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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2016
Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Ryuichi Okamura, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Kawakami, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroomi Kaneko, Tokyo, JP;
Shinji Taniguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Tsuyoshi Yokoyama, Tokyo, JP;
TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A piezoelectric thin film resonator includes: a lower electrode and an upper electrode facing each other across a piezoelectric film; an insertion film inserted into the piezoelectric film, located in at least a part of an outer peripheral region in a resonance region and outside the outer peripheral region, and not located in a center region of the resonance region; a protective film on the upper electrode and the piezoelectric film; and a wiring line connecting to the lower electrode and covering an outer periphery of the protective film in an extraction region of the lower electrode, wherein in the extraction region, an outer periphery of the insertion film is further out than an outer periphery of the upper electrode and further in than an outer periphery of the piezoelectric film, and the outer periphery of the protective film is further out than the outer periphery of the insertion film.