M. Kadota et al., Transversely coupled resonator filters utilizing reflection of Bleustein-Gulyaev-Shimizu wave at free edges of substrate, JPN J A P 1, 39(5B), 2000, pp. 3045-3048
Smaller-sized and lower insertion loss surface acoustic wave (SAW) filters
are urgently required for mobile telecommunications. We describe here that
miniature, low-loss transversely coupled resonator filters without reflecto
r electrodes could be realized and commercialized by utilizing the edge ref
lection of a Bleustein-Gulyaev-Shimizu (BGS) wave for the first time. The t
ransversely coupled resonator filter has a narrower bandwidth than a longit
udinally coupled one. A small, low-loss resonator filter for a first interm
ediate-frequency stage (first IF) of a spread spectrum (SS) codeless teleph
one system could be realized using a piezoelectric ceramic substrate with a
coupling factor (k) of 0.20 and the transversely coupled resonator filter
consisting of single finger electrodes. A filter for the first IF of the gl
obal system for mobile communication (GSM) requires a narrower bandwidth th
an SS codeless telephone, but a suitable substrate with a small coupling fa
ctor is not available. However, we could realize the small transversely cou
pled filter for GSM using split finger electrodes.