WO2018117231A1 - 弾性表面波共振子、弾性表面波フィルタおよびデュプレクサ - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a surface acoustic wave resonator, a surface acoustic wave filter, and a duplexer, and more particularly, to a surface acoustic wave filter and a duplexer having a plurality of surface acoustic wave resonators.
- a surface acoustic wave filter using a surface acoustic wave has been put to practical use as a band pass filter or duplexer mounted in an RF (Radio Frequency) circuit in a communication device such as a mobile phone.
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- a surface acoustic wave filter there is known a surface acoustic wave filter in which a ladder type filter is formed by alternately connecting a plurality of surface acoustic wave resonators in series and in parallel (for example, JP-A-9-205343 (Patent Document 1). )reference).
- a 1-port resonator having a pair of comb electrodes (hereinafter also referred to as “IDT (Inter Digital Transducer) electrodes”) is used as the surface acoustic wave resonator.
- IDT Inter Digital Transducer
- Patent Document 1 a resonator in which a plurality of surface acoustic wave resonators are connected in series is used as a resonator in which mechanical stress due to input power tends to concentrate. In other words, the resonator is divided into a plurality of surface acoustic wave resonators.
- Patent Document 1 attempts to improve power durability by suppressing mechanical migration by intensively applying mechanical stress to the resonator.
- the ease of heat dissipation may differ depending on each of the divided surface acoustic wave resonators.
- Thermal stress may vary between elements. Therefore, in a surface acoustic wave resonator that has a relatively large thermal stress as compared to other surface acoustic wave resonators, migration is thermally accelerated, and there is a high possibility that discharge breakdown occurs in the IDT electrode. As a result, the power durability of the entire surface acoustic wave filter is reduced.
- the present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and a main object thereof is to provide a surface acoustic wave resonator, a surface acoustic wave filter, and a duplexer that can improve power durability.
- a surface acoustic wave resonator includes a first surface acoustic wave resonator, a second surface acoustic wave resonator connected in series with the first surface acoustic wave resonator, and a second surface acoustic wave.
- a third surface acoustic wave resonator connected in series with the wave resonator.
- Each of the first to third surface acoustic wave resonators has a pair of comb electrodes arranged such that a plurality of electrode fingers are alternately arranged in the acoustic wave propagation direction.
- the second surface acoustic wave resonator has a smaller ratio of the electrode finger width to the electrode finger pitch than the first and third surface acoustic wave resonators.
- a surface acoustic wave filter includes a first signal terminal, a second signal terminal, a ladder connected between the first signal terminal and the second signal terminal, and having a plurality of resonator groups.
- the ladder filter is configured to filter a signal input to the first signal terminal and output the filtered signal to the second signal terminal.
- the plurality of resonators include series arm resonators connected in series between the first signal terminal and the second signal terminal.
- the series arm resonator closest to the first signal terminal includes first to third surface acoustic wave resonators.
- the duplexer according to the present invention is connected between the transmission filter having the surface acoustic wave filter, the third signal terminal, the connection point of the second signal terminal and the ladder filter, and the third signal terminal. And a reception filter.
- the power durability can be improved.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic plan view of a surface acoustic wave resonator.
- FIG. 3 is a schematic plan view of the series arm resonator of FIG. 2.
- FIG. 2 shows typically the circuit structure of the duplexer provided with the surface acoustic wave filter which concerns on embodiment of this invention.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically showing a circuit configuration of a surface acoustic wave filter according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- a surface acoustic wave filter device 10 shown in FIG. 1 is mounted on an RF circuit such as a mobile phone, for example.
- the surface acoustic wave filter device 10 includes an input terminal 11, an output terminal 12, and a filter unit 13 connected between the input terminal 11 and the output terminal 12.
- the filter unit 13 is configured to filter a signal input to the input terminal 11 and output it to the output terminal 12.
- the input terminal 11 constitutes a “first signal terminal”
- the output terminal 12 constitutes a “second signal terminal”.
- the filter unit 13 is a ladder type surface acoustic wave filter.
- Filter unit 13 includes series arm resonators S1 to S4, parallel arm resonators P1 to P3, and inductors L11 and L12.
- the series arm resonators S1 to S4 are connected in series between the input terminal 11 and the output terminal 12. Specifically, one terminal of the series arm resonator S1 is connected to the input terminal 11, and the other terminal is connected to one terminal of the series arm resonator S2. The other terminal of the series arm resonator S2 is connected to one terminal of the series arm resonator S3. The other terminal of the series arm resonator S3 is connected to one terminal of the series arm resonator S4. The other terminal of the series arm resonator S4 is connected to the output terminal 12.
- the parallel arm resonator P1 is electrically connected between the connection node 14 of the series arm resonators S1 and S2 and the ground wiring GND.
- the parallel arm resonator P2 is electrically connected between the connection node 15 of the series arm resonators S2 and S3 and the ground wiring GND.
- the parallel arm resonator P3 is electrically connected between the connection node 16 of the series arm resonators S3 and S4 and the ground wiring GND.
- An inductor L11 is connected between the parallel arm resonators P1 and P2 and the ground wiring GND.
- An inductor L12 is connected between the parallel arm resonator P3 and the ground wiring GND.
- the filter unit 13 may be provided with an inductor, a capacitor, and a resistor at appropriate positions.
- the series arm resonators S1 to S4 and the parallel arm resonators P1 to P3 form a surface acoustic wave filter chip 13A.
- the surface acoustic wave filter chip 13A is flip-chip mounted by bumps on the die attach surface of the wiring board.
- the surface acoustic wave filter chip 13A is sealed with resin. That is, the surface acoustic wave filter device 10 is a CSP (Chip Size Package) type surface acoustic wave filter.
- Each of the series arm resonators S1 to S4 and the parallel arm resonators P1 to P3 is composed of a 1-port surface acoustic wave resonator.
- the series arm resonators S1, S2, S4 and the parallel arm resonators P1 to P3 are configured by connecting a plurality of 1-port surface acoustic wave resonators in series.
- one resonator is divided into a plurality of divided resonators.
- mechanical stress generated when the surface acoustic wave is excited can be distributed to the plurality of divided resonators.
- the number of divisions is 2 or 3 in the example of FIG.
- each of the series arm resonators S1, S2, S4 and the parallel arm resonators P1 to P3 corresponds to an example of a “resonator group” composed of a plurality of divided resonators.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically showing the configuration of the series arm resonator S1 shown in FIG.
- the configuration of the series arm resonator S4 is the same as that of the series arm resonator S1 except for specific design items such as dimensions.
- series arm resonator S1 has three surface acoustic wave resonators 21-23.
- the first surface acoustic wave resonator 21 is electrically connected between the input terminal 11 and the connection node 14.
- the second surface acoustic wave resonator 22 is connected in series to the first surface acoustic wave resonator 21.
- the third surface acoustic wave resonator 23 is connected in series to the second surface acoustic wave resonator 22. That is, the first to third surface acoustic wave resonators 21 to 23 are connected in series between the input terminal 11 and the connection node 14 in this order.
- the series arm resonator S1 is divided into three divided resonators (surface acoustic wave resonators 21 to 23).
- Adjacent surface acoustic wave resonators are connected with no branch circuit between them.
- the branch circuit is a circuit having elements (inductors, capacitors, resistors, ground wirings, etc.) that branch off from wirings connecting adjacent surface acoustic wave resonators and that perform predetermined functions.
- FIG. 3 is a schematic plan view of the surface acoustic wave resonator 21.
- the configuration of the surface acoustic wave resonators 22 and 23 is the same as that of the surface acoustic wave resonator 21.
- surface acoustic wave resonator 21 includes IDT electrode 1 and two reflectors 7 disposed on both sides of IDT electrode 1.
- the IDT electrode 1 has a pair of comb electrodes 1A.
- Each of the pair of comb-teeth electrodes 1A has, for example, a single metal composed of at least one of aluminum, copper, silver, gold, titanium, tungsten, platinum, chromium, nickel, and molybdenum on a piezoelectric substrate, or a main component thereof. It can be formed by a metal layer made of an alloy.
- a piezoelectric substrate a substrate made of a piezoelectric single crystal such as LiTaO 3 or LiNbO 3 can be used.
- piezoelectric ceramics may be used instead of the piezoelectric single crystal.
- a piezoelectric substrate in which a piezoelectric film is stacked on a support substrate may be used.
- the piezoelectric film the piezoelectric single crystal or the like can be used as appropriate.
- Each comb-tooth electrode 1A has a bus bar 3 extending linearly and a plurality of electrode fingers 5 extending in a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the bus bar 3.
- the pitch of the plurality of electrode fingers 5 is generally constant as a whole.
- the pair of comb electrodes 1A are arranged such that the electrode fingers 5 are adjacent to each other.
- the arrangement direction of the plurality of electrode fingers 5 is also referred to as a propagation direction D1
- a direction orthogonal to the propagation direction D1 is also referred to as an orthogonal direction D2.
- the two reflectors 7 are arranged on both sides of the propagation direction D1 with respect to the IDT electrode 1.
- Each reflector 7 includes a pair of bus bars 8 extending in the propagation direction, and a plurality of electrode fingers 9 extending between the pair of bus bars 8 in the orthogonal direction D2.
- the pitch of the plurality of electrode fingers 9 and the distance between the reflector 7 and the IDT electrode 1 are substantially equal to the pitch of the plurality of electrode fingers 5.
- the surface acoustic wave propagated in the propagation direction D1 at the position where the IDT electrode 1 is disposed is reflected by the reflector 7 and becomes a standing wave. Thereby, a resonance phenomenon having a high Q occurs. That is, the surface acoustic wave resonator functions as a resonator having a high Q.
- the characteristics of the surface acoustic wave resonator are defined by the electrode finger pitch P, the cross width W, the number of electrode fingers 5, the electrode ratio (duty), and the like.
- the electrode finger pitch P is the pitch of the plurality of electrode fingers 5, and is defined by the distance between the centers of the plurality of electrode fingers 5 of the pair of comb-tooth electrodes 1A, for example.
- the intersection width W is an overlap amount in the orthogonal direction D2 of the electrode fingers 5 that are interleaved with each other.
- the electrode ratio is a ratio (L / P) of the width L of the electrode finger 5 to the electrode finger pitch P.
- the three surface acoustic wave resonators 21 to 23 have the same configuration in order to disperse mechanical stress evenly.
- the electrode finger pitch P, the intersection width W, the number of electrode fingers 5, the electrode ratio, and the like are the same among the surface acoustic wave resonators 21-23.
- the thermal stress differs between the surface acoustic wave resonators.
- the second surface acoustic wave resonator 22 is sandwiched on both sides by the first and third surface acoustic wave resonators 21 and 23, so that the first and third surface acoustic wave resonators 21, 21, This is because it is difficult to dissipate heat compared to 23.
- the temperature of the second surface acoustic wave resonator 22 is more likely to increase than that of the first and third surface acoustic wave resonators 21 and 23.
- migration may be accelerated by thermal stress. Specifically, when mechanical stress is generated in the IDT electrode 1, migration may occur in which Al atoms in the IDT electrode 1 move on the crystal grain boundary. In the second surface acoustic wave resonator 22, migration is more likely to occur due to thermal acceleration of migration.
- the insulation between the pair of comb-tooth electrodes 1 ⁇ / b> A deteriorates, and thus the IDT electrode 1 may be damaged by discharge. Further, hillocks and voids may occur in the IDT electrode 1. As a result, the power durability of the entire surface acoustic wave filter device 10 is lowered.
- the electrode ratio of the second surface acoustic wave resonator 22 is made smaller than the electrode ratio of the first and third surface acoustic wave resonators 21 and 23.
- the spacing PL between the adjacent electrode fingers 5 is different between the surface acoustic wave resonators 21 to 23.
- FIG. 4 is a schematic plan view of the series arm resonator S1 of FIG. Referring to FIG. 4, the three surface acoustic wave resonators 22 are arranged along the orthogonal direction D2. The three surface acoustic wave resonators 22 have the same size and position in the propagation direction D1.
- Adjacent surface acoustic wave resonators are connected to each other by bus bars 3.
- the bus bars 3 are connected to each other over the entire length of the bus bar 3.
- the bus bars 3 may be directly connected as shown in FIG. 4 or may be indirectly connected via wiring.
- the first and third surface acoustic wave resonators 21 and 23 are connected to the wiring 2.
- the connection is made over the entire length of the bus bar 3. As a result, heat is easily transferred from each of the first and third surface acoustic wave resonators 21 and 23 to the wiring 2.
- the electrode ratio is represented by L1 / P.
- the electrode ratio is represented by L2 / P.
- the electrode ratio is represented by L3 / P.
- the electrode ratio L2 / P of the second surface acoustic wave resonator 22 is set to the electrode ratio L1 / P of the first surface acoustic wave resonator 21 and the electrode of the third surface acoustic wave resonator 23.
- the ratio is smaller than L3 / P.
- the second surface acoustic wave resonator 22 includes the first and third surface acoustic wave resonators 21 and 23.
- the second surface acoustic wave resonator 22 is less likely to short-circuit than the first and third surface acoustic wave resonators 21 and 23 because the distance PL between the adjacent electrode fingers 5 is relatively wide.
- the migration resistance can be made relatively high. Thereby, generation
- the capacitance of the second surface acoustic wave resonator 22 is increased by the first and third surface acoustic waves. It becomes smaller than the wave resonators 21 and 23.
- the electrostatic capacity is relatively small between the surface acoustic wave resonators 21 to 23, the partial pressure is relatively high compared to other surface acoustic wave resonators, and the power consumption may be relatively large. .
- the number of electrode fingers 5 It is possible to use a method of increasing the number of the relative values or a combination thereof. According to this, it is possible to improve power durability without affecting the filter characteristics of the surface acoustic wave filter device 10.
- the resistance of the electrode finger 5 is relatively increased by relatively narrowing the width L of the electrode finger 5 of the IDT electrode 1, and as a result, the first The insertion loss may be larger than that of the first and third surface acoustic wave resonators 21 and 23.
- the electrode film thickness of the second surface acoustic wave resonator 22 can be made relatively thick. According to this, it is possible to improve the power durability without changing the transmission characteristics of the surface acoustic wave filter device 10. In this case, the frequency also varies as the electrode ratio changes, but the frequency can be adjusted by adjusting the pitch.
- the surface acoustic wave filter device 10 shown in FIG. 1 when power is applied to the input terminal 11, mechanical stress is concentrated on the first-stage series arm resonator S ⁇ b> 1 closest to the input terminal 11. .
- the three surface acoustic wave resonators 21 to 23 constituting the series arm resonator S1 discharge breakdown occurs particularly in the second surface acoustic wave resonator 22 due to the synergistic action of mechanical stress and thermal stress. The possibility is high.
- the electrode ratio of the second surface acoustic wave resonator 22 is set to the first and third surface acoustic wave resonators 21, It can be made smaller than the electrode ratio of 23.
- the electric power durability as the whole surface acoustic wave filter apparatus 10 improves.
- the configuration in which the electrode ratio of the second surface acoustic wave resonator 22 is made smaller than the electrode ratio of the first and third surface acoustic wave resonators 21 and 23 is the first-stage serial arm resonator on the input side. It is preferable to apply to S1.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram schematically showing a circuit configuration of a duplexer including the surface acoustic wave filter according to the embodiment of the present invention.
- the duplexer 30 includes a transmission filter 40, a reception filter 42, a transmission terminal 31, an antenna terminal 32 connected to the antenna ANT, and a reception terminal 33.
- the transmission terminal 31 constitutes a “first signal terminal”
- the antenna terminal 32 constitutes a “second signal terminal”
- the reception terminal 33 constitutes a “third signal terminal”.
- the transmission filter 40 is connected between the antenna terminal 32 and the transmission terminal 31.
- the transmission filter 40 is configured to filter a signal input to the transmission terminal 31 and output the signal to the antenna terminal 32.
- the reception filter 42 is connected between a connection point between the antenna terminal 32 and the transmission filter 40 and the reception terminal 33.
- the reception filter 42 is configured to filter a signal input to the antenna terminal 32 and output it to the reception terminal 33.
- the transmission filter 40 is a ladder type surface acoustic wave filter.
- Transmission filter 40 includes series arm resonators S1 to S4, parallel arm resonators P1 to P4, and inductors L11 to L13.
- Each of the series arm resonators S1 to S4 and the parallel arm resonators P1 to P4 is composed of the 1-port surface acoustic wave resonator shown in FIG.
- the series arm resonators S1 to S4 are configured by connecting a plurality of 1-port surface acoustic wave resonators in series.
- the series arm resonators S1 to S4 and the parallel arm resonators P1 to P4 form a surface acoustic wave filter chip 40A.
- the reception filter 42 is, for example, a balanced longitudinally coupled resonator type surface acoustic wave filter having a balanced-unbalanced conversion function.
- the reception filter 42 may be formed integrally with the transmission filter 40 on the surface acoustic wave filter chip 40A.
- the surface acoustic wave filter chip 40A provided with the transmission filter 40 and the surface acoustic wave filter chip provided with the reception filter 42 may be provided separately.
- the duplexer 30 In the duplexer 30, generally, a large amount of power is applied to the transmission filter 40 constituting the RF circuit of the communication device. Therefore, the ladder-type surface acoustic wave filter used as the transmission filter 40 is required to have excellent power resistance.
- the electrode ratio of the second surface acoustic wave resonator described above is smaller than the electrode ratio of the first and third surface acoustic wave resonators in the transmission filter 40.
- the migration resistance of the second surface acoustic wave resonator is made higher than the migration resistance of the first and third surface acoustic wave resonators. If it does in this way, in the 2nd surface acoustic wave resonator, it will be suppressed that discharge destruction by thermal stress arises, and the power durability of the whole transmission filter can be improved.
- the configuration in which the electrode ratio of the second surface acoustic wave resonator is smaller than the electrode ratio of the first and third surface acoustic wave resonators is the first-stage series arm resonator closest to the transmission terminal 31. It can be applied to S1.
- mechanical stress is concentrated on the first-stage series arm resonator S1, so that the temperature of the second surface acoustic wave resonator of the series arm resonator S1 is likely to increase.
- discharge breakdown due to thermal stress is suppressed in the second surface acoustic wave resonator, so that the power durability as a whole of the transmission filter 40 can be improved.
- the present inventor conducted an experiment for confirming the operational effects of the embodiment of the present invention.
- an accelerated life test was performed for each of the example and the comparative example.
- Both the example and the comparative example are duplexers having the circuit configuration shown in FIG. 5, and the transmission frequency band is 1.7 GHz.
- the ratio of the electrode ratios of the three surface acoustic wave resonators was set as follows.
- the failure time from the start of evaluation to the failure is about 1 in the example compared to the comparative example. .7 times longer was confirmed.
- the example extended about 1.7 times compared with the comparative example.
- the duplexer includes the surface acoustic wave filter according to the present embodiment.
- the present invention is not limited to the duplexer, and may be implemented in any duplexer, for example, a triplexer, a multiplexer, or a diplexer.
- a surface acoustic wave filter of the form may be applied.
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一方、比較例では、3つの弾性表面波共振子の電極比率を互いに同一とした。
なお、直列腕共振子および並列腕共振子の各々を構成する弾性表面波共振子において、電極比率L/P以外のパラメータ(電極指ピッチP、交差幅W、電極指5の本数等)は実施例および比較例で同一とした。
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- 第1の弾性表面波共振子と、
前記第1の弾性表面波共振子と直列に接続される第2の弾性表面波共振子と、
前記第2の弾性表面波共振子と直列に接続される第3の弾性表面波共振子とを備え、
前記第1から第3の弾性表面波共振子の各々は、互いの複数本の電極指が弾性波伝搬方向に交互に配列されるように配置された、一対の櫛歯電極を有し、
前記第2の弾性表面波共振子は、前記第1および第3の弾性表面波共振子に比べて、前記電極指のピッチに対する前記電極指の幅の割合が小さい、弾性表面波共振子。 - 第1の信号端子と、
第2の信号端子と、
前記第1の信号端子と前記第2の信号端子との間に接続され、複数の共振子群を有するラダー型フィルタとを備え、
前記複数の共振子群の少なくとも1つは、請求項1に記載の弾性表面波共振子により形成されている、弾性表面波フィルタ。 - 前記ラダー型フィルタは、前記第1の信号端子に入力される信号をフィルタリングして前記第2の信号端子に出力するように構成され、
前記複数の共振子群は、前記第1の信号端子と前記第2の信号端子との間に、直列に接続されてなる直列腕共振子を含み、
前記第1の信号端子に最も近い前記直列腕共振子は、前記第1から第3の弾性表面波共振子を含む、請求項2に記載の弾性表面波フィルタ。 - 請求項2または3に記載の弾性表面波フィルタを有する送信フィルタと、
第3の信号端子と、
前記第2の信号端子および前記ラダー型フィルタの接続点と、前記第3の信号端子との間に接続される受信フィルタとを備える、デュプレクサ。
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