A SAW device D1 according to the present invention comprises a ladder-type
SAW device T1 for transmission and a ladder-type SAW device R2 for
receiving on a main surface of a piezoelectric substrate. The ratio
(LT/PT) of the width LT of electrode fingers to the pitch PT between the
electrode fingers in a SAW resonator S1 in the ladder-type SAW device T1
for transmission is made lower than the ratio (LR/PR) of the width LR of
electrode fingers to the pitch PR between the electrode fingers in a SAW
resonator S2 in the ladder-type SAW device R2 for receiving. As a result,
the SAW device D1 has a low loss within a band and has steep attenuation
characteristics outside the band, and is miniaturized.