Patents by Inventor Nianchu Hu

Nianchu Hu 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).

  • Publication number: 20230396228
    Abstract: An acoustic wave device and a filter. The acoustic wave device comprises: a substrate, a lower electrode layer, a piezoelectric layer, and an upper electrode layer, which are sequentially stacked from bottom to top, where at least one air cavity is disposed in the substrate at a region corresponding to the upper electrode layer, and at least one of: a first hanging bridge is located at a portion of the upper electrode layer which connects to outside, first hanging roofs are located at an edge and an inner portion of the upper electrode layer, and at least one via hole runs through one of the first hanging roofs which is located at the inner portion of the upper electrode layer; a quantity of the at least one air cavity is greater than one; or the upper electrode layer has a recess extending along a horizontal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: EPIC MEMS (XIAMEN) CO., LTD
    Inventors: Bohua PENG, Nianchu HU, Bin JIA
  • Publication number: 20230126725
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of preparing a radio frequency filter, including: a substrate; a supporting electrode protruded on a front surface of the substrate; and a thin film structure formed on the substrate and spaced with the substrate by the supporting electrode. An end surface of a top end of the supporting electrode is in sealing contact with a front surface of the thin film structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2020
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: Epicmems (Xiamen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jiang JIANG, Ping LI, Wei WANG, Mingguo ZHU, Nianchu HU, Bin JIA
  • Publication number: 20230124437
    Abstract: Provided are a solidly mounted resonator and a method for preparing a solidly mounted resonator. The solidly mounted resonator includes: a piezoelectric structure, wherein the piezoelectric structure includes: an upper electrode layer, a lower electrode layer and a piezoelectric layer. The lower electrode layer disposed corresponding to the piezoelectric structure, and the lower electrode layer includes: a protruding portion protruding downward corresponding to a lower surface of the lower electrode layer; the piezoelectric layer is disposed on an upper surface of the lower electrode layer; the upper electrode layer is disposed on an upper surface of the piezoelectric layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: Epicmems (Xiamen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wei WANG, Jinming YANG, Ping LI, Jiang JIANG, Bohua PENG, Nianchu HU, Bin JIA
  • Publication number: 20230039933
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a radio frequency filter, including: a substrate; a supporting electrode protruded on a front surface of the substrate; and a thin film structure formed on the substrate and spaced with the substrate by the supporting electrode. An end surface of a top end of the supporting electrode is in sealing contact with a front surface of the thin film structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2020
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: EPICMEMS(XIAMEN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiang JIANG, Ping LI, Wei WANG, Mingguo ZHU, Nianchu HU, Bin JIA
  • Publication number: 20220407494
    Abstract: An acoustic wave device including: a POI structure including: a material layer where a high acoustic velocity layer and a low acoustic velocity layer are alternate, a substrate is a lowermost high acoustic velocity layer; a first piezoelectric layer located above the material layer, wherein a layer adjacent to the first piezoelectric layer is referred to as a surface low acoustic velocity layer; wherein an acoustic velocity of a bulk wave propagated in the high acoustic velocity layer and the low high acoustic velocity layer is higher than and lower than an acoustic velocity of a bulk wave of the first piezoelectric layer, respectively. The POI structure includes at least two regions, a first device having a resonance of a first vibration mode is manufactured in the first region, and a second device having a resonance of a second vibration mode is manufactured in a second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: Epicmems(Xiamen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bohua PENG, Ping LI, Nianchu HU, Bin JIA
  • Publication number: 20220376672
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a bulk acoustic wave filter is provided, including: forming an acoustic reflection air cavity, a sacrificial layer, a seed layer, a lower electrode layer and a piezoelectric layer of n resonators on a substrate in sequence, wherein n is greater than or equal to 2; taking N from 1 to n for respectively repeating following steps: forming an N-th metal hard mask layer, defining an effective area of a first resonator to an N-th resonator by using a photolithography process, removing the N-th metal hard mask layer outside the effective area of the first resonator to the N-th resonator, oxidizing the piezoelectric layer outside the effective area of the first resonator to the N-th resonator to form an N-th oxidized part of the piezoelectric layer, and etching the N-th oxidized part of the piezoelectric layer; removing the metal hard mask layer of the effective area of the first resonator to the N-th resonator, so as to form the piezoelectric layer having different thicknesses of the first
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: Epicmems(Xiamen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wei WANG, Ping LI, Nianchu HU, Bin JIA
  • Publication number: 20220230931
    Abstract: A chip encapsulation structure, including: a wafer provided with a groove; a first metal wire arranged on surfaces of the groove and the wafer; a metal solder ball arranged on the first metal wire or on a metal pad of the chip, and is configured to solder the metal pad of the chip to the first metal wire; a first plastic encapsulation film covering upper surfaces of the wafer, the chip and the first metal wire, and entering a gap between a periphery of a functional area of the chip and the first metal wire, so as to form a closed cavity among the wafer, the groove and the chip; an inductive structure arranged on an upper surface of the first plastic encapsulation film and/or a lower surface of the wafer, and connected to the chip through the first metal wire; and a pad arranged on the inductive structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: Epicmems (Xiamen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wei WANG, Ping LI, Yanhao PENG, Nianchu HU, Bin JIA
  • Patent number: 11336258
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a bulk acoustic wave resonator, a manufacturing method thereof, and a filter, wherein the bulk acoustic wave resonator includes: a substrate; an acoustic reflection unit on the substrate; a piezoelectric stack structure on the acoustic reflection unit; and a pad on the piezoelectric stack structure; wherein the pad has an overlapping region with the acoustic reflection unit. The acoustic wave resonator, the manufacturing method thereof and the filter of the present disclosure can effectively reduce connection resistance of the bulk acoustic wave resonator, thereby reducing insertion loss of the filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Epicmems(Xiamen) Co. Ltd
    Inventors: Ping Li, Wei Wang, Nianchu Hu, Bin Jia
  • Publication number: 20210367135
    Abstract: The surface of the MEMS piezoelectric transducer that optimizes the capacitor shape of the present application is covered with m groups of capacitor (101, 102, 103, 104, 109), m being a natural number ?2. When the MEMS piezoelectric transducer is loaded with a certain load, a stress of a region covered by any one of a first group of capacitors>a stress of a region covered by any one of a second group of capacitors> . . . >a stress of a region covered by any one of a (m?1)th group of capacitors>a stress of a region covered by any one of a mth group of capacitors. Capacitors of the same group are connected in series and/or in parallel; capacitors of different groups are connected in series. The present application performs optimization design to the shape, position and number of the capacitor based on the stress distribution of the MEMS piezoelectric transducer when a certain load is loaded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2017
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Duan Feng, Nianchu Hu, Bin Jia
  • Publication number: 20210359663
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a bulk acoustic wave resonator, a manufacturing method thereof, and a filter, wherein the bulk acoustic wave resonator includes: a substrate; an acoustic reflection unit on the substrate; a piezoelectric stack structure on the acoustic reflection unit; and a pad on the piezoelectric stack structure; wherein the pad has an overlapping region with the acoustic reflection unit. The acoustic wave resonator, the manufacturing method thereof and the filter of the present disclosure can effectively reduce connection resistance of the bulk acoustic wave resonator, thereby reducing insertion loss of the filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Applicant: EPICMEMS(XIAMEN) CO.LTD
    Inventors: Ping LI, Wei WANG, Nianchu HU, Bin JIA
  • Patent number: 10958236
    Abstract: A hybrid acoustic resonator. An interdigital electrode is provided in a first region of a surface of a piezoelectric film facing away from a substrate, and forms an interdigital transducer. At least two trenches are provided in a second region of the surface of the piezoelectric film facing away from the substrate. A bulk-acoustic-wave propagation portion is formed between adjacent trenches. A bulk-acoustic-wave electrode is provided on a side surface of the bulk-acoustic-wave propagation portion, and there is an air gap at a surface of the bulk-acoustic-wave electrode facing away from the bulk-acoustic-wave propagation portion. Thereby, the hybrid acoustic resonator includes both the surface acoustic resonator and the bulk acoustic resonator. An acoustic wave in the bulk-acoustic-wave propagation portion and an acoustic wave in the interdigital transducer are both transmitted along a transversal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: EPIC MEMS (XIAMEN) CO., LTD
    Inventors: Ping Li, Nianchu Hu, Bin Jia
  • Publication number: 20200389146
    Abstract: A hybrid acoustic resonator. An interdigital electrode is provided in a first region of a surface of a piezoelectric film facing away from a substrate, and forms an interdigital transducer. At least two trenches are provided in a second region of the surface of the piezoelectric film facing away from the substrate. A bulk-acoustic-wave propagation portion is formed between adjacent trenches. A bulk-acoustic-wave electrode is provided on a side surface of the bulk-acoustic-wave propagation portion, and there is an air gap at a surface of the bulk-acoustic-wave electrode facing away from the bulk-acoustic-wave propagation portion. Thereby, the hybrid acoustic resonator includes both the surface acoustic resonator and the bulk acoustic resonator. An acoustic wave in the bulk-acoustic-wave propagation portion and an acoustic wave in the interdigital transducer are both transmitted along a transversal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2018
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicant: EPIC MEMS (XIAMEN) CO., LTD
    Inventors: Ping LI, Nianchu HU, Bin JIA
  • Patent number: 9991867
    Abstract: A piezoelectric acoustic resonator with an adjustable temperature compensation capability is disclosed. The piezoelectric acoustic resonator includes: a piezoelectric acoustic reflection structure, a first electrode, a second electrode, a piezoelectric layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, and a temperature compensation layer; wherein the temperature compensation layer is a single-layer temperature compensation layer formed of SixOy material, or a composite temperature compensation layer formed by stacking material with a positive temperature coefficient of sound velocity and material with a negative temperature coefficient of sound velocity; and the temperature compensation layer is configured to: perform reverse compensation for a temperature frequency shift caused by the first electrode, the piezoelectric layer and the second electrode in the piezoelectric acoustic resonator; wherein x:y is not equal to 1:2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignees: ZTE Corporation, TIANJIN University
    Inventors: Hao Zhang, Liangzhen Du, Wei Pang, Jianbang Li, Nianchu Hu, Kai Kang
  • Publication number: 20150263697
    Abstract: A piezoelectric acoustic resonator with an adjustable temperature compensation capability is disclosed. The piezoelectric acoustic resonator includes: a piezoelectric acoustic reflection structure, a first electrode, a second electrode, a piezoelectric layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, and a temperature compensation layer; wherein the temperature compensation layer is a single-layer temperature compensation layer formed of SixOy material, or a composite temperature compensation layer formed by stacking material with a positive temperature coefficient of sound velocity and material with a negative temperature coefficient of sound velocity; and the temperature compensation layer is configured to: perform reverse compensation for a temperature frequency shift caused by the first electrode, the piezoelectric layer and the second electrode in the piezoelectric acoustic resonator; wherein x:y is not equal to 1:2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2013
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventors: Hao Zhang, Liangzhen Du, Wei Pang, Jianbang Li, Nianchu Hu, Kai Kang