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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2004
John D. Larson, Iii, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Naghmeh Sarkeshik, Cupertino, CA (US);
Stephen L. Ellis, Pleasanton, CA (US);
John D. Larson, III, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Naghmeh Sarkeshik, Cupertino, CA (US);
Stephen L. Ellis, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Avago Technologies Wireless IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Abstract
The film acoustically-coupled transformer (FACT) has decoupled stacked bulk acoustic resonators (DSBARs), a first electrical circuit and a second electrical circuit. Each of the DSBARs has a lower film bulk acoustic resonator (FBAR), an upper FBAR and an acoustic decoupler. The upper FBAR is stacked on the lower FBAR and the acoustic decoupler is located between the FBARs. Each FBAR has opposed planar electrodes and a piezoelectric element between the electrodes. The first electrical circuit interconnects the lower FBARs. The second electrical circuit interconnects the upper FBARs. The FBARs of one of the DSBARs differ in electrical impedance from the FBARs of another of the DSBARs. The FACT has an impedance transformation ratio greater than 1:m, where m is the number of DSBARs. The actual impedance transformation ratio depends on the ratio of the impedances of the FBARs.