| CPC H03H 9/02559 (2013.01) [H03H 9/14541 (2013.01); H03H 9/6483 (2013.01)] | 9 Claims |

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1. A surface acoustic wave device, comprising:
a piezoelectric substrate made of θ° rotated Y-cut X-propagation LiNbO3 having a cut angle θ;
an IDT electrode on the piezoelectric substrate and including a plurality of electrode fingers; and
a dielectric film on the piezoelectric substrate and covering the IDT electrode; wherein
the IDT electrode includes a main electrode layer and an auxiliary conductive layer;
the main electrode layer is, compared to the auxiliary conductive layer, closer to a side of the piezoelectric substrate;
the main electrode layer includes Pt as a main component; and
a relationship in Formula (1) and Equations (2A) to (2D) below is satisfied, where a film thickness of the main electrode layer is denoted as h, a film thickness of the dielectric film is denoted as H, and a wavelength determined by an electrode finger pitch of the IDT electrode is denoted as λ:
2×exp(−A×(θ+10.8))+B≤h/λ≤2×exp(−C×(θ+6.3))+D Formula (1);
A=−0.1×(H/λ)+0.265 Equation (2A);
B=−0.2933×(H/λ)2+0.0613×(H/λ)+0.088 Equation (2B);
C=−0.2286×(H/λ)2−0.0257×(H/λ)+0.2642 Equation (2C); and
D=−0.5105×(H/λ)2+0.1448×(H/λ)+0.0872 Equation (2D).
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