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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2000
Bradley Paul Barber, Chatham, NJ (US);
Michael George Zierdt, Belle Mead, NJ (US);
Agere Systems Guardian Corp., Orlando, FL (US);
Abstract
A TFR ladder filter which may yield less degradation in the stopband near the passband edges than conventionally grounded TFR ladder filters. Each of the plurality of shunt-coupled TFR elements of the ladder filter has its own dedicated ground path which is to connected to a final ground external from the ladder filter, so that each shunt-coupled TFR element is individually isolated from one another. Particularly, each shunt-coupled TFR element has a corresponding wirebond to individually connect its top metal ground electrode to a final external ground of a carrier or package on which the die encompassing the TFR ladder filter rests.