Patent Publication Number: US-11038486-B2

Title: Acoustic wave device

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION 
     This application is based upon and claims the benefit of priority of the prior Japanese Patent Application No. 2016-011698, filed on Jan. 25, 2016, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. 
     FIELD 
     A certain aspect of the present invention relates to an acoustic wave device. 
     BACKGROUND 
     Surface acoustic wave devices have been conventionally used for filters and duplexers of wireless communication devices such as mobile phone terminals. Recently, acoustic wave devices in which a piezoelectric substance is sandwiched between a lower electrode and an upper electrode have drawn attention as elements having good characteristics at high frequencies and being capable of being downsized and made to be monolithic. Piezoelectric thin film resonators such as Film Bulk Acoustic Resonators (FBARs) and Solidly Mounted Resonators (SMRs) have been known as such acoustic wave devices. 
     When a large electrical power is input to the piezoelectric thin film resonator, secondary distortion occurs in an output signal because of the non-linearity depending on the c-axis orientation of the piezoelectric substance. As techniques for reducing such secondary distortion, there has been known a technique that serially divides the piezoelectric thin film resonator, and makes the electrodes of the divided resonators in the c-axis orientation direction or the polarization axis direction of the piezoelectric substance of each of the divided resonators have an identical electric potential, or a technique that divides the piezoelectric thin film resonator in parallel and makes the electrodes of the divided resonators in the c-axis orientation direction or the polarization axis direction of the piezoelectric substance of each of the divided resonators have opposite electric potentials as disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Application Publication Nos. 2008-85989 and 2007-6495 (Patent Documents 1 and 2). 
     However, when a first resonator and a second resonator are connected in series so that the electrode of the first resonator in the c-axis orientation direction or the polarization axis direction of the piezoelectric substance has an electric potential identical to the electric potential of the electrode of the second resonator in the c-axis orientation direction or the polarization axis direction of the piezoelectric substance, it has been newly found that the secondary distortion locally deteriorates. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an acoustic wave device including: a first resonator that includes a first piezoelectric substance, and a first lower electrode and a first upper electrode that sandwich the first piezoelectric substance in a direction of a c-axis orientation or a polarization axis of the first piezoelectric substance; and a second resonator that is located closer to a terminal to which a signal is input than the first resonator is, is connected in series to the first resonator, includes a second piezoelectric substance, and a second lower electrode and a second upper electrode that sandwich the second piezoelectric substance so that an electrode of the second resonator in a direction of a c-axis orientation or a polarization axis of the second piezoelectric substance has an electric potential identical to an electric potential of an electrode of the first resonator in the direction of the c-axis orientation or the polarization axis of the first piezoelectric substance, and has an antiresonant frequency less than an antiresonant frequency of the first resonator. 
     According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an acoustic wave device including: a first resonator that includes a piezoelectric substance, and a first lower electrode and a first upper electrode that sandwich the piezoelectric substance; and a second resonator that is located closer to a terminal to which a signal is input than the first resonator is, is connected in series to the first resonator, includes the piezoelectric substance extending from the first resonator, and a second lower electrode and a second upper electrode that sandwich the piezoelectric substance, and has an antiresonant frequency less than an antiresonant frequency of the first resonator, wherein the first lower electrode and the second lower electrode share a single lower electrode, or the first upper electrode and the second upper electrode share a single upper electrode. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1A  and  FIG. 1B  illustrate a piezoelectric thin film resonator in which a piezoelectric substance is sandwiched between a lower electrode and an upper electrode; 
         FIG. 2A  illustrates a single piezoelectric thin film resonator, and  FIG. 2B  and  FIG. 2C  illustrate an acoustic wave device in accordance with a first comparative example in which a single piezoelectric thin film resonator is divided into two piezoelectric thin film resonators; 
         FIG. 3A  illustrates simulation results of the piezoelectric thin film resonator, and  FIG. 3B  illustrates simulation results of the acoustic wave device in accordance with the first comparative example; 
         FIG. 4  illustrates an acoustic wave device in accordance with a second comparative example; 
         FIG. 5A  illustrates simulation results of the admittance characteristic and the secondary distortion characteristic of the acoustic wave device in accordance with the second comparative example,  FIG. 5B  is an enlarged view of a region A in  FIG. 5A , and  FIG. 5C  is an enlarged view of a region B in  FIG. 5A ; 
         FIG. 6A  is a plan view of an acoustic wave device in accordance with the second comparative example, and  FIG. 6B  is a cross-sectional view taken along line A-A in  FIG. 6A ; 
         FIG. 7A  is a plan view of an acoustic wave device in accordance with the second comparative example, and  FIG. 7B  is a cross-sectional view taken along line A-A in  FIG. 7A ; 
         FIG. 8  illustrates an acoustic wave device in accordance with a first embodiment; 
         FIG. 9A  is a plan view of an acoustic wave device in accordance with the first embodiment, and  FIG. 9B  is a cross-sectional view taken along line A-A in  FIG. 9A ; 
         FIG. 10  illustrates simulation results indicating a relationship between a coverage of a mass load film and an antiresonant frequency; 
         FIG. 11A  illustrates simulation results of the admittance characteristic and the secondary distortion characteristic of the acoustic wave device in accordance with the first embodiment,  FIG. 11B  is an enlarged view of the region A in  FIG. 11A , and  FIG. 11C  is an enlarged view of the region B in  FIG. 11A ; 
         FIG. 12  illustrates simulation results indicating a relationship between a floating capacitance and a difference in resonant frequency when secondary distortion can be well reduced; 
         FIG. 13A  is a plan view of an acoustic wave device in accordance with a first variation of the first embodiment, and  FIG. 13B  is a cross-sectional view taken along line A-A in  FIG. 13A ; 
         FIG. 14A  is a plan view of an acoustic wave device in accordance with a second embodiment, and  FIG. 14B  is a cross-sectional view taken along line A-A in  FIG. 14A ; 
         FIG. 15A  illustrates simulation results of the admittance characteristic and the secondary distortion characteristic of the acoustic wave device in accordance with the second embodiment,  FIG. 15B  is an enlarged view of the region A in  FIG. 15A , and  FIG. 15C  is an enlarged view of the region B in  FIG. 15A ; 
         FIG. 16  illustrates simulation results indicating a relationship between a floating capacitance and a ratio of the electromechanical coupling coefficient of a second resonator to the electromechanical coupling coefficient of a first resonator when secondary distortion is well reduced; 
         FIG. 17A  through  FIG. 17E  are cross-sectional views illustrating other examples for making the electromechanical coupling coefficient of the second resonator less; 
         FIG. 18  illustrates simulation results indicating a relationship between F, which is a ratio of an electrostatic capacitance and a damping capacitance, and an electromechanical coupling coefficient; 
         FIG. 19  is a cross-sectional view of an acoustic wave device in accordance with a third embodiment; 
         FIG. 20  is a cross-sectional view of an acoustic wave device in accordance with a fourth embodiment; 
         FIG. 21  illustrates a ladder-type filter in accordance with a fifth embodiment; 
         FIG. 22  illustrates simulation results of the secondary distortion characteristic of the ladder-type filter in accordance with the fifth embodiment; and 
         FIG. 23  is a block diagram of a duplexer in accordance with a sixth embodiment. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. 
     First Embodiment 
     A description will first be given of a secondary distortion voltage produced in a piezoelectric substance of a piezoelectric thin film resonator.  FIG. 1A  and  FIG. 1B  illustrate a piezoelectric thin film resonator  1000  in which a piezoelectric substance  84  is sandwiched between a lower electrode  82  and an upper electrode  86 . In the piezoelectric thin film resonator  1000 , a half of the wavelength (λ) of the resonant frequency is equivalent to the thickness of a piezoelectric material. That is, the piezoelectric thin film resonator is a resonator using ½λ-thickness resonance. Therefore, as illustrated in  FIG. 1A , the upper and lower surfaces of the piezoelectric substance  84  excite so that one of them polarizes positive (+) and the other polarizes negative (−). 
     On the other hand, the wavelength of the frequency of the secondary distortion is equivalent to the thickness of the piezoelectric substance. Thus, as illustrated in  FIG. 1B , the upper and lower surfaces of the piezoelectric substance  84  excite so that both of them polarize positive (+) or negative (−). When the piezoelectric substance  84  has symmetry, the upper and lower electrodes have identical electric potentials in the secondary mode. In this case, the distortion component is not generated theoretically. However, when aluminum nitride (AlN) or zinc oxide (ZnO) is used as the piezoelectric substance  84  to obtain good characteristics, and the piezoelectric substance  84  is sandwiched between the lower electrode  82  and the upper electrode  86  in the c-axis orientation of the piezoelectric substance  84 , the symmetry in the c-axis orientation is distorted, and the electric field may have uneven distributions. In  FIG. 1B , an arrow in the piezoelectric substance  84  indicates the c-axis orientation direction of the piezoelectric substance  84 . The uneven distribution of the electric field causes an electric potential difference between the upper and lower surfaces of the piezoelectric substance  84 . A voltage thus generated is referred to as secondary distortion voltage, and indicated by another arrow lateral to the piezoelectric substance  84 . In  FIG. 1B , the c-axis is oriented in the direction from the lower electrode  82  to the upper electrode  86 , and the secondary distortion voltage is produced in the above direction. 
     A method of reducing the secondary distortion voltage will be described with use of  FIG. 2A  and  FIG. 2B .  FIG. 2A  illustrates a single piezoelectric thin film resonator  1000 .  FIG. 2B  and  FIG. 2C  illustrate an acoustic wave device  1100  in accordance with a first comparative example in which the single piezoelectric thin film resonator  1000  is divided into two piezoelectric thin film resonators  1000   a  and  1000   b  (hereinafter, referred to as a first resonator  1000   a  and a second resonator  1000   b ). Each of the divided first and second resonators  1000   a  and  1000   b  has an electrostatic capacitance twice the electrostatic capacitance of the single piezoelectric thin film resonator  1000  before divided. Configuring the electrostatic capacitance as described above allows the electrical response before and after the division to be equivalent. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 2A , the single piezoelectric thin film resonator  1000  is connected between a terminal T 1  and a terminal T 2 . The secondary distortion voltage of the piezoelectric thin film resonator  1000  is applied in a direction from the terminal T 2  to the terminal T 1 . 
     In  FIG. 2B , the first resonator  1000   a  and the second resonator  1000   b  are connected in series, and the first resonator  1000   a  and the second resonator  1000   b  are connected so that the electrode of the first resonator  1000   a  in the c-axis orientation direction of the piezoelectric substance  84  of the first resonator  1000   a  has an electric potential identical to the electric potential of the electrode of the second resonator  1000   b  in the c-axis orientation direction of the piezoelectric substance  84  of the second resonator  1000   b . That is, the lower electrode  82  of the first resonator  1000   a  and the lower electrode  82  of the second resonator  1000   b  are connected so that the lower electrode  82  of the first resonator  1000   a  in a reverse direction of the c-axis orientation direction has an electric potential identical to the electric potential of the lower electrode  82  of the second resonator  1000   b  in a reverse direction of the c-axis orientation direction. Accordingly, the secondary distortion voltage of the first resonator  1000   a  is applied in a direction from the terminal T 2  to the terminal T 1 , while the secondary distortion voltage of the second resonator  1000   b  is applied in a direction from the terminal T 1  to the terminal T 2 . Therefore, the secondary distortion voltages of the first and second resonators  1000   a  and  1000   b  cancel out each other. As a result, the secondary distortion can be reduced. 
     In  FIG. 2C , the upper electrode  86  of the first resonator  1000   a  and the upper electrode  86  of the second resonator  1000   b  are connected so that the upper electrode  86  of the first resonator  1000   a  in the c-axis orientation direction has an electric potential identical to the electric potential of the upper electrode  86  of the second resonator  1000   b  in the c-axis orientation direction. Accordingly, the secondary distortion voltage of the first resonator  1000   a  is applied in a direction from the terminal T 1  to the terminal T 2 , while the secondary distortion voltage of the second resonator  1000   b  is applied in a direction from the terminal T 2  to the terminal T 1 . Therefore, the secondary distortion voltages of the first and second resonators  1000   a  and  1000   b  cancel out each other. As a result, the secondary distortion can be reduced. 
     Here, a description will be given of simulations of admittance characteristics and secondary distortion characteristics of the piezoelectric thin film resonator  1000  illustrated in  FIG. 2A  and the acoustic wave device  1100  of the first comparative example illustrated in  FIG. 2B  and  FIG. 2C . The simulation was conducted in a state in which the effect of the wiring line between the first resonator  1000   a  and the second resonator  1000   b  is excluded. In addition, the piezoelectric thin film resonator  1000  was assumed to have a resonant frequency of 2545 MHz, an electromechanical coupling coefficient of 6.596%, and an electrostatic capacitance of 1 pF. Each of the first and second resonators  1000   a  and  1000   b  was assumed to have a resonant frequency of 2545 MHz, an electromechanical coupling coefficient of 6.596%, and an electrostatic capacitance of 2 pF. 
       FIG. 3A  illustrates simulation results of the piezoelectric thin film resonator  1000 , and  FIG. 3B  illustrates simulation results of the acoustic wave device  1100  of the first comparative example. The lower horizontal axis in  FIG. 3A  and  FIG. 3B  represents the frequency (MHz) of the admittance characteristic. The upper horizontal axis represents the frequency (MHz) of the secondary distortion characteristic. The right vertical axis represents admittance, and the left vertical axis represents secondary distortion (dBm). In addition, the dashed line in  FIG. 3B  indicates the admittance characteristics of the first and second resonators  1000   a  and  1000   b , and the thin solid line indicates the admittance characteristic of the acoustic wave device  1100  of the first comparative example. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 3A  and  FIG. 3B , the admittance characteristic was approximately the same between the piezoelectric thin film resonator  1000  and the acoustic wave device  1100 . This is considered because each resonator had the same resonant frequency and the same electromechanical coupling coefficient, and the electrostatic capacitances of the first and second resonators  1000   a  and  1000   b  were twice the electrostatic capacitance of the piezoelectric thin film resonator  1000 . In contrast, in the acoustic wave device  1100 , the secondary distortion was reduced compared to that in the piezoelectric thin film resonator  1000 . This is considered because in the acoustic wave device  1100 , the first resonator  1000   a  and the second resonator  1000   b  are connected in series so that the electrode of the first resonator  1000   a  in the c-axis orientation direction of the piezoelectric substance  84  has an electric potential identical to the electric potential of the electrode of the second resonator  1000   b  in the c-axis orientation direction of the piezoelectric substance  84 , and the secondary distortion voltages thereby cancel out each other. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 3B , when the first resonator  1000   a  and the second resonator  1000   b  are connected in series so that the electrode of the first resonator  1000   a  in the c-axis orientation direction of the piezoelectric substance  84  has an electric potential identical to the electric potential of the electrode of the second resonator  1000   b  in the c-axis orientation direction of the piezoelectric substance  84 , the secondary distortion can be well reduced theoretically. However, to connect the first resonator  1000   a  and the second resonator  1000   b  in series, a wiring line needs to be located between the first resonator  1000   a  and the second resonator  1000   b . Thus, the effect of the parasitic component due to the wiring line is caused. The parasitic component of the wiring line appears as a floating capacitance between the wiring line and a ground. 
       FIG. 4  illustrates an acoustic wave device  1200  in accordance with a second comparative example. As illustrated in  FIG. 4 , in the acoustic wave device  1200  of the second comparative example, the first resonator  1000   a  and the second resonator  1000   b  are connected in series between an input terminal IN and an output terminal OUT. A floating capacitance C is generated between a wiring line  88  between the first resonator  1000   a  and the second resonator  1000   b  and a ground. Other structures are the same as those of the acoustic wave device  1100  of the first comparative example, and the description thereof is thus omitted. Arrows located at the sides of the first and second resonators  1000   a  and  1000   b  indicate the directions in which the respective secondary distortion voltages are applied. 
       FIG. 5A  illustrates simulation results of the admittance characteristic and the secondary distortion characteristic of the acoustic wave device  1200  in accordance with the second comparative example.  FIG. 5B  is an enlarged view of a region A around the resonant frequency fr in  FIG. 5A , and  FIG. 5C  is an enlarged view of a region B around the antiresonant frequency fa in  FIG. 5A . The lower horizontal axis in  FIG. 5A  represents the frequency (MHz) of the admittance characteristic. The upper horizontal axis represents the frequency (MHz) of the secondary distortion characteristic. The right vertical axis represents admittance, and the left vertical axis represents secondary distortion (dBm). The horizontal axis in  FIG. 5B  and  FIG. 5C  represents frequency (MHz), and the vertical axis represents admittance. Dashed lines indicate the admittance characteristic of the second resonator  1000   b , chain lines indicate the admittance characteristic of the first resonator  1000   a  to which the floating capacitance C is connected, and thin solid lines indicate the admittance characteristic of the acoustic wave device  1200  of the second comparative example. In the simulation, the first resonator  1000   a  and the second resonator  1000   b  were assumed to have a resonant frequency of 2545 MHz, an electromechanical coupling coefficient of 6.596%, and an electrostatic capacitance of 2 pF. The floating capacitance C was set to 0.03 pF. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 5A , in the acoustic wave device  1200  of the second comparative example, the secondary distortion locally deteriorated at around the antiresonant frequency fa. As illustrated in  FIG. 5B , the resonant frequency of the first resonator  1000   a  to which the floating capacitance C was connected showed little difference from the resonant frequency of the second resonator  1000   b . In contrast, as illustrated in  FIG. 5C , the antiresonant frequency of the first resonator  1000   a  to which the floating capacitance C was connected shifted to a frequency lower than that of the second resonator  1000   b . It is considered that the generated difference in antiresonant frequency between the first resonator  1000   a  and the second resonator  1000   b  makes it difficult for harmonics at around the antiresonant frequency to cancel out each other, causing the local deterioration of the secondary distortion as illustrated in  FIG. 5A . 
     Here, a description will be given of a floating capacitance generated between the wiring line between the first resonator  1000   a  and the second resonator  1000   b  and a ground.  FIG. 6A  is a plan view of the acoustic wave device  1200  in accordance with a second comparative example, and  FIG. 6B  is a cross-sectional view taken along line A-A in  FIG. 6A . As illustrated in  FIG. 6A  and  FIG. 6B , each of the first and second resonators  1000   a  and  1000   b  constituting the acoustic wave device  1200  of the second comparative example includes the lower electrode  82  located on a substrate  80 . The piezoelectric substance  84  is located on the lower electrode  82 . The upper electrode  86  is located on the piezoelectric substance  84 . An air gap  90  is located between the substrate  80  and the lower electrode  82  in a region where the lower electrode  82  and the upper electrode  86  face each other across the piezoelectric substance  84 . The region where the lower electrode  82  and the upper electrode  86  face each other across the piezoelectric substance  84  above the air gap  90  forms a resonance region  92 . 
     The piezoelectric substance  84  of the first resonator  1000   a  and the piezoelectric substance  84  of the second resonator  1000   b  share a single piezoelectric substance. That is, the first resonator  1000   a  and the second resonator  1000   b  share the same piezoelectric substance  84 . The lower electrode  82  of the first resonator  1000   a  and the lower electrode  82  of the second resonator  1000   b  are coupled to each other. This structure connects the first resonator  1000   a  and the second resonator  1000   b  in series so that the electrode of the first resonator  1000   a  in the c-axis orientation direction of the piezoelectric substance  84  has an electric potential identical to the electric potential of the electrode of the second resonator  1000   b  in the c-axis orientation direction of the piezoelectric substance  84 . 
     A part corresponding to the wiring line connecting the first and second resonators  1000   a  and  1000   b  is the lower electrode  82  located in the region A. Since the lower electrode  82  of the first resonator  1000   a  and the lower electrode  82  of the second resonator  1000   b  share the lower electrode  82  in the region A, the floating capacitance C is generated between the whole of them and a ground. 
       FIG. 6A  and  FIG. 6B  illustrate an exemplary case where the lower electrodes  82  of the first and second resonators  1000   a  and  1000   b  are coupled to each other, but the upper electrodes  86  of them may be coupled to each other. This case will be described with  FIG. 7A  and  FIG. 7B .  FIG. 7A  is a plan view of the acoustic wave device  1200  in accordance with the second comparative example, and  FIG. 7B  is a cross-sectional view taken along line A-A in  FIG. 7A . As illustrated in  FIG. 7A  and  FIG. 7B , the upper electrode  86  of the first resonator  1000   a  and the upper electrode  86  of the second resonator  1000   b  are coupled to each other. Accordingly, the first resonator  1000   a  and the second resonator  1000   b  are connected in series so that the electrode of the first resonator  1000   a  in the c-axis orientation direction of the piezoelectric substance  84  has an electric potential identical to the electric potential of the electrode of the second resonator  1000   b  in the c-axis orientation direction of the piezoelectric substance  84 . 
     A part corresponding to the wiring line connecting the first and second resonators  1000   a  and  1000   b  is the upper electrode  86  located in the region A. Since the upper electrode  86  of the first resonator  1000   a  and the upper electrode  86  of the second resonator  1000   b  share the upper electrode  86  in the region A, the floating capacitance C is generated between the whole of them and a ground. 
     A ground that generates a floating capacitance between the ground and a wiring line may be a ground that is formed on the substrate  80  on which the first and second resonators  1000   a  and  1000   b  are also formed and of which the distance to the first and second resonators  1000   a  and  1000   b  is small, a ground that is not formed on the substrate  80  and of which the distance to the first and second resonators  1000   a  and  1000   b  is long, or so on. Even when a ground is not formed on the substrate  80 , a floating capacitance may be generated between the wiring line and a ground via the air or the substrate  80 . 
     The simulation results of the acoustic wave device  1200  of the second comparative example illustrated in  FIG. 5A  through  FIG. 5C  reveal that the antiresonant frequency of the first resonator  1000   a , which is located more distant from the input terminal IN, shifts to a lower frequency. Thus, when the antiresonant frequency of the second resonator  1000   b  is preliminarily set to a frequency lower than that of the first resonator  1000   a  in consideration of the floating capacitance generated between the wiring line and a ground, the antiresonant frequencies of the first and second resonators  1000   a  and  1000   b  can be made to be close to each other, and it is considered that the local deterioration of the secondary distortion can be reduced. On the basis of the above discussion, embodiments capable of reducing the secondary distortion well will be described hereinafter. 
       FIG. 8  illustrates an acoustic wave device in accordance with a first embodiment. As illustrated in  FIG. 8 , an acoustic wave device  100  of the first embodiment includes a first piezoelectric thin film resonator  10  (hereinafter, referred to as a first resonator  10 ) and a second piezoelectric thin film resonator  20  (hereinafter, referred to as a second resonator  20 ) connected in series between the input terminal IN and the output terminal OUT. The first resonator  10  and the second resonator  20  are connected in series so that the electrode of the first resonator  10  in the c-axis orientation direction of the piezoelectric substance of the first resonator  10  has an electric potential identical to the electric potential of the electrode of the second resonator  20  in the c-axis orientation direction of the piezoelectric substance of the second resonator  20 . Thus, the secondary distortion voltage of the first resonator  10  and the secondary distortion voltage of the second resonator  20  are applied in the inverse directions. Arrows located at the sides of the first and second resonators  10  and  20  indicate the directions in which the respective secondary distortion voltages are applied. 
       FIG. 9A  is a plan view of the acoustic wave device  100  in accordance with the first embodiment, and  FIG. 9B  is a cross-sectional view taken along line A-A in  FIG. 9A . As illustrated in  FIG. 9A  and  FIG. 9B , each of the first and second resonators  10  and  20  constituting the acoustic wave device  100  of the first embodiment includes a lower electrode  32  located on a substrate  30  made of, for example, a silicon (Si) substrate. Between the flat upper surface of the substrate  30  and the lower electrode  32 , formed is an air gap  42  with a dome-shaped bulge toward the lower electrode  32 . The dome-shaped bulge is a bulge having a shape in which, for example, the height of the air gap  42  is low around the periphery of the air gap  42  and increases at closer distances to the center of the air gap  42 . The first resonator  10  and the second resonator  20  share the same lower electrode  32 . The lower electrode  32  is formed of a multilayered film including, for example, a lower layer made of a chrome (Cr) film and an upper layer made of a ruthenium (Ru) film. 
     Located on the lower electrode  32  and the substrate  30  is a piezoelectric substance  34  made of, for example, an aluminum nitride (AlN) film having the main axis in the ( 002 ) direction. The first resonator  10  and the second resonator  20  share the same piezoelectric substance  34 . An upper electrode  36  is located on the piezoelectric substance  34  so as to have a region (a resonance region  44 ) in which the upper electrode  36  faces the lower electrode  32  across the piezoelectric substance  34  above the air gap  42 . The upper electrode  36  is formed of a multilayered film including, for example, a lower layer made of a Ru film and an upper layer made of a Cr film. The resonance region  44  has, for example, an elliptical shape, and is a region in which the acoustic wave in the thickness extension mode resonates. The resonance region  44  may have a shape such as a polygonal shape other than the elliptical shape. 
     In the resonance region  44  of the second resonator  20 , a mass load film  38  is located on the upper electrode  36 . The mass load film  38  is formed of, for example, a titanium (Ti) film. The mass load film  38  has island-shaped patterns  46 . The island-shaped patterns  46  may have identical dimensions as viewed from above, or may have different dimensions. The island-shaped patterns  46  may be arranged at regular intervals, or at irregular intervals. The shape of the island-shaped patterns  46  is not limited to a circle as viewed from above, and may be other shapes such as a rectangular or an ellipse. The mass load film  38  is not located in the resonance region  44  of the first resonator  10 . Thus, in the first resonator  10 , the multilayered film in the resonance region  44  is formed of the lower electrode  32 , the piezoelectric substance  34 , and the upper electrode  36 . On the other hand, in the second resonator  20 , the multilayered film in the resonance region  44  is formed of the lower electrode  32 , the piezoelectric substance  34 , the upper electrode  36 , and the mass load film  38 . 
     The substrate  30  may be, for example, a quartz substrate, a glass substrate, a ceramic substrate, or a gallium arsenide (GaAs) substrate instead of a Si substrate. The lower electrode  32  and the upper electrode  36  may be formed of a single-layer metal film of, for example, aluminum (Al), titanium (Ti), copper (Cu), molybdenum (Mo), tungsten (W), tantalum (Ta), platinum (Pt), rhodium (Rh), or iridium (Ir), or a multilayered film of at least two of them instead of Cr and Ru. 
     The piezoelectric substance  34  may be made of, for example, a zinc oxide (ZnO) film instead of an MN film. Alternatively, the piezoelectric substance  34  may be mainly composed of aluminum nitride and contain other elements for improving resonance characteristics or for improving piezoelectricity. For example, the use of scandium (Sc) as an additive element improves the piezoelectricity of the piezoelectric substance  34 . The mass load film  38  may be formed of a single-layer metal film of, for example, Cr, Ru, Al, Cu, Mo, W, Ta, Pt, Rh, or Ir, or a multilayered film of at least two of them instead of Ti. Alternatively, the mass load film  38  may be made of an insulating film such as metal nitride or metal oxide, but is preferably made of a metal to reduce the resistance of the upper electrode  36 . 
     Here, the relationship between the mass load film and the antiresonant frequency will be described. In a piezoelectric thin film resonator formed by stacking a lower electrode, a piezoelectric substance, an upper electrode, and a mass load film, simulated was the antiresonant frequency when the coverage of the mass load film was varied. The coverage of the mass load film is a ratio of the total area of the mass load film to the area of the resonance region. That is, a coverage of 0% represents the condition in which the mass load film is not located at all, and a coverage rate of 100% represents the condition in which the mass load film is formed across the entire surface of the resonance region. Table 1 lists the parameters of the piezoelectric thin film resonator on which the simulation was conducted. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
               
             
               
                   
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                 Film thickness 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
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                 Mass load film 
                 Ti 
                 22 
               
               
                   
                 Upper electrode 
                 Cr 
                 23 
               
               
                   
                   
                 Ru 
                 183 
               
               
                   
                 Piezoelectric substance 
                 AlN 
                 957 
               
               
                   
                 Lower electrode 
                 Ru 
                 152 
               
               
                   
                   
                 Cr 
                 76 
               
               
                   
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
       FIG. 10  illustrates simulation results indicating the relationship between the coverage of the mass load film and the antiresonant frequency. As illustrated in  FIG. 10 , as the coverage of the mass load film increases, the antiresonant frequency linearly decreases. This result reveals that in the acoustic wave device  100  of the first embodiment, the antiresonant frequency of the second resonator  20  is lower than that of the first resonator  10 . This result also reveals that the adjustment of the coverage of the mass load film allows a desired antiresonant frequency to be achieved. 
     Thus, the simulation was conducted on the acoustic wave device  100  of the first embodiment of which the coverage of the mass load film  38  was adjusted so that the antiresonant frequency of the second resonator  20  was 1.058 MHz lower than that of the first resonator  10 . In the simulation, both the first and second resonators  10  and  20  were assumed to have an electromechanical coupling coefficient of 6.569%, and an electrostatic capacitance of 2 pF. The resonant frequency of the first resonator  10  was set to 2545 MHz, and the resonant frequency of the second resonator  20  was set to (2545-1.058) MHz. In addition, the floating capacitance generated between the wiring line between the first resonator  10  and the second resonator  20  and a ground was set to 0.03 pF. 
       FIG. 11A  illustrates simulation results of the admittance characteristic and the secondary distortion characteristic of the acoustic wave device  100  in accordance with the first embodiment.  FIG. 11B  is an enlarged view of the region A around the resonant frequency fr in  FIG. 11A , and  FIG. 11C  is an enlarged view of the region B around the antiresonant frequency fa in  FIG. 11A . The lower horizontal axis in  FIG. 11A  represents the frequency (MHz) of the admittance characteristic, the upper horizontal axis represents the frequency (MHz) of the secondary distortion characteristic, the right vertical axis represents admittance, and the left vertical axis represents secondary distortion (dBm). The horizontal axis in  FIG. 11B  and  FIG. 11C  represents frequency (MHz), and the vertical axis represents admittance. Dotted lines indicate the admittance characteristic of the second resonator  20 , chain lines indicate the admittance characteristic of the first resonator  10  to which the floating capacitance was connected, and thin solid lines indicate the admittance characteristic of the acoustic wave device  100 . 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 11A , in the acoustic wave device  100  of the first embodiment, the local deterioration of the secondary distortion at around the antiresonant frequency was reduced. This is considered because harmonics were well canceled out between the first resonator  10  and the second resonator  20  by adjusting the coverage of the mass load film  38  of the second resonator  20  so that the antiresonant frequency of the first resonator  10  to which the floating capacitance was connected was approximately equal to the antiresonant frequency of the second resonator  20  as illustrated in  FIG. 11C . In addition, since the frequency was adjusted by the mass load film  38 , as illustrated in  FIG. 11B , the resonant frequency of the second resonator  20  shifted to a frequency lower than the resonant frequency of the first resonator  10 . However, since the secondary distortion at around the resonant frequency is relatively small, even when the resonant frequency shifts a little, little problem arises. 
       FIG. 11A  through  FIG. 11C  illustrate simulation results when the floating capacitance between the wiring line and a ground is 0.03 pF and the antiresonant frequency of the second resonator  20  is 1.058 MHz lower than that of the first resonator  10 . In this case, the secondary distortion was well reduced. Thus, a simulation was conducted to verify how much the antiresonant frequency of the second resonator  20  is to be changed with respect to the antiresonant frequency of the first resonator  10  to reduce the secondary distortion well when the floating capacitance generated between the wiring line and a ground is varied. 
       FIG. 12  illustrates simulation results indicating the relationship between the magnitude of the floating capacitance and the resonant frequency difference when the secondary distortion can be well reduced. The horizontal axis in  FIG. 12  represents the magnitude of the floating capacitance. The vertical axis represents the resonant frequency difference between the second resonator  20  and the first resonator  10 . That is, the vertical axis represents δf of fr2=fr1+δf where fr2 represents the resonant frequency of the second resonator  20  and fr1 represents the antiresonant frequency of the first resonator  10 . As illustrated in  FIG. 12 , the secondary distortion was reduced well by making the resonant frequency of the second resonator  20  lower than that of the first resonator  10  with the increase in the floating capacitance. 
     As described above, in the first embodiment, the first resonator  10  and the second resonator  20  are connected in series so that the electrode of the first resonator  10  in the c-axis orientation direction of the piezoelectric substance  34  of the first resonator  10  has an electric potential identical to the electric potential of the electrode of the second resonator  20  in the c-axis orientation direction of the piezoelectric substance  34  of the second resonator  20 . The second resonator  20  located closer to a terminal to which signals are input has an antiresonant frequency lower than that of the first resonator  10  located closer to a terminal from which signals are output. This structure can reduce the difference between the antiresonant frequency of the first resonator  10  to which the floating capacitance between the wiring line and a ground is connected and the antiresonant frequency of the second resonator  20  as described in  FIG. 11A  through  FIG. 11C . As a result, harmonics are well canceled out between the first resonator  10  and the second resonator  20 , and the secondary distortion can be well reduced. 
     In addition, in the first embodiment, the second resonator  20  includes the mass load film  38  in the resonance region  44 , while the first resonator  10  does not include the mass load film  38  in the resonance region  44 . Thus, the coverage of the mass load film  38  (the ratio of the total area of the mass load film to the area of the resonance region) in the second resonator  20  is greater than that in the first resonator  10 . As described in  FIG. 10 , this structure can make the antiresonant frequency of the second resonator  20  lower than that of the first resonator  10 . The first embodiment has described an exemplary case where the mass load film  38  is not located in the resonance region  44  of the first resonator  10 , but the mass load film  38  with the same thickness as the mass load film  38  of the second resonator  20  may be located in the resonance region  44  of the first resonator  10 . Even in this case, by making the coverage of the mass load film  38  of the second resonator  20  greater than that of the first resonator  10 , the antiresonant frequency of the second resonator  20  can be made to be lower than that of the first resonator  10 . That is, the mass load film  38  is only required to be located in at least the second resonator  20 . 
     In the first embodiment, instead of the island-shaped patterns  46 , opening patterns may be formed in the mass load film  38 .  FIG. 13A  is a plan view of an acoustic wave device  110  in accordance with a first variation of the first embodiment, and  FIG. 13B  is a cross-sectional view taken along line A-A in  FIG. 13A . As illustrated in  FIG. 13A  and  FIG. 13B , in the acoustic wave device  110  of the first variation of the first embodiment, the mass load film  38  has opening patterns  48 . The opening patterns  48  may have the same dimensions or different dimensions as viewed from above. The opening patterns  48  may be arranged at regular intervals or at irregular intervals. The shapes of the opening patterns  48  are not limited to a circular shape as viewed from above, and may be other shapes such as a rectangular shape or an elliptical shape. 
     The first embodiment and the first variation thereof have described an exemplary case where the lower electrodes  32  of the first and second resonators  10  and  20  are coupled to each other, but the upper electrodes  36  may be coupled to each other as in  FIG. 7A  and  FIG. 7B . 
     The first embodiment has described an exemplary case where the mass load film  38  is located on the upper electrode  36 , but does not intend to suggest any limitation. The mass load film  38  may be located under the lower electrode  32 , in the film of the lower electrode  32 , between the lower electrode  32  and the piezoelectric substance  34 , between the piezoelectric substance  34  and the upper electrode  36 , or in the film of the upper electrode  36  as long as the mass load film  38  is located within the resonance region  44 . 
     The first embodiment and the first variation thereof have described an exemplary case where the antiresonant frequencies are changed by making the coverage of the mass load film  38  different between the first resonator  10  and the second resonator  20 , but the antiresonant frequencies may be changed by making the thickness of the mass load film  38  different. 
     Second Embodiment 
       FIG. 14A  is a plan view of an acoustic wave device  200  in accordance with a second embodiment, and  FIG. 14B  is a cross-sectional view taken along line A-A in  FIG. 14A . As illustrated in  FIG. 14A  and  FIG. 14B , in the acoustic wave device  200  of the second embodiment, none of the first resonator  10  and the second resonator  20  includes the mass load film  38 . The area of the resonance region  44  of the second resonator  20  is less than that of the first resonator  10 . Other structures are the same as those of the first embodiment, and the description thereof is thus omitted. 
     In the second embodiment, the area of the resonance region  44  of the second resonator  20  is less than that of the first resonator  10 . The area of the resonance region correlates with the electromechanical coupling coefficient, and as the area of the resonance region increases, the electromechanical coupling coefficient increases. Therefore, in the second embodiment, the electromechanical coupling coefficient of the second resonator  20  is less than that of the first resonator  10 . 
     Here, a simulation was conducted on the acoustic wave device  200  of the second embodiment of which the area of the resonance region  44  was adjusted so that the electromechanical coupling coefficient of the second resonator  20  was 0.986 times of the electromechanical coupling coefficient of the first resonator  10 . In the simulation, both the first resonator  10  and the second resonator  20  were assumed to have a resonant frequency of 2545 MHz and an electrostatic capacitance of 2 pF, the electromechanical coupling coefficient of the first resonator  10  was set to 6.596%, and the electromechanical coupling coefficient of the second resonator  20  was set to (6.596×0.986)%. The floating capacitance generated between the wiring line between the first resonator  10  and the second resonator  20  and a ground was set to 0.03 pF. 
       FIG. 15A  illustrates simulation results of the admittance characteristic and the secondary distortion characteristic of the acoustic wave device  200  in accordance with the second embodiment.  FIG. 15B  is an enlarged view of the region A around the resonant frequency fr in  FIG. 15A , and  FIG. 15C  is an enlarged view of the region B around the antiresonant frequency fa in  FIG. 15A . The lower horizontal axis in  FIG. 15A  represents the frequency (MHz) of the admittance characteristic, the upper horizontal axis represents the frequency (MHz) of the secondary distortion characteristic, the right vertical axis represents admittance, and the left vertical axis represents secondary distortion (dBm). The horizontal axis in  FIG. 15B  and  FIG. 15C  represents frequency (MHz), and the vertical axis represents admittance. Dotted lines indicate the admittance characteristic of the second resonator  20 , chain lines indicate the admittance characteristic of the first resonator  10  to which the floating capacitance is connected, and thin solid lines indicate the admittance characteristic of the acoustic wave device  200 . 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 15C , by making the electromechanical coupling coefficient of the second resonator  20  less than that of the first resonator  10 , the antiresonant frequencies of the first and second resonators  10  and  20  became approximately the same. Accordingly, as illustrated in  FIG. 15A , the local deterioration of the secondary distortion at around the antiresonant frequency was reduced. In addition, when the antiresonant frequency of the second resonator  20  was lowered by the electromechanical coupling coefficient, the resonant frequencies became approximately the same as illustrated in  FIG. 15B . 
     A simulation was conducted to examine how much greater the electromechanical coupling coefficient of the second resonator  20  is to be than that of the first resonator  10  to reduce the secondary distortion well when the floating capacitance generated between the wiring line and a ground is varied.  FIG. 16  illustrates simulation results indicating the relationship between the magnitude of the floating capacitance and the ratio of the electromechanical coupling coefficient of the second resonator  20  to the electromechanical coupling coefficient of the first resonator  10  when the secondary distortion can be well reduced. The horizontal axis in  FIG. 16  represents the magnitude of the floating capacitance. The vertical axis represents the ratio of the electromechanical coupling coefficient of the second resonator  20  to the electromechanical coupling coefficient of the first resonator  10 . That is, the vertical axis represents Coeffk 2  of k 2 2=k 2 |xCoeffk 2  where k 2 2 represents the electromechanical coupling coefficient of the second resonator  20  and k 2 1 represents the electromechanical coupling coefficient of the first resonator  10 . As illustrated in  FIG. 16 , by making the electromechanical coupling coefficient of the second resonator  20  less than that of the first resonator  10  with the increase in the floating capacitance, the secondary distortion was well reduced. 
     As described above, in the second embodiment, the electromechanical coupling coefficient of the second resonator  20  is less than that of the first resonator  10 . Even in this case, as described in  FIG. 15A  through  FIG. 15C , it is possible to reduce the difference between the antiresonant frequency of the first resonator  10  to which the floating capacitance is connected and the antiresonant frequency of the second resonator  20 . As a result, harmonics are well canceled out between the first resonator  10  and the second resonator  20 , and the secondary distortion can be well reduced. 
     In addition, when the electromechanical coupling coefficient of the second resonator  20  is made to be less than that of the first resonator  10 , as illustrated in  FIG. 15B  and  FIG. 15C , the resonant frequency remains unchanged even when the antiresonant frequency changes. Accordingly, both the difference in resonant frequency and the difference in antiresonant frequency can be reduced between the first resonator  10  and the second resonator  20 . 
     In addition, in the second embodiment, the area of the resonance region  44  of the second resonator  20  is less than that of the first resonator  10 . This structure allows the electromechanical coupling coefficient of the second resonator  20  to be less than that of the first resonator  10 . 
     The second embodiment has described an exemplary case where the electromechanical coupling coefficient is made to be less by making the area of the resonance region  44  of the second resonator  20  less than that of the first resonator  10 , but the electromechanical coupling coefficient may be made to be less by other methods.  FIG. 17A  through  FIG. 17E  are cross-sectional views illustrating other examples for making the electromechanical coupling coefficient of the second resonator  20  less.  FIG. 17A  and  FIG. 17B  illustrate exemplary cases where the lower electrodes  32  of the first and second resonators  10  and  20  are coupled to each other, and  FIG. 17C  through  FIG. 17E  illustrate exemplary cases where the upper electrodes  36  are coupled to each other. 
     In  FIG. 17A , the lower electrode  32  of the second resonator  20  extends so as to face the upper electrode  36  across the piezoelectric substance  34  in other than the resonance region  44 . In  FIG. 17B , the upper electrode  36  of the second resonator  20  extends so as to face the lower electrode  32  across the piezoelectric substance  34  in other than the resonance region  44 . In  FIG. 17C , the upper electrode  36  of the second resonator  20  extends so as to face the lower electrode  32  across the piezoelectric substance  34  in other than the resonance region  44 . In  FIG. 17D , the lower electrode  32  of the second resonator  20  extends so as to face the upper electrode  36  across the piezoelectric substance  34  in other than the resonance region  44 . In  FIG. 17E , the air gap  42  is not formed between the substrate  30  and the lower electrode  32 , and an acoustic mirror  54  is formed under the lower electrode  32  instead. The acoustic mirror  54  is a film configured to reflect the acoustic wave propagating through the piezoelectric substance  34 , and is formed of a film  56  with low acoustic impedance and a film  58  with high acoustic impedance alternately stacked. A region where the lower electrode  32  and the upper electrode  36  face each other across the piezoelectric substance  34  above the acoustic mirror  54  forms the resonance region  44 . The lower electrode  32  of the second resonator  20  extends so as to face the upper electrode  36  across the piezoelectric substance  34  in other than the resonance region  44 . 
     In  FIG. 17A  through  FIG. 17E , a region  52  where the lower electrode  32  and the upper electrode  36  face each other across the piezoelectric substance  34  in other than the resonance region  44  is a non-resonance region in which the piezo vibration is not performed because the region  52  is not located above the air gap  42  or the acoustic mirror  54 . The region  52  has an electrostatic capacitance because the lower electrode  32  and the upper electrode  36  face each other across the piezoelectric substance  34 . 
     Here, the electrostatic capacitance of the piezoelectric thin film resonator is represented by C0, a damping capacitance relating to piezo vibration is represented by C1, and the ratio of the electrostatic capacitance C0 to the damping capacitance C1 is represented by Γ. That is, Γ=C0/C1. In this case, the electromechanical coupling coefficient k 2  of the piezoelectric thin film resonator can be represented by the following equation 1. 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     
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       FIG. 18  illustrates simulation results indicating the relationship between Γ, which is the ratio of the electrostatic capacitance to the damping capacitance, and the electromechanical coupling coefficient.  FIG. 18  reveals that as Γ increases, the electromechanical coupling coefficient decreases. 
     Since the region  52  forms the electrostatic capacitance C0, if the area of the resonance region  44  is constant, the damping capacitance C1 is constant. Therefore, as the region  52  increases, Γ, which is the ratio of the electrostatic capacitance C0 to the damping capacitance C1, increases. That is, the electromechanical coupling coefficient decreases. In  FIG. 17A  through  FIG. 17E , since the region  52  is formed in the second resonator  20 , the electromechanical coupling coefficient of the second resonator  20  is less than that of the first resonator  10 . 
     As described in  FIG. 17A  through  FIG. 17E , the electromechanical coupling coefficient of the second resonator  20  can be also made to be less than that of the first resonator  10  by making the region  52  of the second resonator  20  greater than that of the first resonator  10 .  FIG. 17A  through  FIG. 17E  illustrate exemplary cases where the region  52  in which the lower electrode  32  and the upper electrode  36  face each other across the piezoelectric substance  34  in other than the resonance region  44  is not formed in the first resonator  10 , but the region  52  with a smaller area than that of the second resonator  20  may be formed. 
     Third Embodiment 
       FIG. 19  is a cross-sectional view of an acoustic wave device  300  in accordance with a third embodiment. As illustrated in  FIG. 19 , the acoustic wave device  300  of the third embodiment includes a recess formed on the principal surface of the substrate  30 . The lower electrode  32  is approximately flatly formed on the principal surface of the substrate  30 . This structure causes the recess of the substrate  30  to function as an air gap  42   a . The air gap  42   a  is formed so as to include the resonance region  44 . Other structures are the same as those of the acoustic wave device  100  of the first embodiment, and the description thereof is thus omitted. The air gap  42   a  may be formed so as to penetrate through the substrate  30 . 
     Fourth Embodiment 
       FIG. 20  is a cross-sectional view of an acoustic wave device  400  in accordance with a fourth embodiment. As illustrated in  FIG. 20 , the acoustic wave device  400  of the fourth embodiment includes the acoustic mirror  54  formed under the lower electrode  32  in the resonance region  44 . The acoustic mirror  54  is a film configured to reflect an acoustic wave propagating through the piezoelectric substance  34 , and is formed of the film  56  with low acoustic impedance and the film  58  with high acoustic impedance alternately stacked. The film thickness of each of the film  56  with low acoustic impedance and the film  58  with high acoustic impedance is basically λ/4 (λ is the wavelength of the acoustic wave), but may be appropriately changed to achieve desired characteristics. In addition, the stacking number of the film  56  with low acoustic impedance and the film  58  with high acoustic impedance can be freely selected. Other structures are the same as those of the acoustic wave device  100  of the first embodiment, and the description thereof is thus omitted. 
     As described above, the piezoelectric thin film resonator may be a Film Bulk Acoustic Resonator (FBAR) in which the air gap  42  or  42   a  is located between the lower electrode  32  and the substrate  30  in the resonance region  44 , or a Solidly Mounted Resonator (SMR) in which the acoustic mirror  54  is located under the lower electrode  32  in the resonance region  44 . 
     The first through fourth embodiments have described exemplary piezoelectric thin film resonators that use MN as the piezoelectric substance  34 , but the piezoelectric substance  34  may be ZnO or other piezoelectric materials. When other piezoelectric materials are used, the c-axis orientation may be replaced by a polarization axis to reduce the secondary distortion well as in the first through fourth embodiments. 
     Fifth Embodiment 
       FIG. 21  illustrates a ladder-type filter  500  in accordance with a fifth embodiment. As illustrated in  FIG. 21 , the ladder-type filter  500  of the fifth embodiment includes one or more series resonators S 1  through S 4  connected in series and one or more parallel resonators P 1  through P 3  connected in parallel between the input terminal IN and the output terminal OUT. The series resonator S 4  is divided into a first resonator S 4   a  and a second resonator S 4   b , and the parallel resonator P 3  is divided into a first resonator P 3   a  and a second resonator P 3   b . The first and second resonators S 4   a  and S 4   b  are connected in series so that the electrode of the first resonator S 4   a  in the c-axis orientation direction of the piezoelectric substance of the first resonator S 4   a  has an electric potential identical to the electric potential of the electrode of the second resonator S 4   b  in the c-axis orientation of the piezoelectric substance of the second resonator S 4   b . Similarly, the first resonator P 3   a  and the second resonator P 3   b  are connected in series so that the electrode of the first resonator P 3   a  in the c-axis orientation direction of the piezoelectric substance of the first resonator P 3   a  has an electric potential identical to the electric potential of the electrode of the second resonator P 3   b  in the c-axis orientation direction of the piezoelectric substance of the second resonator P 3   b.    
     An inductor  60  is connected between the parallel resonator P 3  and a ground. An attenuation pole formed by the parallel resonator P 3  to which the inductor  60  is coupled is located in a frequency band corresponding to twice the passband of the ladder-type filter  500 . The inductance L of the inductor  60  is calculated by the equation 2. In the equation 2, f represents a frequency corresponding to twice the passband, and C represents the electrostatic capacitance of the parallel resonator P 3 . 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
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     Here, a description will be given of a simulation of the secondary distortion characteristic conducted on the ladder-type filter  500  of the fifth embodiment. The simulation was conducted as follows. The passband of the ladder-type filter was set to 2500 MHz to 2570 MHz, a power of 28 dBm was input to the input terminal IN, and an output power of 5000 MHz to 5140 MHz was measured at the output terminal OUT. Table 2 lists the capacitance values and the resonant frequencies of the series resonators S 1  through S 4  and the parallel resonators P 1  through P 3 . In addition, the floating capacitance C1 between the wiring line between the first resonator S 4   a  and the second resonator S 4   b  and a ground was set to 0.03 pF, and the floating capacitance C2 between the wiring line between the first resonator P 3   a  and the second resonator P 3   b  and a ground wiring line was set to 0.03 pF. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
             
               
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                 0.748 
                 0.748 
                 0.745 
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                 0.869 
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                 2.549 
                 2.543 
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                 2.460 
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     The resonant frequencies of the first and second resonators S 4   a  and S 4   b  were set to the same resonant frequency as the series resonator S 4  before division, and the capacitance values were set to twice the capacitance value of the series resonator S 4  before division. On the other hand, the resonant frequencies and the capacitance values of the first and second resonators P 3   a  and P 3   b  were configured in accordance with the following two conditions. 
     First condition: The resonant frequency of the first resonator P 3   a  was set to the same resonant frequency as the parallel resonator P 3  before division, and the resonant frequency of the second resonator P 3   b  was made to be 0.33 MHz less than that of the first resonator P 3   a . The capacitance values of the first and second resonators P 3   a  and P 3   b  were set to twice the capacitance value of the parallel resonator P 3  before division. 
     Second condition: The resonant frequencies of the first and second resonators P 3   a  and P 3   b  were set to the same resonant frequency as the parallel resonator P 3  before division. The capacitance value of the first resonator P 3   a  was set to the same capacitance value as the parallel resonator P 3  before division, and the capacitance value of the second resonator P 3   b  was set to 0.975 times of the capacitance value of the first resonator P 3   a.    
       FIG. 22  illustrates simulation results of the secondary distortion characteristic of the ladder-type filter  500  in accordance with the fifth embodiment. The horizontal axis in  FIG. 22  represents frequency (MHz), and the vertical axis represents secondary distortion (dBm). The solid line indicates the simulation result of the ladder-type filter  500  of the fifth embodiment under the first condition, and the chain line indicates the simulation result of the ladder-type filter  500  of the fifth embodiment under the second condition. For comparison, the dotted line indicates the simulation result of a ladder-type filter of a third comparative example of which the structure is the same as that of the fifth embodiment except that the resonant frequencies of the first and second resonators P 3   a  and P 3   b  were set to the same resonant frequency as the parallel resonator P 3  before division, and the capacitance values were set to twice the capacitance value of the parallel resonator P 3  before division. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 22 , in the third comparative example, the secondary distortion locally deteriorated. This deterioration is considered to be due to the effect of the floating capacitance C2 between the wiring line between the first resonator P 3   a  and the second resonator P 3   b  and a ground. Although the floating capacitance C1 is also generated between the wiring line between the first resonator S 4   a  and the second resonator S 4   b  and a ground, the frequency at which the secondary distortion locally deteriorates is in a frequency region twice the frequency higher than the passband of the ladder-type filter, and therefore, no problem arises. 
     In contrast, in the fifth embodiment, the secondary distortion was well reduced. This is considered because the effect of the floating capacitance C2 was reduced by making the resonant frequency of the second resonator P 3   b  lower than the resonant frequency of the first resonator P 3   a  and making the capacitance value of the second resonator P 3   b  less than the capacitance value of the first resonator P 3   a  to make the electromechanical coupling coefficient less. 
     As described above, in the fifth embodiment, the parallel resonator P 3  is divided into the first resonator P 3   a  and the second resonator P 3   b , and the first resonator  10  and the second resonator  20  of any one of the first through fourth embodiments are used for the first resonator P 3   a  and the second resonator P 3   b , respectively. This structure can reduce the secondary distortion well. At least one of one or more series resonators S 1  through S 4  and one or more parallel resonators P 1  through P 3  may be divided into two resonators, and the first resonator  10  and the second resonator  20  of any one of the first through fourth embodiments may be used for the divided two resonators. Even in this case, the secondary distortion can be well reduced. 
     In addition, harmonics emitted from the output terminal OUT are mainly composed of harmonics emitted from the series resonator S 4  and the parallel resonator P 3  closest to the output terminal OUT. Thus, at least one of the series resonator S 4 , which is located closest to the output terminal OUT among one or more series resonators S 1  through S 4 , and the parallel resonator P 3 , which is located closest to the output terminal OUT among one or more parallel resonators P 1  through P 3 , is preferably divided into two resonators, and the first resonator  10  and the second resonator  20  of any one of the first through fourth embodiments are preferably used for the divided two resonators. In addition, when a resonator is serially divided, since the resonance region becomes large, the filter chip increases in size, but there are advantages in power durability. Therefore, by serially dividing only the resonator closest to the output terminal OUT, the increase in size can be reduced and the power durability can be improved while the secondary distortion is well reduced. 
     In addition, in the fifth embodiment, the inductor  60  is connected between the parallel resonator P 3 , which is located closest to the output terminal OUT among parallel resonators, and a ground, and the attenuation pole formed by the parallel resonator P 3  is located in a frequency band corresponding to twice the passband of the ladder-type filter  500 . Therefore, the secondary distortion from a resonator located closer to the input terminal than the parallel resonator P 3  can be released to a ground, and the large attenuation of harmonic can be obtained. 
     Sixth Embodiment 
       FIG. 23  is a block diagram of a duplexer  600  in accordance with a sixth embodiment. As illustrated in  FIG. 23 , the duplexer  600  of the sixth embodiment includes a transmit filter  62  and a receive filter  64 . The transmit filter  62  is connected between an antenna terminal Ant and a transmit terminal Tx, and is a ladder-type filter including one or more series resonators S 1  through S 4  and one or more parallel resonators P 1  through P 3 . The parallel resonator P 3  is divided into the first resonator P 3   a  and the second resonator P 3   b , the first resonator P 3   a  is the first resonator  10  of any one of the first through fourth embodiments, and the second resonator P 3   b  is the second resonator  20  of any one of the first through fourth embodiments. The receive filter  64  is connected between the antenna terminal Ant shared by the transmit filter  62  and the receive terminal Rx. 
     The transmit filter  62  transmits signals in the transmit band to the antenna terminal Ant as transmission signals among signals input from the transmit terminal Tx, and suppresses signals with other frequencies. The receive filter  64  transmits signals in the receive band to the receive terminal Rx as reception signals among signals input from the antenna terminal Ant, and suppresses signals with other frequencies. The transmit band and the receive band have different frequency bands. A matching circuit for matching impedance so that a transmission signal that has passed through the transmit filter  62  is output from the antenna terminal Ant without leaking to the receive filter  64  may be provided. 
     In the sixth embodiment, the transmit filter  62  is a ladder-type filter, and the parallel resonator P 3 , which is located closest to the antenna terminal Ant among one or more parallel resonators P 1  through P 3 , is divided into the first resonator P 3   a  and the second resonator P 3   b , and the first resonator  10  and the second resonator  20  of any one of the first through fourth embodiments are used for the first resonator P 3   a  and the second resonator P 3   b . This structure can reduce the secondary distortion well, inhibit the increase in size, and achieve the improvement of power durability. 
     In the sixth embodiment, at least one of the transmit filter  62  and the receive filter  64  may be a ladder-type filter, at least one of one or more series resonators and one or more parallel resonators of the ladder-type filter may be divided into two resonators, and the first resonator  10  and the second resonator  20  of any one of the first through fourth embodiments may be used for the divided two resonators. Also in this case, the secondary distortion can be reduced well. 
     Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail, it is to be understood that the various change, substitutions, and alterations could be made hereto without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.