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Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2018

Filed:

Aug. 12, 2016
Applicant:

Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Hikaru Shimomura, Tokyo, JP;

Toshio Nishizawa, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03H 9/56 (2006.01); H03H 9/58 (2006.01); H03H 9/70 (2006.01); H03H 9/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03H 9/706 (2013.01); H03H 9/564 (2013.01); H03H 9/568 (2013.01); H03H 9/582 (2013.01); H03H 9/605 (2013.01);
Abstract

An acoustic wave filter includes: one or more series resonators connected in series between an input terminal and an output terminal; and parallel resonators connected in parallel between the input terminal and the output terminal and formed of piezoelectric thin film resonators, wherein each of at least two resonators of the parallel resonators includes an additional film having island-shaped patterns or aperture patterns formed at equal pitch intervals in a resonance region in which a lower electrode and an upper electrode face each other across a piezoelectric film, and a pitch interval of the island-shaped patterns or the aperture patterns in the additional film included in one of the at least two resonators differs from a pitch interval of the island-shaped patterns or the aperture patterns in the additional film included in another one of the at least two resonators.


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