Fujitsu Corporation

Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.

Fujitsu Media Devices Limited

Hisanori Ehara

Masanori Ueda

Tokihiro Nishihara

Shinji Taniguchi

Masafumi Iwaki

Tsuyoshi Yokoyama

Jun Tsutsumi

Takeshi Sakashita

Motoaki Hara

Go Endo

Yasuyuki Saitou

A method of manufacturing a ladder filter including first and second resonators includes: forming a piezoelectric film on an entire surface of a substrate that has respective lower electrodes of the first and second resonator formed thereon, an conductive film on the piezoelectric film, and a second film on the conductive film; forming a pattern of the second film in a prescribed region in the second area; forming a first film on an entire surface of the substrate; etching the first film, forming a pattern of the first film, the second film and the conductive film in the second area, and forming a pattern of the first film and the conductive film in the first area, to form respective upper electrodes from the conductor film; and thereafter, etching the piezoelectric film to form respective patterns of the piezoelectric film in the first and second areas, respectively.

Method of manufacturing a ladder filter

A filter includes multiple piezoelectric thin-film resonators each having a substrate, a lower electrode formed on the substrate, a piezoelectric film formed on the lower electrode, and an upper electrode provided on the piezoelectric film so that the upper electrode and the lower electrode face each other across the piezoelectric film. The multiple piezoelectric thin-film resonators include a first resonator in which at least a part of an outer curved portion of the piezoelectric film of the first resonator is located further out than an outer curved portion of a region in which the upper electrode and the lower electrode face each other across the piezoelectric film. The multiple piezoelectric thin-film resonators includes a second resonator in which at least a part of an outer curved portion of the piezoelectric film of the second resonator substantially coincides with an outer curved portion of a region in which the upper electrode and the lower electrode face each other across the piezoelectric film or is further in than the outer curved portion of the region.

Filter having multiple piezoelectric thin-film resonators

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Yokohama, Japan

Hisanori Ehara