustic wave element chip includes a piezoelectric substrate including a major surface, and a functional electrode and a bump located over the major surface of the piezoelectric substrate. The bump is joined to the bump-mounting electrode land. A heat radiation pattern is located over the first major surface of the mounting substrate and located within a region facing the functional electrode of the acoustic wave element chip. The heat radiation pattern is connected to an internal layer portion of the mounting substrate between the first and second major surfaces, and not electrically connected to the bump-mounting electrode land on the first major surface.

Abstract: An acoustic resonator is fabricated by forming a patterned first photoresist mask on a piezoelectric plate at locations of a desired interdigital transducer (IDT) pattern. An etch-stop layer is then deposited on the plate and first photoresist mask. The first photoresist mask is removed to remove parts of the etch-stop and expose the plate. An IDT conductor material is deposited on the etch stop and the exposed plate. A patterned second photoresist mask is then formed on the conductor material at locations of the IDT pattern. The conductor material is then etched over and to the etch-stop to form the IDT pattern which has interleaved fingers on a diaphragm to span a substrate cavity. A portion of the plate and the etch-stop form the diaphragm. The etch-stop and photoresist mask are impervious to this etch. The second photoresist mask is removed to leave the IDT pattern.

Abstract: Aspects of this disclosure relate to a multiplexer, such as a duplexer, a quadplexer, a hexaplexer, or the like. The multiplexer includes acoustic wave filters coupled to a common node. A first acoustic wave filter of the acoustic wave filters includes acoustic wave resonators of a first type and a series acoustic wave resonator of a second type coupled between the acoustic wave resonators of the first type and the common node.

Abstract: Piston mode Lamb wave resonators are disclosed. A piston mode Lamb wave resonator can include a piezoelectric layer, such as an aluminum nitride layer, and an interdigital transducer on the piezoelectric layer. The piston mode Lamb wave resonator has an active region and a border region, in which the border region has a velocity with a lower magnitude than a velocity of the active region. The border region can suppress a transverse mode.

Abstract: A surface elastic wave filter has resonant cavities and comprises a composite substrate formed of a base substrate and a piezoelectric upper layer; at least one input electroacoustic transducer and an output electroacoustic transducer, arranged on the upper layer, and at least one internal reflecting structure, arranged between the input electroacoustic transducer and the output electroacoustic transducer. The internal reflecting structure comprises a first structure comprising at least one reflection grating having a first period and a second structure comprising at least one reflection grating having a second period, the first period being greater than the second period.

Abstract: An acoustic wave device includes an antenna terminal, a signal terminal, and a plurality of resonators that are provided on a piezoelectric substrate. The plurality of resonators include a plurality of series arm resonators on a series arm, and the duty of an IDT electrode of the series arm resonator closest to the antenna terminal among the plurality of series arm resonators is smaller than the duty of an IDT electrode of at least one series arm resonator among the other series arm resonators.

Abstract: A radio frequency module includes a signal input terminal, a signal output terminal, a low noise amplifier configured to amplify a radio frequency reception signal input from the signal input terminal, and a first filter connected between an output terminal of the low noise amplifier and the signal output terminal and having a pass band including a frequency of the radio frequency reception signal.

Abstract: A multiplexer (1) used in a communication device (5) includes an antenna (21) for a first frequency band group including 5GNR and an antenna (22) for a second frequency band group and includes a filter (12) for a first communication band and a filter (13) for a second communication band. The second frequency band group is higher than the first communication band, the second communication band is lower than the first communication band, the filter (12) includes a resonant circuit (31), an inductor (L1) connected to a node (n1) in a series arm path, and an inductor (L2) magnetically coupled with the inductor (L1).

Abstract: Filter devices. A first chip includes a first base, a first piezoelectric membrane having a first thickness, and a first acoustic Bragg reflector sandwiched between the first piezoelectric membrane and the first base. A first interdigital transducer (IDT) of a first solidly-mounted membrane resonator is formed on a surface of the first piezoelectric membrane. A second chip includes a second base, a second piezoelectric membrane having a second thickness less than the first thickness, and a second acoustic Bragg reflector sandwiched between the second piezoelectric membrane and the second base. A second IDT of a second solidly-mounted membrane resonator is formed on a surface of the second piezoelectric membrane. A circuit card is coupled to the first chip and the second chip, the circuit card including at least one conductor for making an electrical connection between the first IDT and the second IDT.

Abstract: An RF filter (BPF) with an increased bandwidth is provided. The filter comprises a half-lattice topology and a phase shifter (PS) comprising inductively coupled inductance elements in a parallel branch parallel to a first segment (S1) of a signal path (SP) between a first port (P1) and a second port (P2) of the filter.

Abstract: In an acoustic wave device, an IDT electrode is located on a piezoelectric layer. A high-acoustic-velocity member is positioned on an opposite side of the piezoelectric layer from the IDT electrode. An acoustic velocity of a bulk wave propagating through the high-acoustic-velocity member is higher than an acoustic velocity of an acoustic wave propagating through the piezoelectric layer. A low-acoustic-velocity film is provided between the high-acoustic-velocity member and the piezoelectric layer. An acoustic velocity of a bulk wave propagating through the low-acoustic-velocity film is lower than the acoustic velocity of the bulk wave propagating through the piezoelectric layer. A dielectric film is located on the piezoelectric layer so as to cover the IDT electrode. In the acoustic wave device, a Young's modulus of the dielectric film is larger than a Young's modulus of the low-acoustic-velocity film.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a film bulk acoustic resonator and its fabrication method. The fabrication method includes providing a first substrate, and sequentially forming a first electrode layer, a piezoelectric material layer, and a second electrode layer, on the first substrate; forming a support layer on the second electrode layer and forming a cavity with a top opening in the support layer, where the cavity passes through the support layer; providing a second substrate and bonding the second substrate with the support layer; removing the first substrate; and patterning the first electrode layer, the piezoelectric material layer, and the second electrode layer to form a first electrode, a piezoelectric layer, and a second electrode.

Abstract: An electronic component includes a first substrate having a substantially quadrangular planar shape and having a first surface and a second surface, the first surface and the second surface being opposite to each other, an element disposed on the first surface, four first terminals located adjacent to four corners on the second surface, respectively, and a second terminal located between the first terminals at respective ends of each of two sides opposite to each other of the second surface, an area of the second terminal being smaller than an area of each of the first terminals at the respective ends of each of the two sides, a width of the second terminal in an extension direction of each of the two sides being equal to or less than a width of each of the first terminals at the respective ends of each of the two sides in the extension direction.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a surface acoustic wave (SAW) device includes forming an interdigital transducer (IDT) having lead-out portions and arrays of interdigital electrodes on a substrate, wherein the interdigital electrodes include central portions, end portions, and intermediate portions between the end portions and the lead-out portions; forming a protective layer on the IDT; forming a first temperature compensation layer on the protective layer; forming openings in the first temperature compensation layer to expose portions of the protective layer on the central portions and the intermediate portions of the interdigital electrodes; and etching the exposed portions of the protective layer, and etching the central portions and the intermediate portions of the interdigital electrodes to a preset thickness, to form protruding structures at the end portions of the interdigital electrodes.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a surface acoustic wave (SAW) resonator with piston mode design and electrostatic discharge (ESD) protections. An example electroacoustic device generally includes a piezoelectric material and a first electrode structure disposed above the piezoelectric material. The first electrode structure comprises first electrode fingers arranged within an active region having a first region and a second region. At least one of the first electrode fingers has at least one of a different width or a different height in the first region than in the second region, and the first electrode fingers comprise a first electrode finger that has a width or height in the second region that is less than a corresponding width or height of the at least one of the first electrode fingers in the second region.

Abstract: Provided by a bandpass filter circuit and a multiplexer. The bandpass filter circuit includes at least one electromagnetic LC filter circuit and at least one acoustic wave resonance unit. The at least one acoustic wave resonance unit includes an input port, an output port, at least one circuit element and at least three resonators. The at least one electromagnetic LC filter circuit is electrically connected to the at least one acoustic wave resonance unit, and the at least three resonators include at least one first resonator and at least one second resonator. In a case where the at least one first resonator includes one first resonator, the first resonator is connected in series between the input port and the output port.

Abstract: Acoustic resonator devices, filter devices, and methods of fabrication are disclosed. An acoustic resonator includes a substrate having a surface and a single-crystal piezoelectric plate having front and back surfaces. The back surface is attached to the surface of the substrate except for a portion of the piezoelectric plate forming a diaphragm that spans a cavity in the substrate. An interdigital transducer (IDT) is formed on the front surface of the single-crystal piezoelectric plate such that interleaved fingers of the IDT are disposed on the diaphragm. The IDT is configured to excite a primary acoustic mode in the diaphragm in response to a radio frequency signal applied to the IDT. At least a portion of an edge of the diaphragm is at an oblique angle to the fingers.

Abstract: Embodiments of this disclosure relate to reducing coupling between acoustic wave resonators. An isolation region of a substrate can be located between acoustic wave resonators. The isolation region can reduce capacitive coupling through the substrate between the acoustic wave resonators. In certain embodiments, the isolation region can be located between acoustic wave resonators of different filters to thereby increase isolation between the filters.

Abstract: Band N77 bandpass filters include a first plurality of transversely-excited film bulk acoustic resonators (XBARs) on a first chip comprising a first rotated YX-cut lithium niobate piezoelectric plate having a thickness less than or equal to 535 nm, and a second plurality of XBARs on a second chip comprising a second rotated YX-cut lithium niobate piezoelectric plate having a thickness greater than or equal to 556 nm. A circuit card is coupled to the first chip and the second chip. The circuit card includes conductors for making electrical connections between the first chip and the second chip.

Abstract: Surface acoustic wave devices and related methods. In some embodiments, a surface acoustic wave device for providing resonance of a surface acoustic wave having a wavelength ? can include a quartz substrate and a piezoelectric plate formed from LiTaO3 or LiNbO3 disposed over the quartz substrate. The piezoelectric plate can have a thickness greater than 2?. The surface acoustic wave device can further include an interdigital transducer electrode formed over the piezoelectric plate. The interdigital transducer electrode can have a mass density ? in a range 1.50 g/cm3<??6.00 g/cm3, 6.00 g/cm3<??12.0 g/cm3, or 12.0 g/cm3<??23.0 g/cm3, and a thickness greater than 0.148?, greater than 0.079?, or greater than 0.036?, respectively.

Abstract: A filter device includes a filter between an input terminal and an output terminal, and an additional circuit connected in parallel with the filter between the input terminal and the output terminal. The additional circuit includes at least two longitudinally coupled resonators connected in parallel with each other and including longitudinally coupled resonators, and at least one capacitance element between the input terminal and the at least two longitudinally coupled resonators or between the output terminal and the at least two longitudinally coupled resonators. The average pitch of a plurality of electrode fingers of IDT electrodes of the longitudinally coupled resonator and the average pitch of a plurality of electrode fingers of IDT electrodes of the longitudinally coupled resonator are different from each other.

Abstract: A differential combiner circuit (200) comprises three ports each has two terminals (1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b). The differential combiner circuit (200) further comprises a first sub-circuit comprising a first inductor (L1) connected between the first terminals (1a, 2a) of the first and second ports, and a first capacitor (C1) connected between the first terminals (2a, 3a) of the second and third ports; a second sub-circuit comprising a second inductor (L2) connected between the second terminals (1b, 2b) of the first and second ports, and a second capacitor (C2) connected between the second terminals (2b, 3b) of the second and third ports.