Patent 7884686 was granted and assigned to Epcos Ag on February, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A component operating with acoustic waves is described herein. The component includes a substrate having an underside subdivided into a center area and an edge area surrounding the center area on all sides. The component also includes a plurality of outer terminals in the edge area, and a plurality of inner terminals in the center area comprising at least a first inner terminal configured as a signal terminal.