Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

Masanori Kato

Syunsuke Kido

Hiroshi Matsubara

Yukiteru Sugaya

Keisuke Nishio

Kazutaka Nakamura

Masaki Hamamoto

Shinya Mizoguchi

Minoru Iwanaga

Tomoyuki Miyake

Takanori Uejima

Yukiya Yamaguchi

Morio Takeuchi

Takashi Kihara

Hideki Muto

Katsuhiro Horikawa

Hiroshi Asano

Yuuki Fukuda

Masanari Miura

Masachika Takata

Tatsuro Nagai

Masaki Tada

Tomomi Yasuda

Naru Morito

Yoshihiro Yoshimura

Takuma Kuroyanagi

To suppress degradation of characteristics, a high frequency module includes a mounting substrate, a first signal terminal, a second signal terminal, and ground terminals, and a hybrid filter. The hybrid filter is coupled between the first signal terminal and the second signal terminal. The hybrid filter includes an acoustic wave filter having at least one acoustic wave resonator, a first inductor, and a capacitor. The pass band width of the hybrid filter is larger than that of the acoustic wave resonator. A resin layer is disposed on a first principal surface of the mounting substrate. The resin layer covers at least part of the acoustic wave filter. A metal electrode layer covers at least part of the resin layer, and is coupled to the ground terminals. The second inductor is coupled between the hybrid filter and the second signal terminal.

High frequency module and communication device

A hybrid filter includes a module substrate having a major surface and a major surface that are opposite to each other, acoustic wave resonator elements disposed at the module substrate, inductors disposed at the module substrate, and a capacitor disposed at the module substrate. The pass band of the hybrid filter is wider than the resonance band width of the acoustic wave resonator elements. One of the acoustic wave resonator elements, the inductors, and the capacitor is a first circuit element, and the first circuit element is disposed at the major surface. Another of the acoustic wave resonator elements, the inductors, and the capacitor is a second circuit element, and the second circuit element is disposed at the major surface.

Hybrid filter, multiplexer, radio-frequency module, and communication device

A multiplexer includes filters and low pass filters. A second frequency band and a third frequency band are partially different. A first frequency band does not overlap the second frequency band and the third frequency band. One end of the filter is connected to a common terminal and the other end is connected to an input/output terminal. The low pass filter is connected in one end to the common terminal and in the other end to one end of the filter. The other end of the filter is connected to one end of the low pass filter. The other end of the low pass filter is connected to the input/output terminal. One end of the filter is connected to a node between the other end of the low pass filter and one end of the filter and the other end of the filter is connected to the input/output terminal.

Multiplexer and communication device

In a radio-frequency module, a hybrid filter includes an acoustic wave filter including at least one acoustic wave resonator, an inductor having a winding portion, and a capacitor. A plurality of outer electrodes of the acoustic wave filter includes a first input and output electrode connected to a first signal terminal, a second input and output electrode connected to a second signal terminal, and a ground electrode connected to a ground terminal. The inductor is disposed on a first major surface of a mounting substrate and is adjacent to the acoustic wave filter in plan view in a thickness direction of the mounting substrate. When viewed in a direction of a winding axis of the winding portion of the inductor, an inner part of the winding portion in the inductor does not overlap any of the first input and output electrode, the second input and output electrode, and ground electrode.

Radio-frequency module and communication device

A filter device having a pass band and a stop band on a lower frequency side than the pass band includes a filter having a pass band including the pass band, a series arm resonator connected in series to the filter, a first inductor directly connected in series to the series arm resonator, and a parallel arm resonator connected between a node on a path connecting the filter and the series arm resonator and the ground. The parallel arm resonator constitutes a resonance circuit having a resonant frequency at which an attenuation pole corresponding to a high frequency end of the first stop band, and the series arm resonator and the inductor constitute a resonance circuit having an anti-resonant frequency on a lower frequency side than the pass band and having a sub-resonant frequency higher than a resonant frequency of the resonance circuit.

Filter device and multiplexer

A high-frequency module includes a mounting substrate, a filter, and a common inductor. The mounting substrate includes a first main surface and a second main surface facing each other. The filter includes series arm resonators and parallel arm resonators, and is disposed on the first main surface. The mounting substrate includes a ground terminal on the second main surface. A first end of the common inductor is connected to all of the parallel arm resonators. A second end of the common inductor is connected to the ground terminal.

High-frequency module and communication device

A hybrid filter device () includes an acoustic wave device (AD) that includes an acoustic wave resonator and a passive device (PD) that includes an inductor element or an inductor element and a capacitance element. At least one of the acoustic wave device (AD) and the passive device (PD) is mounted on a substrate () of the hybrid filter device () and the acoustic wave device (AD) and the passive device (PD) are electrically connected to each other. The acoustic wave device (AD) overlaps the passive device (PD) when the hybrid filter device () is viewed in a direction perpendicular to one main surface () of the substrate ().

Hybrid filter device and multiplexer

A filter circuit that secures the steepness from a pass range to an attenuation range while maintaining a wide-band transmission characteristic and a filter device including this filter circuit are formed. A filter circuit includes a first filter and a second filter. The first filter is a filter including an LC circuit in which a first frequency band is a pass band and a frequency band not higher than the first frequency band is an attenuation band. The second filter is a filter that attenuates a second frequency band within the first frequency band by using an attenuation pole produced by a resonance or an antiresonance of an acoustic wave resonator. Further, the first filter is placed closer to an antenna terminal than the second filter.

Filter circuit and filter device

A filter includes a first input/output electrode and the second input/output electrode, and is arranged on a first main surface of a mounting substrate. The mounting substrate includes a first land electrode, a second land electrode, a ground terminal, and a plurality of via conductors. The first land electrode is connected to the first input/output electrode. The second land electrode is connected to the second input/output electrode. The ground terminal is located closer to a second main surface side than the first main surface in a thickness direction of the mounting substrate. The plurality of via conductors is arranged between the first main surface and the second main surface, and is connected to the ground terminal. The plurality of via conductors is located between the first land electrode and the second land electrode in a plan view from the thickness direction of the mounting substrate.

High-frequency module, high-frequency circuit, and communication device

A filter includes a series arm resonator that defines at least a portion of a signal path connected between first and second terminals, a parallel arm resonator including one end that is grounded, a first inductor including one end that is connected to one end of the series arm resonator and another end that is connected to another end of the parallel arm resonator, and a second inductor including one end that is connected to another end of the series arm resonator and another end that is connected to the other end of the parallel arm resonator. A relative band width of the parallel arm resonator is smaller than a relative band width of the series arm resonator.

Filter and multiplexer

A filter having a pass band includes a series circuit in which a series arm resonator and a first inductor are connected in series with each other and which forms at least part of a signal path R connecting a first input/output terminal and a second input/output terminal and a parallel arm resonator connected between one end of the series circuit and a ground. The series circuit becomes inductive in the pass band. An anti-resonant frequency of the series arm resonator is higher than a frequency at a higher-frequency end of the pass band. A resonant frequency of the parallel arm resonator is higher than the anti-resonant frequency of the series arm resonator.

A wing flapping apparatus including a frame body, a motive power source and a power transmission mechanism that transmits motive power generated in the motive power source to drive a wing unit. Moreover, the power transmission mechanism includes a slider that linearly reciprocates in an X-axis direction upon reception of the motive power transmitted from the motive power source, and a rotating body that reciprocates in a rotation direction upon reception of the motive power transmitted from the slider. Furthermore, the wing unit swings such that its distal end moves approximately in the X-axis direction as the rotating body reciprocates in the rotation direction. In this aspect, linear reciprocation of the slider and swinging of the wing unit in the X-axis direction are opposite in direction to each other.

Wing flapping apparatus

A wing flapping apparatus includes a motive power source; a power transmission mechanism; and a wing unit driven by the power transmission mechanism. The power transmission mechanism includes a rotation transmission member configured to rotate upon reception of motive power transmitted from the motive power source; a slider configured to linearly reciprocate in an X-axis direction upon reception of the motive power transmitted from the rotation transmission member and a rotating body configured to reciprocate in a rotation direction upon reception of the motive power transmitted from the slider. The wing unit is configured to swing such that its distal end moves approximately in the X-axis direction as the rotating body reciprocates in the rotation direction. The power transmission mechanism further includes a pair of crank arms each configured to connect the rotation transmission member and the slider. The pair of crank arms each has: one end rotatably connected to the rotation transmission member and the other end rotatably and slidably connected to the slider.

A filter includes a resonant circuit defining at least a portion of a signal path connected between a first terminal and a second terminal, an elastic wave resonator including one end that is grounded, a first inductor including one end connected to one end of the resonant circuit and another end connected to another end of the elastic wave resonator, and a second inductor including one end connected to another end of the resonant circuit and another end connected to the other end of the elastic wave resonator. The resonant circuit is an LC series resonant circuit in which a third inductor and first and second capacitors are connected in series with each other.

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Masanori Kato