摘要 |
An acoustic wave ladder filter (55) incorporating split resonators (50) in place of single, small static capacitance resonators in legs of the ladder filter (55). The split resonators (50) have approximately the same frequency but less than twice the static capacitance as the single resonator they replace. The decrease in static capacitance results in a lower capacitance ratio, r. In addition, the Q of the split resonators is higher than the single resonator they replace. Therefore, the average Q/r ratio for the filter (55) increases providing higher performance in terms of insertion loss and ultimate rejection. The basic filter configuration remains relatively unchanged and thus matched to the proper impedances.
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