Inventors:
Bortolo M. Pradal - Palatine IL
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc. - Schaumburg IL
International Classification:
H03H 956
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a monolithic crystal filter having a passband of at least 30 Khz and a center frequency greater than 120 Mhz. This filter includes a piezoelectric substrate, a plurality of input electrodes conductively coupled together via a thin coupling bar, a plurality of output electrodes conductively coupled together via another thin coupling bar, and at least one common electrode disposed opposite to the plurality of input and output electrodes. The input and output electrodes are aligned on the substrate such that they electroacoustically couple along a crystallographic axes thereof. Multicoupling is provided along another crystallographic axes via the plurality of conductively coupled input and output electrodes, respectively. As a result of multicoupling, fifth overtone mode operation is now possible. In addition, the coupling bars, connecting the respective input and output electrode pluralities in parallel, reduce the filter's overall impedance without disrupting spurious response design parameters.