SIST EN IEC 62604-2:2022

Surface acoustic wave (SAW) and bulk acoustic wave (BAW) duplexers of assessed quality - Part 2: Guidelines for the use (IEC 62604-2:2022)

This part of IEC 62604 applies to duplexers which can separate receiving signals from
transmitting signals and are key components for two-way radio communications, and which are
generally used in mobile phone systems compliant with CDMA systems such as N-CDMA in
second generation mobile telecommunication systems (2G), W-CDMA / UMTS (3G) or LTE (4G).
These guidelines draw attention to some fundamental questions about the theory of SAW and
BAW duplexers and how to use them, which will be considered by the user before he places an
order for SAW and BAW duplexers for a new application. Such a procedure will be the user’s
insurance against unsatisfactory performance. Because SAW and BAW duplexers have very
similar performance for the usage, it is useful and convenient for users that both duplexers are
described in one standard.

Oberflächenwellen-(OFW-) und Volumenwellen-(BAW-)Duplexer mit bewerteter Qualität – Teil 2: Leitfaden für die Anwendung (IEC 62604-2:2022)

Duplexeurs à ondes acoustiques de surface (oas) et à ondes acoustiques de volume (oav) sous assurance de la qualité - Partie 2 : Lignes directrices d’utilisation (IEC 62604-2:2022)

IEC 62604-2:2022 est disponible sous forme de IEC 62604-2:2022 RLV qui contient la Norme internationale et sa version Redline, illustrant les modifications du contenu technique depuis l'édition précédente.

L’IEC 62604-2:2022 s’applique aux duplexeurs qui peuvent séparer les signaux en réception des signaux en émission et constituent des composants essentiels pour les radiocommunications bilatérales. Ils sont généralement utilisés dans les systèmes de téléphonie mobile conformes aux systèmes d’accès multiple par répartition en code (AMRC) comme les systèmes N-CDMA des systèmes de télécommunication mobile de seconde génération (2G), les systèmes W-CDMA/UMTS (3G) ou les systèmes LTE (4G). Les présentes lignes directrices attirent l’attention sur certaines des questions fondamentales concernant la théorie des duplexeurs à OAS et à OAV, et leurs modalités d’utilisation, qui sont à prendre en considération par l’utilisateur avant de commander un duplexeur à OAS ou à OAV pour une nouvelle application. Ainsi, l’utilisateur évite d’être confronté à des performances non satisfaisantes. Dans la mesure où les duplexeurs à OAS et à OAV présentent des performances très similaires dans leur utilisation, il est utile et pratique pour les utilisateurs que les deux types soient décrits dans une seule norme. Cette édition inclut les modifications techniques majeures suivantes par rapport à l’édition précédente:
- ajout du terme "isolation de polarisation croisée" à l’Article 3;
- description des multiplexeurs.

Radiofrekvenčni (SAW) in visokofrekvenčni (BAW) duplekserji ocenjene kakovosti - 2. del: Smernice za uporabo (IEC 62604-2:2022)

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 16-Oct-2022
• ICS: 31.140 - Piezoelectric devices
• Technical Committee: I11 - Imaginarni 11
• Current Stage: 6060 - National Implementation/Publication (Adopted Project)
• Start Date: 13-Oct-2022
• Due Date: 18-Dec-2022
• Completion Date: 17-Oct-2022
• Ref Project: EN IEC 62604-2:2022 - Surface acoustic wave (SAW) and bulk acoustic wave (BAW) duplexers of assessed quality - Part 2: Guidelines for the use

Relations

• Revised: SIST EN IEC 62604-2:2018 - Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) and Bulk Acoustic Wave (BAW) duplexers of assessed quality - Part 2: Guidelines for the use (IEC 62604-2:2017)
• Effective Date: 06-Oct-2020
• Replaces: SIST EN IEC 62604-2:2018 - Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) and Bulk Acoustic Wave (BAW) duplexers of assessed quality - Part 2: Guidelines for the use (IEC 62604-2:2017)
• Effective Date: 11-Oct-2022

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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
SIST EN IEC 62604-2:2022
01-december-2022
Nadomešča:
SIST EN IEC 62604-2:2018
Radiofrekvenčni (SAW) in visokofrekvenčni (BAW) duplekserji ocenjene kakovosti
- 2. del: Smernice za uporabo (IEC 62604-2:2022)
Surface acoustic wave (SAW) and bulk acoustic wave (BAW) duplexers of assessed
quality - Part 2: Guidelines for the use (IEC 62604-2:2022)

Oberflächenwellen-(OFW-) und Volumenwellen-(BAW-)Duplexer mit bewerteter Qualität

– Teil 2: Leitfaden für die Anwendung (IEC 62604-2:2022)
Duplexeurs à ondes acoustiques de surface (oas) et à ondes acoustiques de volume

(oav) sous assurance de la qualité - Partie 2 : Lignes directrices dutilisation (IEC 62604-

2:2022)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN IEC 62604-2:2022
ICS:
31.140 Piezoelektrične naprave Piezoelectric devices
SIST EN IEC 62604-2:2022 en

2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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EUROPEAN STANDARD EN IEC 62604-2
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM October 2022
ICS 31.140 Supersedes EN IEC 62604-2:2018
English Version
Surface acoustic wave (SAW) and bulk acoustic wave (BAW)
duplexers of assessed quality - Part 2: Guidelines for the use
(IEC 62604-2:2022)

Duplexeurs à ondes acoustiques de surface (OAS) et à Oberflächenwellen-(OFW-) und Volumenwellen-(BAW-

ondes acoustiques de volume (OAV) sous assurance de la )Duplexer mit bewerteter Qualität - Teil 2: Leitfaden für die

qualité - Partie 2: Lignes directrices d'utilisation Anwendung
(IEC 62604-2:2022) (IEC 62604-2:2022)

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EN IEC 62604-2:2022 (E)
European foreword

The text of document 49/1361/CDV, future edition 3 of IEC 62604-2, prepared by IEC/TC 49

"Piezoelectric, dielectric and electrostatic devices and associated materials for frequency control,

selection and detection" was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and approved by

CENELEC as EN IEC 62604-2:2022.
The following dates are fixed:

• latest date by which the document has to be implemented at national (dop) 2023-07-06

level by publication of an identical national standard or by endorsement

• latest date by which the national standards conflicting with the (dow) 2025-10-06

document have to be withdrawn

This document supersedes EN IEC 62604-2:2018 and all of its amendments and corrigenda (if any).

Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of

patent rights. CENELEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.

Any feedback and questions on this document should be directed to the users’ national committee. A

complete listing of these bodies can be found on the CENELEC website.
Endorsement notice

The text of the International Standard IEC 62604-2:2022 was approved by CENELEC as a European

Standard without any modification.

In the official version, for Bibliography, the following notes have to be added for the standards

indicated:
IEC 60862-2:2012 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60862-2:2012 (not modified)
IEC 61019-1:2004 NOTE Harmonized as EN 61019-1:2005 (not modified)
IEC 61019-2:2005 NOTE Harmonized as EN 61019-2:2005 (not modified)
IEC 62047-7:2011 NOTE Harmonized as EN 62047-7:2011 (not modified)
IEC 62575-2:2012 NOTE Harmonized as EN 62575-2:2012 (not modified)
IEC 62604-1 NOTE Harmonized as EN IEC 62604-1
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Annex ZA
(normative)
Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications

The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content

constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For

undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments)

applies.

NOTE 1 Where an International Publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod),

the relevant EN/HD applies.

NOTE 2 Up-to-date information on the latest versions of the European Standards listed in this annex is available

here: www.cenelec.eu.
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
IEC 60862-1 - Surface acoustic wave (SAW) filters of EN 60862-1 -
assessed quality - Part 1: Generic specification
IEC 62575-1 - Radio frequency (RF) bulk acoustic wave EN 62575-1 -
(BAW) filters of assessed quality - Part 1:
Generic specification
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CONTENTS

FOREWORD ........................................................................................................................... 4

INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................... 6

1 Scope .............................................................................................................................. 7

2 Normative references ...................................................................................................... 7

3 Terms and definitions ...................................................................................................... 7

3.1 Response characteristics related terms ................................................................... 7

3.2 SAW and BAW duplexers related terms .................................................................. 8

4 Technical considerations ................................................................................................. 8

5 Fundamentals of SAW and BAW duplexers...................................................................... 8

5.1 Basic function ......................................................................................................... 8

5.1.1 General ........................................................................................................... 8

5.1.2 TX filter response (filter response from TX port to antenna port) ...................... 9

5.1.3 RX filter response (filter response from antenna port to RX port) ................... 10

5.1.4 Isolation (isolation from TX port to RX port) ................................................... 10

5.2 Basic structure ...................................................................................................... 11

5.3 Principle of operation ............................................................................................ 11

5.4 Diplexer ................................................................................................................ 14

5.5 Multiplexer ............................................................................................................ 15

6 SAW and BAW duplexer characteristics ......................................................................... 15

6.1 General conditions for SAW and BAW duplexers .................................................. 15

6.2 Typical characteristics of SAW and BAW duplexers .............................................. 18

6.2.1 UMTS duplexer .............................................................................................. 18

6.2.2 US CDMA duplexer ........................................................................................ 18

6.2.3 PCS CDMA duplexer ..................................................................................... 18

6.2.4 LTE Band 1 + Band 3 multiplexer................................................................... 19

7 Application guidelines .................................................................................................... 23

7.1 Power durability .................................................................................................... 23

7.2 Harmonics and inter-modulation distortion ............................................................ 23

7.3 Measurement method for the duplexer .................................................................. 23

7.4 Electrostatic voltage protection ............................................................................. 25

Bibliography .......................................................................................................................... 26

Figure 1 – Basic duplexer configuration .................................................................................. 9

Figure 2 – Basic TX filter response example of SAW and BAW duplexers ............................. 10

Figure 3 – Basic RX filter response example of SAW and BAW duplexers ............................. 10

Figure 4 – Basic isolation characteristics example of SAW and BAW duplexers .................... 11

Figure 5 – The block diagram of a duplexer .......................................................................... 12

Figure 6 – Demanded condition of TX part for duplexers ....................................................... 13

Figure 7 – Phase rotation in TX part ..................................................................................... 13

Figure 8 – Demanded condition of RX part for duplexers ...................................................... 14

Figure 9 – Basic diplexer configuration ................................................................................. 14

Figure 10 – Basic multiplexer configuration ........................................................................... 15

Figure 11 – Typical wide range frequency response of TX filter ............................................ 16

Figure 12 – Typical wide range frequency response of RX filter for upper local system ......... 17

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Figure 13 – Phase shifter by microstrip line on the surface of a ceramic package ................. 17

Figure 14 – Lumped element phase shifter ........................................................................... 17

Figure 15 – Duplexer configuration ....................................................................................... 18

Figure 16 – Frequency characteristics of SAW duplexer for UMTS Band 1 system ................ 20

Figure 17 – Frequency characteristics of a SAW duplexer for US CDMA system ................... 21

Figure 18 – Frequency characteristics of BAW duplexer for PCS CDMA system ................... 22

Figure 19 – Frequency characteristics of SAW Band 1 + Band 3 multiplexer for LTE............. 23

Figure 20 – Four-port-type network analyzer for duplexer measurement ............................... 24

Figure 21 – Four-port-type network analyzer for measurement of a balanced RX port

duplexer................................................................................................................................ 25

Table 1 – Frequency allocation for typical LTE frequency division duplex (FDD) bands .......... 9

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SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE (SAW) AND BULK
ACOUSTIC WAVE (BAW) DUPLEXERS
OF ASSESSED QUALITY –
Part 2: Guidelines for the use
FOREWORD

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IEC 62604-2 has been prepared by IEC technical committee 49: Piezoelectric, dielectric and

electrostatic devices and associated materials for frequency control, selection and detection. It

is an International Standard.

This third edition cancels and replaces the second edition published in 2017. This edition

constitutes a technical revision.

This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous

edition:
a) the term "cross-isolation" has been added to Clause 3;
b) multiplexers are described.

NOTE In this document, SAW and BAW duplexers are treated simultaneously because both duplexers are used in

the same manner, especially in mobile phone systems and have the same requirements of characteristics, test

method and so on.
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The text of this International Standard is based on the following documents:
Draft Report on voting
49/1361/CDV 49/1376/RVC

Full information on the voting for its approval can be found in the report on voting indicated in

the above table.
The language used for the development of this International Standard is English.

This document was drafted in accordance with ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2, and developed in

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at www.iec.ch/members_experts/refdocs. The main document types developed by IEC are

described in greater detail at www.iec.ch/standardsdev/publications.

A list of all parts in the IEC 62604 series, published under the general title Surface acoustic

wave (SAW) and bulk acoustic wave (BAW) duplexers of assessed quality, can be found on the

IEC website.

The committee has decided that the contents of this document will remain unchanged until the

stability date indicated on the IEC website under webstore.iec.ch in the data related to the

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INTRODUCTION

While in 2G systems mainly dielectric duplexers have been used, the ongoing miniaturization

in 3G and 4G mobile communication systems promoted the development and application of

acoustic wave duplexers due to their small size, light weight and good electrical performance.

While standard surface acoustic wave (SAW) duplexers have been employed for applications

with moderate requirements regarding the steepness of individual filters, applications with

narrow duplex gap (e.g. Bands 2, 3, 8, 25), i.e., the frequency gap between receiving and

transmitting bands, require the application of temperature-compensated (TC) SAW or bulk

acoustic wave (BAW) technology, because of their better temperature characteristics and

resonator Q-factors.

Standard specifications, such as those of IEC, of which these guidelines form a part, and

national specifications or detail specifications issued by manufacturers will define the available

combinations of centre frequency, pass bandwidth and insertion attenuation for each sort of

transmitting and receiving filters and the isolation level between transmitter and receiver ports,

etc. These specifications are compiled to include a wide range of SAW and BAW duplexers with

standardized performances. It cannot be over-emphasized that the user should, wherever

possible, select his duplexers from these specifications, when available, even if it can lead to

making small modifications to his circuit to enable the use of standard duplexers. This applies

particularly to the selection of the nominal frequency band.
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SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE (SAW) AND BULK
ACOUSTIC WAVE (BAW) DUPLEXERS
OF ASSESSED QUALITY –
Part 2: Guidelines for the use
1 Scope

This part of IEC 62604 applies to duplexers which can separate receiving signals from

transmitting signals and are key components for two-way radio communications, and which are

generally used in mobile phone systems compliant with CDMA systems such as N-CDMA in

second generation mobile telecommunication systems (2G), W-CDMA / UMTS (3G) or LTE (4G).

These guidelines draw attention to some fundamental questions about the theory of SAW and

BAW duplexers and how to use them, which will be considered by the user before he places an

order for SAW and BAW duplexers for a new application. Such a procedure will be the user’s

insurance against unsatisfactory performance. Because SAW and BAW duplexers have very

similar performance for the usage, it is useful and convenient for users that both duplexers are

described in one standard.
2 Normative references

The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content

constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies.

For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any

amendments) applies.

IEC 60862-1, Surface acoustic wave (SAW) filters of assessed quality – Part 1: Generic

specification

IEC 62575-1, Radio frequency (RF) bulk acoustic wave (BAW) filters of assessed quality –

Part 1: Generic specification
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.

ISO and IEC maintain terminological databases for use in standardization at the following

addresses:
• IEC Electropedia: available at https://www.electropedia.org/
• ISO Online browsing platform: available at https://www.iso.org/obp
3.1 Response characteristics related terms
3.1.1
guard band

unused part of the radio spectrum between radio bands, for the purpose of preventing

interference
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3.1.2
cross-isolation

leakage power ratio from one of the TX ports to one of the RX ports from another nominal

frequency band in a multiplexer
3.2 SAW and BAW duplexers related terms
3.2.1
phase shifter
device which changes the phase of signals, not the frequency of them
Note 1 to entry: This is a basic part of a duplexer.
3.2.2
void

vacancy in the IDT electrode caused by stress migration resulting from diffusing and/or transfer

of metal atoms forming part of the electrode
3.2.3
hillock

projection on the side or upper surface of the electrode caused by stress migration resulting

from diffusing and/or transfer of metal atoms forming part of the electrode
4 Technical considerations

It is of prime interest to a user that the duplexer characteristics should satisfy particular

specifications. The selection of the front-end circuits in user equipment and SAW and BAW

duplexers to meet such specifications should be a matter of agreement between the user and

the manufacturer.

Duplexer characteristics are usually expressed in terms of centre frequency, pass bandwidth and

insertion attenuation for each of transmitting and receiving filter parts in the duplexer and

isolation level between the transmitter and receiver ports. Since the SAW and BAW duplexer is

used in RF front-end of the user equipment, lower insertion attenuation, higher

isolation/rejection level, stronger power durability and smaller/thinner package dimensions are

strictly required.
5 Fundamentals of SAW and BAW duplexers
5.1 Basic function
5.1.1 General

Duplexers are necessary for frequency division duplex (FDD) equipment to receive and transmit

signals simultaneously. Duplexers are 3-port devices which consist of an antenna port, a

transmitter port (TX port) and a receiver port (RX port), as shown in Figure 1. The duplexer has

three basic functions:
• to transfer the transmitting signal from the TX port to the antenna port;
• to transfer the receiving signal from the antenna port to the RX port;

• to prevent transfer of the transmitting signal and noise from the TX port to the RX port.

The transmitting and the receiving frequencies are determined corresponding to each mobile

communication system. For example, Table 1 shows typical allocated frequency bands for LTE.

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Figure 1 – Basic duplexer configuration
Table 1 – Frequency allocation for typical
LTE frequency division duplex (FDD) bands
Downlink Downlink
Uplink frequency Band Uplink frequency
frequency frequency
Band
(MHz) (MHz) (MHz) (MHz)
1 1 920 – 1 980 2 110 – 2 170 16 2 010 – 2 025 2 585 – 2 600
2 1 850 – 1 910 1 930 – 1 990 17 704 – 716 734 – 746
3 1 710 – 1 785 1 805 – 1 880 18 815 – 830 860 – 875
4 1 710 – 1 755 2 110 – 2 155 19 830 – 845 875 – 890
5 824 – 849 869 – 894 20 832 – 862 791 – 821
6 830 – 840 875 – 885 21 1 447,9 – 1 462,9 1 495,5 – 1 510,9
7 2 500 – 2 570 2 620 – 2 690 22 3 410 – 3 490 3 510 – 3 590
8 880 – 915 925 – 960 23 2 000 – 2 020 2 180 – 2 200
9 1 749,9 – 1 784,9 1 844,9 – 1 879,9 24 1 626,5 – 1 660,5 1 525 – 1 559
10 1 710 – 1 770 2 110 – 2 170 25 1 850 – 1 915 1 930 – 1 995
11 1 427,9 – 1 447,9 1 475,9 – 1 495,9 26 814 – 849 859 – 894
12 699 – 716 729 – 746 27 807 – 824 852 – 869
13 777 – 787 746 – 756 28 703 – 748 758 – 803
14 788 – 798 758 – 768 30 2 305 – 2 315 2 350 – 2 360
15 1 900 – 1 920 2 600 – 2 620 31 452,5 – 457,5 462,5 – 467,5

NOTE For a user equipment, uplink frequency means transmitting frequency and downlink frequency means

receiving frequency respectively.
5.1.2 TX filter response (filter response from TX port to antenna port)

Figure 2 shows an example of frequency characteristics of the TX filter. The required frequency

characteristics are low insertion attenuation in the transmitting frequency band (f ), high

insertion attenuation in the receiving frequency band (f ) and good impedance matching.

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5.1.3 RX filter response (filter response from antenna port to RX port)

Figure 3 shows an example of frequency characteristics of the RX filter. The required frequency

characteristics are low insertion attenuation in the receiving band (f ) and high insertion

attenuation in the transmitting frequency band (f ).
5.1.4 Isolation (isolation from TX port to RX port)

Figure 4 shows an example of isolation characteristics. One of the important functions for

duplexers is isolation characteristics, which show the frequency dependence of the leakage

power from the TX port to the RX port.
Figure 2 – Basic TX filter response example of SAW and BAW duplexers
Figure 3 – Basic RX filter response example of SAW and BAW duplexers
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Figure 4 – Basic isolation characteristics example of SAW and BAW duplexers
5.2 Basic structure

Duplexers are 3-port devices/modules, which enable to transmit and receive signals

simultaneously through a common antenna. A basic structure of duplexers is shown in Figure 5.

SAW and BAW duplexers consist of a transmitter (TX) part and a receiver (RX) part. These two

parts, which can add a phase shifter, are connected to an antenna port. The phase shifter is

utilized to prevent the interaction between the filters. In Figure 5, Z and Z correspond to the

t r

impedance of the TX and RX part at the antenna port side, whereas Z is the impedance of the

antenna port. The following conditions shall be fulfilled to achieve the duplexer functions.

Z ≅ Z and |Z | >> |Z | in the TX pass band
t o r o
Z ≅ Z and |Z | >> |Z | in the RX pass band
r o t o

DMS (double mode SAW) type filters which are also known as LCRF (longitudinally coupled

1) 2)

resonator filters) , ladder type SAW and BAW filters and other type of SAW filters such as

interdigitated interdigital transducer (lIDT) resonator filters can be adopted as TX and RX

filters. High power dura
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