Patents Examined by Samuel S Outten
  • Patent number: 11611324
    Abstract: An acoustic wave device includes a material layer which has Euler angles and an elastic constant at the Euler angles, a piezoelectric body which includes first and second principal surfaces opposing each other, is laminated directly or indirectly on the material layer so that the second principal surface is on the material layer side and has Euler angles, and whose elastic constant at the Euler angles, and an IDT electrode which is disposed on at least one of the first principal surface and the second principal surface of the piezoelectric body. At least one elastic constant among elastic constants C11 to C66 of the material layer not equal to 0 and at least one elastic constant among elastic constants C11 to C66 of the piezoelectric body not equal to 0 have opposite signs to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki Iwamoto, Tsutomu Takai, Ryo Nakagawa, Takashi Yamane, Masanori Otagawa
  • Patent number: 11606071
    Abstract: To provide a semiconductor device that makes it possible to reduce a cell circuit area and an increase in resolution. There is provided a semiconductor device including: a first region in which readout cells are arranged in an array form, the readout cells having one of input transistors included in a differential amplifier: and a second region in which reference cells are arranged in an array form, the reference cells having another input transistor included in the differential amplifier, the first region and the second region being separated from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuri Kato
  • Patent number: 11606081
    Abstract: A filter device includes a substrate having piezoelectricity, a first filter including an IDT electrode disposed on the substrate, a terminal electrode disposed on the substrate, a first wiring electrode disposed on the substrate and connecting the first filter and a terminal electrode, and a dielectric film disposed above the substrate to cover the IDT electrode. At least a portion of the first wiring electrode is not covered with the dielectric film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuichi Takamine
  • Patent number: 11601112
    Abstract: A ladder filter comprises a plurality of series arm bulk acoustic wave resonators electrically connected in series between an input port and an output port of the ladder filter and a plurality of shunt bulk acoustic wave resonators electrically connected in parallel between adjacent ones of the plurality of series arm bulk acoustic wave resonators and ground, at least one of the plurality of shunt bulk acoustic wave resonators including raised frame regions having a first width, at least one of the plurality of series arm bulk acoustic wave resonators having one of raised frame regions having a second width less than the first width or lacking raised frame regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: SKYWORKS GLOBAL PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Yiliu Wang, Nan Wu, Xiao Zhang
  • Patent number: 11601113
    Abstract: A ladder filter comprises a plurality of series arm bulk acoustic wave resonators electrically connected in series between an input port and an output port of the ladder filter and a plurality of shunt bulk acoustic wave resonators electrically connected in parallel between adjacent ones of the plurality of series arm bulk acoustic wave resonators and ground, at least one of the plurality of shunt bulk acoustic wave resonators including raised frame regions having a first width, at least one of the plurality of series arm bulk acoustic wave resonators having one of raised frame regions having a second width less than the first width or lacking raised frame regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: SKYWORKS GLOBAL PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Yiliu Wang, Yasufumi Kaneda, Xianyi Li, Kwang Jae Shin, Stephane Richard Marie Wloczysiak, Jiansong Liu, Nan Wu
  • Patent number: 11601095
    Abstract: A Doherty power amplifier circuit having a main power amplification device, an auxiliary power amplification device arranged in parallel with the main power amplification device, and a load modulation circuit comprising a harmonic injection circuit connected with respective outputs of the main power amplification device and the auxiliary power amplification device. The harmonic injection circuit is arranged to transfer harmonic components generated at the main power amplification device to the auxiliary power amplification device and harmonic components generated at the auxiliary power amplification device to the main power amplification device, when both the main and auxiliary power amplification devices are operating, for modulating the respective outputs of the main power amplification device and the auxiliary power amplification device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: City University of Hong Kong
    Inventors: Wingshing Chan, Xinyu Zhou, Shaoyong Zheng, Xiaohu Fang, Derek Ho
  • Patent number: 11601115
    Abstract: An electronic filter comprises a high pass section (110) and a low pass section (120). The high pass section includes at least one filter stage of a series-connected acoustic resonator (111) and a parallel connected inductor (114). The low pass section comprises at least one filter stage including a series-connected inductor (121) and a parallel connected acoustic resonator (123). The filter is useful for a communication device covering the n79 5G band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: RF360 EUROPE GMBH
    Inventors: Marc Esquius Morote, Matthias Jungkunz
  • Patent number: 11595023
    Abstract: An elastic wave device includes a piezoelectric substrate made of LiNbO3, interdigital transducer electrodes on the piezoelectric substrate, and a first dielectric film provided on the piezoelectric substrate and the first dielectric film to cover the IDT electrodes and made of a silicon oxide. The IDT electrodes include a first metal film made of one metal selected from Pt, Cu, Mo, Au, W, and Ta. The Euler angles (?, ?, ?) of the piezoelectric substrate are (0±5°, ?90°????70°, 0°±5°). The metal for the first metal film and the thickness hm/? (%) match any of the combinations as follows: Metal for the first metal film Thickness hm/? (%) of the first metal film Pt 6.5 ? hm/? ? 25 Cu ?13 ? hm/? ? 25 Mo 15.5 ? hm/? ? 25? Au 6.5 ? hm/? ? 25 W 7.5 ? hm/? ? 25 Ta ??7 ? hm/? ? 25.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuya Daimon, Daisuke Tamazaki
  • Patent number: 11595020
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a heterostructure, in particular, a piezoelectric structure, comprising a cover layer, in particular, a layer of piezoelectric material, the material of the cover layer having a first coefficient of thermal expansion, assembled to a support substrate, the support substrate having a second coefficient of thermal expansion substantially different from the first coefficient of thermal expansion, at an interface wherein the cover layer comprises at least a recess extending from the interface into the cover layer, and its method of fabrication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Soitec
    Inventors: Arnaud Castex, Daniel Delprat, Bernard Aspar, Ionut Radu
  • Patent number: 11595014
    Abstract: A filter circuit that secures the steepness from a pass range to an attenuation range while maintaining a wide-band transmission characteristic and a filter device including this filter circuit are formed. A filter circuit includes a first filter and a second filter. The first filter is a filter including an LC circuit in which a first frequency band is a pass band and a frequency band not higher than the first frequency band is an attenuation band. The second filter is a filter that attenuates a second frequency band within the first frequency band by using an attenuation pole produced by a resonance or an antiresonance of an acoustic wave resonator. Further, the first filter is placed closer to an antenna terminal than the second filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Matsubara, Masanori Kato, Syunsuke Kido
  • Patent number: 11595015
    Abstract: An acoustic wave resonator includes a resonating part disposed on and spaced apart from a substrate by a cavity, the resonating part including a membrane layer, a first electrode, a piezoelectric layer, and a second electrode that are sequentially stacked. 0 ???Mg?170 ? may be satisfied, ?Mg being a difference between a maximum thickness and a minimum thickness of the membrane layer disposed in the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae Kyung Lee, Tae Yoon Kim, Sang Kee Yoon, Chang Hyun Lim, Jong Woon Kim, Moon Chul Lee
  • Patent number: 11588552
    Abstract: Disclosed is a signal conductor formed as a metal oxide varistor (MOV), the MOV having a first MOV and a second MOV separated by an insulator. In some embodiments, the disclosed signal conductor may be used in a system communicably coupled to a power transmission distribution network, the system capable of launching transverse electromagnetic waves onto a transmission line, where the electromagnetic waves propagating a data signal conveyed to the system by the MOV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: ARRIS Enterprises LLC
    Inventors: David B. Bowler, Shaoting Gu, Xinfa Ma, Clarke V. Greene, David Grubb, Samuel Francois, Lawrence M. Hrivnak, Bruce C. Pratt, Theodore A. Colarusso, Thomas F. Kister, Robert Noonan, Vincent T. Lucarini, David F. Hubbell
  • Patent number: 11588469
    Abstract: An acoustic wave device includes a multilayer substrate including a reverse-velocity surface, a piezoelectric film, a low acoustic velocity material layer, a high acoustic velocity material layer, and an IDT electrode disposed on the piezoelectric film. In the IDT electrode, gap lengths of a first gap between a tip of each of first electrode fingers and a second busbar and a second gap between a tip of each of second electrode fingers and a first busbar are about 0.23? or shorter, the gap lengths extending in an extension direction of the first and second electrode fingers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Katsuya Daimon
  • Patent number: 11588467
    Abstract: An acoustic wave device includes a support substrate made of silicon, a piezoelectric body provided directly or indirectly on the support substrate, the piezoelectric body including a pair of main surfaces facing each other, and an interdigital transducer electrode provided directly or indirectly on at least one of the main surfaces of the piezoelectric body, a wave length that is determined by an electrode finger pitch of the interdigital transducer electrode being ?. An acoustic velocity VSi=(V1)1/2 of bulk waves that propagate in the support substrate, which is determined by V1 out of solutions V1, V2, V3 of x derived from the expression, Ax3+Bx2+Cx+D=0, is higher than or equal to about 5500 m/s.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hideki Iwamoto
  • Patent number: 11581867
    Abstract: A bulk acoustic wave filter, a manufacturing method thereof, and a communication device are disclosed. The bulk acoustic wave filter includes a first filter substrate and a second filter substrate; the first filter substrate includes a first base substrate and a first resonator, a first electrode pad and a first auxiliary pad arranged on the first base substrate; the second filter substrate includes a second base substrate and a second resonator, a second electrode pad and a second auxiliary pad arranged on the second base substrate, the first filter substrate is arranged opposite to the second filter substrate, the first electrode pad and the second auxiliary pad are in contact with each other, and the second electrode pad and the first auxiliary pad are in contact with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Newsonic Technologies
    Inventor: Jian Wang
  • Patent number: 11581863
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes the following configuration. A detection circuit detects a state of a clock signal. An amplification circuit changes a gain based on the state of the clock signal detected by the detection circuit. An amplification circuit amplifies a first voltage with the gain and outputs a second voltage obtained as a result of amplification. A conversion circuit converts the second voltage output from the amplification circuit to first data. An isolation circuit includes a driver and a receiver electrically isolated from the driver. The driver transmits a signal corresponding to the first data to the receiver. The receiver outputs second data corresponding to the signal transmitted from the driver. The output circuit outputs the second data output from the isolation circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hitoshi Imai
  • Patent number: 11581870
    Abstract: A packaged acoustic wave component is disclosed. The packaged acoustic wave component can include a first acoustic wave resonator that includes a first interdigital transducer electrode that is positioned over a first piezoelectric layer. The packaged acoustic wave component can also include a second acoustic wave resonator including a second interdigital transducer electrode positioned over a second piezoelectric layer. The second piezoelectric layer is bonded to the first piezoelectric layer. The packaged acoustic wave component can further include a stopper structure that is positioned over the first piezoelectric layer. The first stopper structure is positioned above a via and extends through the first piezoelectric layer. The stopper structure is in electrical communication with the first interdigital transducer electrode and includes a material which reflects at least fifty percent of light having a wavelength of 355 nanometers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Atsushi Takano, Mitsuhiro Furukawa, Takeshi Furusawa
  • Patent number: 11575363
    Abstract: RF filtering circuitry comprises a first node, a second node, and a series signal path between the first node and the second node. A number of acoustic resonators are coupled to one or more of the first node and the second node via the series signal path. A first one of the acoustic resonators is associated with a first quality factor and a first electromechanical coupling coefficient. A second one of the acoustic resonators is associated with a second quality factor and a second electromechanical coupling coefficient. The first quality factor is different from the second quality factor and the first electromechanical coupling coefficient is different from the second electromechanical coupling coefficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Qorvo US, Inc.
    Inventors: Alfred Gimenez, Wolfgang Heeren, Gernot Fattinger, Mudar Al-Joumayly
  • Patent number: 11569786
    Abstract: A power amplifier circuit includes an amplifier transistor having a base, a collector, a bias circuit, and a first resistance element connected between the base of the amplifier transistor and the bias circuit. The bias circuit includes a voltage generation circuit, a first transistor having a base to which a first direct-current voltage is supplied, and an emitter from which the bias current or voltage is supplied, a second transistor having a base to which a second direct-current voltage is supplied, and an emitter connected to the emitter of the first transistor, a signal supply circuit disposed between the base of the amplifier transistor and the base of the second transistor, and an impedance circuit disposed between the base of the first transistor and the base of the second transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuri Honda, Fumio Harima, Satoshi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11563423
    Abstract: Aspects of this disclosure relate to an acoustic wave filter that includes acoustic wave resonators arranged to filter a radio frequency signal. The acoustic wave resonators include a first acoustic wave resonator. The acoustic wave filter includes a circuit element in parallel with the first acoustic wave resonator in a stage of the acoustic wave filter. The circuit element and the first acoustic wave resonator have different resonant frequencies. The circuit element can reduce an impact of bulk mode of the first acoustic wave resonator on insertion loss of the acoustic wave filter. The first acoustic wave resonator can be a surface acoustic wave resonator in certain embodiments. The circuit element can be a second acoustic wave resonator or a capacitor, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Tomoya Komatsu, Satoru Ikeuchi, Stephane Richard Marie Wloczysiak