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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2016
Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Tsuyoshi Yokoyama, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Sakashita, Tokyo, JP;
Shinji Taniguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Tokihiro Nishihara, Tokyo, JP;
TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A piezoelectric thin film resonator includes: a substrate; a lower electrode and an upper electrode located on the substrate; a piezoelectric film, at least a part of the piezoelectric film being sandwiched between the upper electrode and the lower electrode, the piezoelectric film including a discontinuous portion in which the piezoelectric film discontinues in at least a part of a region surrounding a center region that includes a center of a resonance region where the upper electrode and the lower electrode face each other across the at least a part of the piezoelectric film.