1. A duplexer comprising:
a first filter element, being placed on a piezoelectric substrate, having a ladder-type structure in which a plurality of resonators having a pair of comb-shaped electrode fingers is disposed on a series arm and one or a plurality of parallel arms, wherein said plurality of resonators of said first filter element is arranged so as to have a longitudinal direction thereof along a propagating direction of an elastic surface wave of said piezoelectric substrate; and
a second filter element having a frequency pass band higher than that of said first filter element, being placed on said piezoelectric substrate so as to be made face to face with said first filter element, having a ladder-type structure in which a plurality of resonators having a pair of comb-shaped electrode fingers is disposed on a series arm and one or a plurality of parallel arms, wherein said plurality of resonators of said second filter element is arranged so as to have the a longitudinal direction thereof along a propagating direction of an elastic surface wave of said piezoelectric substrate, and one or the plurality of resonators placed on said one or the plurality of parallel arms of said second filter element is disposed at a position that deviates from an elastic wave propagating path of the resonator having the largest width in the elastic wave propagating path among resonators placed on said series arm of said first filter element on said piezoelectric substrate.
2. The duplexer according to claim 1, wherein one or the plurality of resonators placed on said one or the plurality of parallel arms of said second filter element is disposed at a position that deviates from elastic wave propagating paths of all resonators placed on the series arm of said first filter element on said piezoelectric substrate.
3. A duplexer comprising:
a first filter element, being placed on a piezoelectric substrate, having a ladder-type structure in which a plurality of resonators having a pair of comb-shaped electrode fingers is disposed on a series arm and one or a plurality of parallel arms, wherein said plurality of resonators of said first filter element is arranged so as to have a longitudinal direction thereof along a propagating direction of an elastic surface wave of said piezoelectric substrate; and
a second filter element having a frequency pass band higher than that of said first filter element, being placed on said piezoelectric substrate so as to be made face to face with said first filter element, having a ladder-type structure in which a plurality of resonators having a pair of comb-shaped electrode fingers is disposed on a series arm and one or a plurality of parallel arms, wherein said plurality of resonators of said second filter element is arranged so as to have a longitudinal direction thereof along a propagating direction of an elastic surface wave of said piezoelectric substrate, and a resonator having the largest width of the elastic wave propagating path among resonators placed on said series arm of the first filter element is disposed at a position that deviates from the elastic surface wave propagating paths of one or the plurality of resonators placed on said one or the plurality of parallel arms of said second filter element.
4. The duplexer according to claim 3, wherein all the resonators disposed on the series arm of said first filter are disposed at positions that deviate from elastic wave propagating paths of one or the plurality of resonators placed on said one or the plurality of parallel arms of said second filter element.
5. A duplexer comprising:
a first filter element, being placed on a piezoelectric substrate, having a ladder-type structure in which a plurality of resonators having a pair of comb-shaped electrode fingers is disposed on a series arm and one or a plurality of parallel arms, wherein said plurality of resonators of said first filter element is arranged so as to have a longitudinal direction thereof along a propagating direction of an elastic surface wave of said piezoelectric substrate; and
a second filter element having a frequency pass band higher than that of said first filter element, being placed on said piezoelectric substrate so as to be made face to face with said first filter element, having a ladder-type structure in which a plurality of resonators having a pair of comb-shaped electrode fingers is disposed on a series arm and one or a plurality of parallel arms, wherein said plurality of resonators of said second filter element is arranged so as to have a longitudinal direction thereof along a propagating direction of an elastic surface wave of said piezoelectric substrate, and at least one of one or the plurality of resonators placed on said one or the plurality of parallel arms of said second filter element is disposed at a position that deviates from elastic wave propagating paths of all the resonators placed on said series arm of said first filter element on said piezoelectric substrate,
wherein a resonator having the largest width of the elastic wave propagating path among resonators placed on said series arm of said first filter element is disposed within an area sandwiched by respective elastic wave propagating paths of a resonator placed on the outermost side of the plurality of parallel arms of said second filter element and a resonator disposed adjacent thereto on the a corresponding parallel arm of said plurality of parallel arms.
6. A communication apparatus constituted by using a duplexer said duplexer comprising:
a first filter element, being placed on a piezoelectric substrate, having a ladder-type structure in which a. plurality of resonators having a pair of comb-shaped electrode fingers is disposed on a series arm and one or a plurality of parallel arms, wherein said plurality of resonators of said first filter element is arranged so as to have the longitudinal direction thereof along a propagating direction of an elastic surface wave of said piezoelectric substrate; and
a second filter element having a frequency pass band higher than that of said first filter element, being placed on said piezoelectric substrate so as to be made face to face with said first filter element, having a ladder-type structure in which a plurality of resonators having a pair of comb-shaped electrode fingers is disposed on a series arm and one or a plurality of parallel arms, wherein said plurality of resonators of said second filter element is arranged so as to have a longitudinal direction thereof along a propagating direction of an elastic surface wave of said piezoelectric substrate, and at least one of one or the plurality of resonators placed on said one or the plurality of parallel arms of said second filter element is disposed at a position that deviates from elastic wave propagating paths of all the resonators placed on said series arm of said first filter element on said piezoelectric substrate,
wherein a resonator having the largest width of the elastic wave propagating path among resonators placed on said series arm of said first filter element is disposed within an area sandwiched by respective elastic wave propagating paths of a resonator placed on the outermost side of the plurality of parallel arms of said second filter element and a resonator disposed adjacent thereto on a corresponding parallel arm of said plurality of parallel arms.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method for conducting a surgical procedure, comprising:
providing a GUI for a surgical console, wherein the first GUI comprises a set of portions, each portion corresponding to functionality of the surgical console and configured to allow a user to select from each of one or more corresponding sets of preprogrammed options, each of the preprogrammed options corresponding to settings for one or more corresponding parameters; and
configuring the surgical console according to the selected preprogrammed option.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein each portion has one or more icons, the one or more icons configured to allow a user to cycle through one of the corresponding sets of preprogrammed options.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the one or more icons are a pair of icons.
4. The method of claim 3, wherein each portion comprise a display, where the display is configured to allow a user to select one of the preprogrammed options from all of the preprogrammed options of one of the corresponding sets of preprogrammed options.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein a first portion of the set of portions is an ultrasound portion.
6. The method of claim 5, wherein the first portion comprises a first pair of icons oriented along a first axis and configured to allow a user to cycle through a first set of preprogrammed options to select one of the first set of preprogrammed options such that the surgical console is configured according to the one of the first set of preprogrammed options.
7. The method of claim 6, wherein the first portion comprises a second pair of icons oriented along a second axis configured to allow a user to cycle through a second set of preprogrammed options to select one of the second set of preprogrammed option such that the surgical console is configured according to the one of the second set of preprogrammed options
8. The method of claim 7, wherein a second portion of the set of portions is a fluidics portion.
9. The method of claim 8, wherein the second portion comprises a third pair of icons oriented along a first axis configured to allow a user to cycle through a third set of preprogrammed options to select one of the third set of preprogrammed option such that the surgical console is configured according to the one of the third set of preprogrammed options.
10. A computer readable medium comprising a set of computer instructions, translatable for:
providing a GUI for a surgical console, wherein the first GUI comprises a set of portions, each portion corresponding to functionality of the surgical console and configured to allow a user to select from each of one or more corresponding sets of preprogrammed options, each of the preprogrammed options corresponding to settings for one or more corresponding parameters; and
configuring the surgical console according to the selected preprogrammed option.
11. The computer readable medium of claim 10, wherein each portion has one or more icons, the one or more icons configured to allow a user to cycle through one of the corresponding sets of preprogrammed options.
12. The computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein the one or more icons are a pair of icons.
13. The computer readable medium of claim 12, wherein each portion comprise a display, where the display is configured to allow a user to select one of the preprogrammed options from all of the preprogrammed options of one of the corresponding sets of preprogrammed options.
14. The computer readable medium of claim 13, wherein the display allows the user to select the one of the preprogrammed options using a drop down menu.
15. The computer readable medium of claim 10, wherein a first portion of the set of portions is an ultrasound portion.
16. The computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the first portion comprises a first pair of icons oriented along a first axis and configured to allow a user to cycle through a first set of preprogrammed options to select one of the first set of preprogrammed options such that the surgical console is configured according to the one of the first set of preprogrammed options.
17. The computer readable medium of claim 16, wherein the first portion comprises a second pair of icons oriented along a second axis configured to allow a user to cycle through a second set of preprogrammed options to select one of the second set of preprogrammed option such that the surgical console is configured according to the one of the second set of preprogrammed options
18. The computer readable medium of claim 17, wherein a second portion of the set of portions is a fluidics portion.
19. The computer readable medium of claim 18, wherein the second portion comprises a third pair of icons oriented along a first axis configured to allow a user to cycle through a third set of preprogrammed options to select one of the third set of preprogrammed option such that the surgical console is configured according to the one of the third set of preprogrammed options.
20. The method of claim 4, wherein the display allows the user to select the one of the preprogrammed options using a drop down menu.