Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

Resonant, Inc.

Other

Superconductor Technologies Inc.

Resonanat Inc.

Patrick J Turner

Ventsislav Yantchev

Robert B Hammond

Viktor Plesski

Neal O Fenzi

Bryant Garcia

Soumya Yandrapalli

Julius Koskela

Andrew Kay

Jesson John

Kurt F Raihn

Mike Eddy

Richard N Silver

Balam Quitze Andres Willemsen Cortes

Charles Chung

Ryo Wakabayashi

Sean McHugh

Greg Dyer

Albert Cardona

Carolyn Bianco

Webb T Nelson

Andrew C Guyette

Douglas Jachowski

Doug Jachowski

James R Costa

Minefumi Ouchi

Chris O'Brien

Brian H Moeckly

John Pandelis Koulakis

Jeong-Uk Huh

Viktor Gliantsev

Filip L Iliev

Filip Iliev

Kuan Zhang

Russ Reisner

Dylan Kelly

Christopher Yung

There is disclosed acoustic resonators and filter devices. An acoustic resonator includes a single-crystal piezoelectric plate having front and back surfaces, a portion of the piezoelectric plate forming a diaphragm. An interdigital transducer (IDT) is formed on the front surface of the single-crystal piezoelectric plate such that interleaved fingers of the IDT are disposed on the diaphragm. The piezoelectric plate and the IDT are configured such that a radio frequency signal applied to the IDT excites a primary shear acoustic mode in the diaphragm.

Transversely-excited film bulk acoustic resonators

Acoustic resonator devices and methods are disclosed. An acoustic resonator device includes a piezoelectric plate having opposed front and back surfaces. A first electrode and a second electrode are formed on the front surface of the piezoelectric plate, the first and second electrodes and the piezoelectric plate configured such that a radio frequency signal applied between the first and second electrodes excites a shear primary acoustic mode in the piezoelectric plate. The first electrode and the second electrode have trapezoidal cross-sectional shapes. A sidewall angle of at least one side surface of the first electrode and a sidewall angle of at least one side surface of the second electrode are greater than or equal to 70 degrees and less than or equal to 110 degrees.

Transversely-excited film bulk acoustic resonator with controlled conductor sidewall angles

Resonator devices are disclosed. An acoustic resonator device includes a piezoelectric plate having front and back surfaces, an acoustic Bragg reflector on the back surface, and an interdigital transducer (IDT) on the front surface. The acoustic Bragg reflector reflects a primary shear acoustic mode excited by the IDT in the piezoelectric plate over a frequency range including a resonance frequency and an anti-resonance frequency of the acoustic resonator device.

Solidly-mounted transversely-excited film bulk acoustic resonator

Acoustic resonator devices, filter devices, and methods of fabrication are disclosed. An acoustic resonator includes a substrate having a surface and a single-crystal piezoelectric plate having front and back surfaces. The back surface is attached to the surface of the substrate except for a portion of the piezoelectric plate forming a diaphragm that spans a cavity in the substrate. An interdigital transducer (IDT) is formed on the front surface of the single-crystal piezoelectric plate such that interleaved fingers of the IDT are disposed on the diaphragm. The IDT is configured to excite a primary acoustic mode in the diaphragm in response to a radio frequency signal applied to the IDT. At least a portion of an edge of the diaphragm is at an oblique angle to the fingers.

XBAR resonators with non-rectangular diaphragms

Filter devices and methods are disclosed. A single-crystal piezoelectric plate is attached to substrate, portions of the piezoelectric plate forming a plurality of diaphragms spanning respective cavities in the substrate. A conductor pattern formed on the piezoelectric plate defines a low band filter including low band shunt resonators and low band series resonators and a high band filter including high band shunt resonators and high band series resonators. Interleaved fingers of interdigital transducers (IDTs) of the low band shunt resonators are disposed on respective diaphragms having a first thickness, interleaved fingers of IDTs of the high band series resonators are disposed on respective diaphragms having a second thickness less than the first thickness, and interleaved fingers of IDTs of the low band series resonators and the high band shunt resonators are disposed on respective diaphragms having thicknesses intermediate the first thickness and the second thickness.

Multi-port filter using transversely-excited film bulk acoustic resonators

A filter includes first and second shunt resonators, at least one series resonator connected to the first and second shunt resonators in a ladder filter circuit, and a first ground contact pad. The first shunt resonator has two or more first sub-resonators and the second shunt resonator has two or more second sub-resonators. At least one first sub-resonator and at least one, but less than all, of the two or more second sub-resonators are connected to the first ground contact pad.

Filter using transversely-excited film bulk acoustic resonators with inductively coupled sub-resonators

An acoustic resonator device, filter devices, and methods of making the same. An acoustic resonator device includes a substrate having a surface and a single-crystal piezoelectric plate having front and back surfaces, where the back surface is attached to the surface of the substrate except for a portion of the piezoelectric plate forming a diaphragm that spans a cavity in the substrate. The device further includes an interdigital transducer formed on the front surface of the piezoelectric plate, where interleaved fingers of the IDT disposed on the diaphragm are configured such that a radio frequency signal applied to the IDT excites a primary shear acoustic mode in the diaphragm. The interleaved fingers include a first layer adjacent the diaphragm and a second layer over the first layer, the second layer having a narrower width than the first layer.

Transversely-excited film bulk acoustic resonators with two-layer electrodes having a narrower top layer

Filters and methods of making filters are disclosed. A filter device includes a substrate, a piezoelectric plate, and an acoustic Bragg reflector between a surface of the substrate and a back surface of the piezoelectric plate. A first portion of the piezoelectric plate has a first thickness, and a second portion of the piezoelectric plate has a second thickness less than the first thickness. A conductor pattern on front surfaces of the first and second portions of the piezoelectric plate includes a first interdigital transducer (IDT) with interleaved fingers on the first portion, and a second IDT with interleaved fingers on the second portion.

Solidly-mounted transversely-excited film bulk acoustic filters with multiple piezoelectric plate thicknesses

Acoustic resonator devices and acoustic filter devices. An acoustic resonator includes a piezoelectric plate having front and back surfaces, a portion of the piezoelectric plate forming a diaphragm, and a conductor pattern on the front surface, the conductor pattern comprising an interdigital transducer (IDT), interleaved fingers of the IDT on the diaphragm. A ratio of a mark of the interleaved fingers to a pitch of the interleaved fingers is greater than or equal to 0.12 and less than or equal to 0.3. A thickness of the interleaved fingers is greater than or equal to 0.85 times a thickness of the piezoelectric plate and less than or equal to 2.5 times the thickness of the piezoelectric plate.

Transversely-excited film bulk acoustic resonator with optimized electrode thickness, mark, and pitch

Methods of fabricating filter devices are disclosed. A back surface of a piezoelectric plate having a first thickness is attached to a substrate. The front surface of the piezoelectric plate is selectively etched to thin a portion of the piezoelectric plate from the first thickness to a second thickness less than the first thickness. Cavities are formed in the substrate such that portions of the piezoelectric plate form a plurality of diaphragms spanning respective cavities. A conductor pattern is formed on the front surface. The conductor pattern includes a first interdigital transducer (IDT) with interleaved fingers on a first diaphragm having the first thickness and a second IDT with interleaved fingers on a second diaphragm having the second thickness.

Transversely-excited film bulk acoustic resonator with multiple diaphragm thicknesses and fabrication method

Resonator and filter devices and methods of fabrication. A resonator chip includes a substrate, a piezoelectric plate, and an acoustic Bragg reflector between the substrate and a back surface of the piezoelectric plate. A conductor pattern on a front surface of the piezoelectric plate includes a first plurality of contact pads and an interdigital transducer (IDT). The IDT and the piezoelectric plate are configured such that a radio frequency signal applied to the IDT excites a shear primary acoustic mode within the piezoelectric plate. The acoustic Bragg reflector is configured to reflect the shear primary acoustic mode. An interposer has a second plurality of contact pads on a back surface. A seal connects a perimeter of the piezoelectric plate to a perimeter of the interposer. Each contact pad of the first plurality of contact pads is directly connected to a respective contact pad of the second plurality of contact pads.

Solidly-mounted transversely-excited film bulk acoustic device

Methods of fabricating resonator and filter devices. A first conductor pattern formed on a front surface of a piezoelectric plate includes a first plurality of contact pads and an interdigital transducer (IDT). The IDT and the piezoelectric plate are configured such that a radio frequency signal applied to the IDT excites a shear primary acoustic mode within the piezoelectric plate. An acoustic Bragg reflector is between a substrate and a back surface of the piezoelectric plate, the acoustic Bragg reflector configured to reflect the shear primary acoustic mode. A second conductor pattern including a second plurality of contact pads is formed on a back surface of the interposer. The first plurality of contact pads is directly connected to respective contact pads of the second plurality of contact pads. A perimeter of the acoustic resonator chip is sealed to a perimeter of the interposer.

Solidly-mounted transversely-excited film bulk acoustic device and method

Acoustic filters, resonators and methods are disclosed. An acoustic filter device includes a substrate having a surface and a single-crystal piezoelectric plate having front and back surfaces, the back surface attached to the surface of the substrate except for a portion of the piezoelectric plate forming a diaphragm that spans a cavity in the substrate. An interdigital transducer is formed on the front surface of the piezoelectric plate with interleaved fingers of the IDT disposed on the diaphragm. At least a portion of a perimeter of the cavity is curved and at least one end zone of the perimeter of the cavity is round.

Transversely-excited film bulk acoustic resonator with a cavity having round end zones

Filter devices are disclosed. A filter device includes a piezoelectric plate comprising a supported portion, a first diaphragm, and a second diaphragm. The supported portion is attached to a substrate and the first and second diaphragms spans respective cavities in the substrate. A first interdigital transducer (IDT) has interleaved fingers on the first diaphragm. A second interdigital transducer (IDT) has interleaved fingers on the second diaphragm. A first dielectric layer is between the interleaved fingers of the first IDT, and a second dielectric layer is between the interleaved fingers of the second IDT. A thickness of the first dielectric layer is greater than a thickness of the second dielectric layer. The piezoelectric plate and the first and second IDTs are configured such that radio frequency signals applied to first and second IDTs excite primary shear acoustic modes in the respective diaphragms.

Filters using transversly-excited film bulk acoustic resonators with frequency-setting dielectric layers

A filter device with multiple piezoelectric plate thicknesses if fabricated on a single chip by bonding a piezoelectric plate to a surface of a substrate having swimming pool shunt and series cavities. Non-selected areas of the plate have a thickness for shunt resonators and form shunt membranes of the plate that span the swimming pool shunt cavities. Selected areas of a back surface of the plate have a thickness for series resonators and form series membranes of the plate that span the swimming pool series cavities but not the swimming pool shunt cavities. The thickness for series resonators is thinner than that for shunt resonators. Shunt interdigital transducers (IDTs) are on a front surface of the plate over the swimming pool shunt cavities; and series IDTs are on a front surface of the plate over the swimming pool series cavities.

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Patrick J Turner