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Branching filter and communication device

US7304551B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 10, 2003
Grant dateDec 4, 2007
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Expiry dateOct 10, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03H9/706
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A branching filter and a communication device have excellent characteristics and an optimized configuration of a transmitting filter and a receiving filter. The branching filter includes a transmitting filter and a receiving filter wherein piezoelectric thin film resonators including a piezoelectric thin film sandwiched between opposed electrodes are arranged in a ladder type configuration on an opening or a recess of a substrate. The transmitting filter and the receiving filter are connected in parallel to an antenna terminal. The piezoelectric thin film resonators defining the transmitting filter and the piezoelectric thin film resonators defining the receiving filter are different from each other.

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