Patents by Inventor Andrew Guyette

Andrew Guyette has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11996825
    Abstract: Acoustic filters are disclosed. A bandpass filter has a passband between a lower band edge and an upper band edge. The bandpass filter includes a plurality of transversely-excited film bulk acoustic resonators (XBARs) connected in a ladder filter circuit. The plurality of XBARs includes at least one lithium tantalate (LT) XBAR and at least one lithium niobate XBAR. Each of the at least one LT XBAR includes an LT piezoelectric plate with Euler angles (0°, ?, 0°), where ? is greater than zero and less than or equal to 40 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Andrew Guyette, Neal Fenzi, Bryant Garcia
  • Patent number: 11984873
    Abstract: There are disclosed acoustic diplexers and radios incorporating the acoustic diplexers. A diplexer includes common port, a low band port, a high band port, n low band sub-filters, and n high band sub-filters, where n is an integer greater than one. Each low band sub-filter has a first sub-filter port connected to the common port and a second sub-filter port connected to the low band port. Each high band sub-filter has a first sub-filter port connected to the common port and a second sub-filter port connected to the high band port. A first acoustic resonator is connected from the common port to ground and a second acoustic resonator is connected from the low band port to ground. The first and second acoustic resonators are configured to create respective transmission zeros adjacent to a lower edge of a passband of the diplexer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Andrew Guyette, Neal Fenzi
  • Patent number: 11973489
    Abstract: A radio frequency filter includes at least a first sub-filter and a second sub-filter connected in parallel between a first port and a second port. Each of the sub-filters has a piezoelectric plate having front and back surfaces, the back surface attached to a substrate, and portions of the piezoelectric plate forming diaphragms spanning respective cavities in the substrate. A conductor pattern is formed on the front surface of the plate, the conductor pattern includes interdigital transducers (IDTs) of a respective plurality of resonators, with interleaved fingers of each IDT disposed on a respective diaphragm of the plurality of diaphragms. A thickness of the portions of the piezoelectric plate of the first sub-filter is different from a thickness of the portions of the piezoelectric plate of the second sub-filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Andrew Guyette, Neal Fenzi, Greg Dyer, Sean McHugh
  • Publication number: 20240137005
    Abstract: A filter device has a first piezoelectric plate spanning a first and second cavity of a substrate. A first and second interdigital transducer (IDT) are on a front surface of the first piezoelectric plate over the first and second cavity. A dielectric layer is formed on the first piezoelectric plate and covers the first IDT and second IDT. A second piezoelectric plate is bonded to a front surface of the dielectric layer over the first cavity and the second cavity. A second dielectric layer is formed on a front surface of the second piezoelectric plate over the first cavity but not over the second cavity. The thickness of the dielectric layer, the first piezoelectric plate and the second piezoelectric plate can be selected to tune a shunt resonator over the first cavity and a series resonator over the second cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Bryant GARCIA, Pintu ADHIKARI, Andrew GUYETTE
  • Patent number: 11955951
    Abstract: There are disclosed matrix filters having an input port and sub-filters connected between the input port and respective output ports. Each of the sub-filters includes a ladder circuit with n transversely-excited film bulk acoustic resonator (XBAR) series elements and n?1 capacitor shunt elements, where n, the order of the sub-filter, is an integer greater than 2. Each sub-filter further has a first switch in parallel with a first capacitor shunt element and a second switch in parallel with a last capacitor shunt element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Andrew Guyette, Neal Fenzi, Michael Eddy, Bryant Garcia
  • Publication number: 20240113681
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Andrew GUYETTE, Neal FENZI, Patrick TURNER
  • Patent number: 11929733
    Abstract: There are disclosed matrix filters having an antenna port, receive ports and transmit ports. A receive matrix filter is coupled between each receive port and the antenna port; an a transmit matrix filter is coupled between the antenna port and each transmit port. An impedance at the receive port is matched to an input impedance of a low noise amplifier (LNA), an impedance at the transmit port is match to an output impedance of a power amplifier (PA), and an impedance at the antenna port is match an impedance of an antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Andrew Guyette, Neal Fenzi, Michael Eddy, Bryant Garcia
  • Patent number: 11901877
    Abstract: There are disclosed matrix filters having an input port and sub-filters connected between the input port and respective output ports. Each of the sub-filters includes a ladder circuit with n transversely-excited film bulk acoustic resonator (XBAR) series elements and n?1 capacitor shunt elements, where n, the order of the sub-filter, is an integer greater than 2. The sub-filters having noncontiguous passbands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Andrew Guyette, Neal Fenzi, Michael Eddy, Bryant Garcia
  • Patent number: 11901876
    Abstract: There are disclosed acoustic filters and radios incorporating the acoustic filters. A filter includes a first filter port, a second filter port, and n sub-filters, where n is an integer greater than one. Each sub-filter has a first sub-filter port connected to the first filter port and a second sub-filter port connected to the second filter port. A first acoustic resonator is connected from the first filter port to ground, and a second acoustic resonator is connected from the second filter port to ground. The first and second acoustic resonators are configured to create respective transmission zeros adjacent to a lower edge of a passband of the filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Andrew Guyette, Neal Fenzi
  • Patent number: 11894835
    Abstract: A filter device has a first piezoelectric plate spanning a first and second cavity of a substrate. A first and second interdigital transducer (IDT) are on a front surface of the first piezoelectric plate over the first and second cavity. A dielectric layer is formed on the first piezoelectric plate and covers the first IDT and second IDT. A second piezoelectric plate is bonded to a front surface of the dielectric layer over the first cavity and the second cavity. A second dielectric layer is formed on a front surface of the second piezoelectric plate over the first cavity but not over the second cavity. The thickness of the dielectric layer, the first piezoelectric plate and the second piezoelectric plate can be selected to tune a shunt resonator over the first cavity and a series resonator over the second cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bryant Garcia, Pintu Adhikari, Andrew Guyette
  • Patent number: 11888463
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Andrew Guyette, Neal Fenzi, Patrick Turner
  • Publication number: 20240030895
    Abstract: Radio frequency filters. A radio frequency filter includes a substrate attached to a piezoelectric plate, portions of the piezoelectric plate forming a plurality of diaphragms spanning respective cavities in the substrate. A conductor pattern formed on the piezoelectric plate includes a plurality of interdigital transducers (IDTs) of a respective plurality of resonators, interleaved fingers of each IDT disposed on a respective diaphragm of the plurality of diaphragms. The conductor pattern connects the plurality of resonators in a matrix filter circuit including a first sub-filter and a second sub-filter, each sub-filter comprising two or more resonators from the plurality of resonators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Pintu ADHIKARI, Neal FENZI, Andrew GUYETTE
  • Patent number: 11870420
    Abstract: There are disclosed acoustic diplexers and radios incorporating the acoustic diplexers. A diplexer includes common port, a low band port, a high band port, n low band sub-filters, and n high band sub-filters, where n is an integer greater than one. Each low band sub-filter has a first sub-filter port connected to the common port and a second sub-filter port connected to the low band port. Each high band sub-filter has a first sub-filter port connected to the common port and a second sub-filter port connected to the high band port. A first acoustic resonator is connected from the common port to ground and a second acoustic resonator is connected from the low band port to ground. The first and second acoustic resonators are configured to create respective transmission zeros adjacent to a lower edge of a passband of the diplexer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Andrew Guyette, Neal Fenzi
  • Patent number: 11863160
    Abstract: A radio frequency filter includes at least a first sub-filter and a second sub-filter connected in parallel between a first port and a second port. Each of the sub-filters has a piezoelectric plate having front and back surfaces, the back surface attached to a substrate, and portions of the piezoelectric plate forming diaphragms spanning respective cavities in the substrate. A conductor pattern is formed on the front surface of the plate, the conductor pattern includes interdigital transducers (IDTs) of a respective plurality of resonators, with interleaved fingers of each IDT disposed on a respective diaphragm of the plurality of diaphragms. A thickness of the portions of the piezoelectric plate of the first sub-filter is different from a thickness of the portions of the piezoelectric plate of the second sub-filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Andrew Guyette, Neal Fenzi, Greg Dyer, Sean McHugh
  • Patent number: 11811377
    Abstract: Radio frequency filters. A radio frequency filter includes a substrate attached to a piezoelectric plate, portions of the piezoelectric plate forming a plurality of diaphragms spanning respective cavities in the substrate. A conductor pattern formed on the piezoelectric plate includes a plurality of interdigital transducers (IDTs) of a respective plurality of resonators, interleaved fingers of each IDT disposed on a respective diaphragm of the plurality of diaphragms. The conductor pattern connects the plurality of resonators in a matrix filter circuit including a first sub-filter and a second sub-filter, each sub-filter comprising two or more resonators from the plurality of resonators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Pintu Adhikari, Neal Fenzi, Andrew Guyette
  • Patent number: 11728784
    Abstract: A radio frequency filter includes at least a first sub-filter and a second sub-filter connected in parallel between a first port and a second port. Each of the sub-filters has a piezoelectric plate having front and back surfaces, the back surface attached to a substrate, and portions of the piezoelectric plate forming diaphragms spanning respective cavities in the substrate. A conductor pattern is formed on the front surface of the plate, the conductor pattern includes interdigital transducers (IDTs) of a respective plurality of resonators, with interleaved fingers of each IDT disposed on a respective diaphragm of the plurality of diaphragms. A thickness of the portions of the piezoelectric plate of the first sub-filter is different from a thickness of the portions of the piezoelectric plate of the second sub-filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Andrew Guyette, Neal Fenzi, Greg Dyer, Sean McHugh
  • Patent number: 11658639
    Abstract: There are disclosed matrix filters having an input port and sub-filters connected between the input port and respective output ports. Each of the sub-filters includes a ladder circuit with n transversely-excited film bulk acoustic resonator (XBAR) series elements and n?1 capacitor shunt elements, where n, the order of the sub-filter, is an integer greater than 2. The sub-filters having noncontiguous passbands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Andrew Guyette, Neal Fenzi, Michael Eddy, Bryant Garcia
  • Publication number: 20230096387
    Abstract: An acoustic resonator device includes a substrate having a surface and a single-crystal piezoelectric plate bonded to the substrate surface. A portion of the piezoelectric plate forms a diaphragm that spans a cavity. A conductor pattern including an interdigital transducer (IDT) formed on a surface of the single-crystal piezoelectric plate such that interleaved fingers of the IDT are disposed on the diaphragm. A dielectric cover is disposed over the IDT and the plate, and the dielectric cover forms an air gap above the IDT and the plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Dylan Kelly, Andrew Guyette, Patrick Turner
  • Publication number: 20230094810
    Abstract: Communications devices are disclosed. A communications device includes an unlicensed national information infrastructure frequency range 1 (U-NII-1) to U-NII-2A transceiver coupled to a first antenna though a U-NII-1 to U-NII-2A coexistence filter, and a U-NII-2C to U-NII-8 transceiver coupled to a second antenna though a U-NII-2C to U-NII-8 coexistence filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Scot Robertson, Andrew Guyette
  • Publication number: 20230012774
    Abstract: There are disclosed matrix filters having an input port and sub-filters connected between the input port and respective output ports. Each of the sub-filters includes a ladder circuit with n transversely-excited film bulk acoustic resonator (XBAR) series elements and n?1 capacitor shunt elements, where n, the order of the sub-filter, is an integer greater than 2. The sub-filters having noncontiguous passbands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Andrew Guyette, Neal Fenzi, Michael Eddy, Bryant Garcia