Utilizing Electromechanical Transducer Patents (Class 333/133)
  • Patent number: 11955952
    Abstract: Filter devices. A first chip includes a first base, a first piezoelectric membrane having a first thickness, and a first acoustic Bragg reflector sandwiched between the first piezoelectric membrane and the first base. A first interdigital transducer (IDT) of a first solidly-mounted membrane resonator is formed on a surface of the first piezoelectric membrane. A second chip includes a second base, a second piezoelectric membrane having a second thickness less than the first thickness, and a second acoustic Bragg reflector sandwiched between the second piezoelectric membrane and the second base. A second IDT of a second solidly-mounted membrane resonator is formed on a surface of the second piezoelectric membrane. A circuit card is coupled to the first chip and the second chip, the circuit card including at least one conductor for making an electrical connection between the first IDT and the second IDT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sean McHugh, Gregory L. Hey-Shipton, Garrett Williams
  • Patent number: 11956069
    Abstract: A multiplexer (1) used in a communication device (5) includes an antenna (21) for a first frequency band group including 5GNR and an antenna (22) for a second frequency band group and includes a filter (12) for a first communication band and a filter (13) for a second communication band. The second frequency band group is higher than the first communication band, the second communication band is lower than the first communication band, the filter (12) includes a resonant circuit (31), an inductor (L1) connected to a node (n1) in a series arm path, and an inductor (L2) magnetically coupled with the inductor (L1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hirotsugu Mori
  • Patent number: 11956003
    Abstract: A radio frequency module includes a signal input terminal, a signal output terminal, a low noise amplifier configured to amplify a radio frequency reception signal input from the signal input terminal, and a first filter connected between an output terminal of the low noise amplifier and the signal output terminal and having a pass band including a frequency of the radio frequency reception signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masashi Hayakawa
  • Patent number: 11942438
    Abstract: An electronic component includes a first substrate having a substantially quadrangular planar shape and having a first surface and a second surface, the first surface and the second surface being opposite to each other, an element disposed on the first surface, four first terminals located adjacent to four corners on the second surface, respectively, and a second terminal located between the first terminals at respective ends of each of two sides opposite to each other of the second surface, an area of the second terminal being smaller than an area of each of the first terminals at the respective ends of each of the two sides, a width of the second terminal in an extension direction of each of the two sides being equal to or less than a width of each of the first terminals at the respective ends of each of the two sides in the extension direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Motoi Yamauchi, Masato Ito
  • Patent number: 11942917
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a film bulk acoustic resonator and its fabrication method. The fabrication method includes providing a first substrate, and sequentially forming a first electrode layer, a piezoelectric material layer, and a second electrode layer, on the first substrate; forming a support layer on the second electrode layer and forming a cavity with a top opening in the support layer, where the cavity passes through the support layer; providing a second substrate and bonding the second substrate with the support layer; removing the first substrate; and patterning the first electrode layer, the piezoelectric material layer, and the second electrode layer to form a first electrode, a piezoelectric layer, and a second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Ningbo Semiconductor International Corporation
    Inventor: Guohuang Yang
  • Patent number: 11942923
    Abstract: An RF filter (BPF) with an increased bandwidth is provided. The filter comprises a half-lattice topology and a phase shifter (PS) comprising inductively coupled inductance elements in a parallel branch parallel to a first segment (S1) of a signal path (SP) between a first port (P1) and a second port (P2) of the filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: RF360 Singapore Pte. Ltd.
    Inventor: Marc Esquius Morote
  • Patent number: 11942921
    Abstract: In an acoustic wave device, an IDT electrode is located on a piezoelectric layer. A high-acoustic-velocity member is positioned on an opposite side of the piezoelectric layer from the IDT electrode. An acoustic velocity of a bulk wave propagating through the high-acoustic-velocity member is higher than an acoustic velocity of an acoustic wave propagating through the piezoelectric layer. A low-acoustic-velocity film is provided between the high-acoustic-velocity member and the piezoelectric layer. An acoustic velocity of a bulk wave propagating through the low-acoustic-velocity film is lower than the acoustic velocity of the bulk wave propagating through the piezoelectric layer. A dielectric film is located on the piezoelectric layer so as to cover the IDT electrode. In the acoustic wave device, a Young's modulus of the dielectric film is larger than a Young's modulus of the low-acoustic-velocity film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasumasa Taniguchi, Katsuya Daimon
  • Patent number: 11929724
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a surface acoustic wave (SAW) device includes forming an interdigital transducer (IDT) having lead-out portions and arrays of interdigital electrodes on a substrate, wherein the interdigital electrodes include central portions, end portions, and intermediate portions between the end portions and the lead-out portions; forming a protective layer on the IDT; forming a first temperature compensation layer on the protective layer; forming openings in the first temperature compensation layer to expose portions of the protective layer on the central portions and the intermediate portions of the interdigital electrodes; and etching the exposed portions of the protective layer, and etching the central portions and the intermediate portions of the interdigital electrodes to a preset thickness, to form protruding structures at the end portions of the interdigital electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Shenzhen Newsonic Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jian Wang
  • Patent number: 11929725
    Abstract: Provided by a bandpass filter circuit and a multiplexer. The bandpass filter circuit includes at least one electromagnetic LC filter circuit and at least one acoustic wave resonance unit. The at least one acoustic wave resonance unit includes an input port, an output port, at least one circuit element and at least three resonators. The at least one electromagnetic LC filter circuit is electrically connected to the at least one acoustic wave resonance unit, and the at least three resonators include at least one first resonator and at least one second resonator. In a case where the at least one first resonator includes one first resonator, the first resonator is connected in series between the input port and the output port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: ANHUI ANUKI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chenggong He, Xiaodong Wang, Chengjie Zuo, Jun He
  • Patent number: 11929734
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a surface acoustic wave (SAW) resonator with piston mode design and electrostatic discharge (ESD) protections. An example electroacoustic device generally includes a piezoelectric material and a first electrode structure disposed above the piezoelectric material. The first electrode structure comprises first electrode fingers arranged within an active region having a first region and a second region. At least one of the first electrode fingers has at least one of a different width or a different height in the first region than in the second region, and the first electrode fingers comprise a first electrode finger that has a width or height in the second region that is less than a corresponding width or height of the at least one of the first electrode fingers in the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: RF360 Singapore Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Volker Schulz, Philipp Michael Jaeger
  • Patent number: 11929735
    Abstract: Acoustic resonator devices, filter devices, and methods of fabrication are disclosed. An acoustic resonator includes a substrate having a surface and a single-crystal piezoelectric plate having front and back surfaces. The back surface is attached to the surface of the substrate except for a portion of the piezoelectric plate forming a diaphragm that spans a cavity in the substrate. An interdigital transducer (IDT) is formed on the front surface of the single-crystal piezoelectric plate such that interleaved fingers of the IDT are disposed on the diaphragm. The IDT is configured to excite a primary acoustic mode in the diaphragm in response to a radio frequency signal applied to the IDT. At least a portion of an edge of the diaphragm is at an oblique angle to the fingers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ventsislav Yantchev, Patrick Turner, Viktor Plesski, Julius Koskela, Robert B. Hammond
  • Patent number: 11923824
    Abstract: Embodiments of this disclosure relate to reducing coupling between acoustic wave resonators. An isolation region of a substrate can be located between acoustic wave resonators. The isolation region can reduce capacitive coupling through the substrate between the acoustic wave resonators. In certain embodiments, the isolation region can be located between acoustic wave resonators of different filters to thereby increase isolation between the filters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Joshua James Caron
  • Patent number: 11916539
    Abstract: Band N77 bandpass filters include a first plurality of transversely-excited film bulk acoustic resonators (XBARs) on a first chip comprising a first rotated YX-cut lithium niobate piezoelectric plate having a thickness less than or equal to 535 nm, and a second plurality of XBARs on a second chip comprising a second rotated YX-cut lithium niobate piezoelectric plate having a thickness greater than or equal to 556 nm. A circuit card is coupled to the first chip and the second chip. The circuit card includes conductors for making electrical connections between the first chip and the second chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Doug Jachowski, Ventsislav Yantchev, Bryant Garcia, Patrick Turner
  • Patent number: 11916533
    Abstract: Surface acoustic wave devices and related methods. In some embodiments, a surface acoustic wave device for providing resonance of a surface acoustic wave having a wavelength ? can include a quartz substrate and a piezoelectric plate formed from LiTaO3 or LiNbO3 disposed over the quartz substrate. The piezoelectric plate can have a thickness greater than 2?. The surface acoustic wave device can further include an interdigital transducer electrode formed over the piezoelectric plate. The interdigital transducer electrode can have a mass density ? in a range 1.50 g/cm3<??6.00 g/cm3, 6.00 g/cm3<??12.0 g/cm3, or 12.0 g/cm3<??23.0 g/cm3, and a thickness greater than 0.148?, greater than 0.079?, or greater than 0.036?, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Inventors: Michio Kadota, Shuji Tanaka, Hiroyuki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11916536
    Abstract: A filter device includes a filter between an input terminal and an output terminal, and an additional circuit connected in parallel with the filter between the input terminal and the output terminal. The additional circuit includes at least two longitudinally coupled resonators connected in parallel with each other and including longitudinally coupled resonators, and at least one capacitance element between the input terminal and the at least two longitudinally coupled resonators or between the output terminal and the at least two longitudinally coupled resonators. The average pitch of a plurality of electrode fingers of IDT electrodes of the longitudinally coupled resonator and the average pitch of a plurality of electrode fingers of IDT electrodes of the longitudinally coupled resonator are different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toshiaki Takata
  • Patent number: 11909372
    Abstract: A differential combiner circuit (200) comprises three ports each has two terminals (1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b). The differential combiner circuit (200) further comprises a first sub-circuit comprising a first inductor (L1) connected between the first terminals (1a, 2a) of the first and second ports, and a first capacitor (C1) connected between the first terminals (2a, 3a) of the second and third ports; a second sub-circuit comprising a second inductor (L2) connected between the second terminals (1b, 2b) of the first and second ports, and a second capacitor (C2) connected between the second terminals (2b, 3b) of the second and third ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventor: Henrik Sjöland
  • Patent number: 11909374
    Abstract: Acoustic resonators are disclosed. An acoustic resonator includes a substrate having a surface and a single-crystal piezoelectric plate having front and back surfaces. The back surface is attached to the surface of the substrate except for a portion of the piezoelectric plate forming a diaphragm spanning a cavity in the substrate. An interdigital transducer (IDT) is formed on the front surface of the piezoelectric plate. The IDT includes: a first busbar and a second busbar disposed on respective portions of the piezoelectric plate other than the diaphragm; a first set of elongate fingers extending from the first bus bar onto the diaphragm; and a second set of elongate fingers extending from the second bus bar onto the diaphragm, the second set of elongate fingers interleaved with the first set of elongate fingers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Greg Dyer, Bryant Garcia, Doug Jachowski, Robert Hammond, Neal Fenzi, Ryo Wakabayashi
  • Patent number: 11909382
    Abstract: A multiplexer includes a common terminal, a first reception output terminal, a second reception output terminal, a first filter that is connected between the common terminal and the first reception output terminal, a second filter that is connected between the common terminal and the second reception output terminal and that has a passband different from that of the first filter, and an impedance matching circuit that is disposed between the common terminal and the second filter. The impedance matching circuit includes a serial arm resonator disposed in series on a path connecting the common terminal to the second filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masakazu Tani
  • 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: 11901879
    Abstract: A multiplexer (1) includes: a filter (13L) that is arranged between a common terminal (100) and an input/output terminal (130) and that has a first pass band; a filter (12H) that is arranged between the common terminal (100) and an input/output terminal (120), that is formed of at least one acoustic wave resonator, and that has a second pass band located at a higher frequency than the first pass band; and a capacitor (C2) that is serially arranged on a connection path between the common terminal (100) and the filter (12H). When the filter (12H) is regarded as a capacitance, the Q value of the capacitor (C2) in the first pass band is higher than the Q value of the capacitance in the first pass band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotsugu Mori, Masakazu Tani
  • Patent number: 11894827
    Abstract: An acoustic wave filter device is disclosed. The device includes an acoustic wave filter element, and a first resonator and a second resonator coupled to the acoustic wave filter element. The acoustic wave filter element includes interdigited input electrodes and output electrodes located on a top surface of a piezoelectric layer. Each of the first and the second resonators includes a top electrode on the top surface, and a bottom electrode on the bottom surface of the piezoelectric layer. At least one of each of the first and the second resonators' electrodes is electrically connected to the acoustic wave filter element. The first resonator has a first notch in resonator impedance at a first frequency. The second resonator includes a first mass loading layer on the second resonator electrode such that the second resonator has a second notch in resonator impedance at a second frequency different from the first frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd
    Inventors: Tapani Makkonen, Markku Ylilammi, Tuomas Pensala, James Dekker
  • Patent number: 11888460
    Abstract: Acoustic resonators and filter devices. An acoustic resonator includes a substrate having a surface and a single-crystal piezoelectric plate having front and back surfaces. The back surface is attached to the surface of the substrate except for a portion of the piezoelectric plate forming a diaphragm spanning a cavity in the substrate. A conductor pattern formed is formed on the front surface of the piezoelectric plate, including an interdigital transducer (IDT) with interleaved fingers of the IDT on the diaphragm. The substrate and the piezoelectric plate are the same material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Neal Fenzi, Robert Hammond, Patrick Turner, Bryant Garcia, Ryo Wakabayashi
  • Patent number: 11888462
    Abstract: A bonded body includes a supporting substrate; a piezoelectric material substrate; a first bonding layer provided on the supporting substrate and having a composition of Si(1-x)Ox (0.008?x?0.408); a second bonding layer provided on the piezoelectric material substrate and having a composition of Si(1-y)Oy (0.008?y?0.408); and an amorphous layer provided between the first bonding layer and second bonding layer. The oxygen ratio of the amorphous layer is higher than the oxygen ratio of the first bonding layer and oxygen ratio of the second bonding layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yudai Uno, Masashi Goto, Tomoyoshi Tai
  • Patent number: 11881608
    Abstract: A filter device includes a first filter connected between a common terminal and a first individual terminal, and a second filter connected between the common terminal and a second individual terminal. A pass band of the second filter is in a frequency range lower than a pass band of the first filter. The first filter includes SAW resonators, at least one of which includes divided resonators connected in parallel with each other. Each of the divided resonators includes an IDT. A pitch of the IDT of one of the divided resonators is different from that of another of the divided resonators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tomoya Sato
  • Patent number: 11870414
    Abstract: A film bulk acoustic resonator (FBAR) chip and package structure with an improved temperature coefficient that is capable of being more stable with respect to surrounding temperature changes, without any decrease in performance of Q factor or k2e. The FBAR chip and package structure includes a plurality of FBARs located on a central area of one surface of a substrate and each having a bottom electrode, a piezoelectric material, and a top electrode; and a temperature compensation layer formed around the central area of one surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: WISOL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Young Hun Kim
  • Patent number: 11863161
    Abstract: An acoustic wave filter includes a first resonance circuit including a first series arm resonator and a first capacitive element. The first series arm resonator is provided on a path connecting a first terminal and a second terminal. The first capacitive element is coupled in parallel with the first series arm resonator. The first series arm resonator includes a first divided resonator and a second divided resonator coupled in series with each other. The first resonance circuit includes a second resonance circuit including the first divided resonator and a second capacitive element coupled in parallel with the first divided resonator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsu Takahashi, Toru Yamaji, Takuma Kuzushita
  • Patent number: 11863162
    Abstract: A filter includes series resonators on a signal path, each of the series resonator including an IDT electrode that includes first electrode fingers each including a variant portion, second electrode fingers each including no variant portion, or both the first electrode fingers and the second electrode fingers, in the IDT electrode of one or more series resonators of the series resonators, a direction connecting other-side end portions of electrode fingers crosses an acoustic wave propagation direction, the IDT electrode includes the first electrode fingers, a first portion of an IDT electrode of another series resonator centrally located in the acoustic wave propagation direction, includes only the first electrode fingers, and a second portion and a third portion on two sides of the first portion each include only the second electrode fingers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kentaro Nakamura, Noriyoshi Ota
  • Patent number: 11855603
    Abstract: Methods of manufacturing an acoustic wave device are disclosed. An anti-reflection layer can be formed over a conductive layer that is over a piezoelectric layer. The conductive layer can include aluminum, for example. The anti-reflection layer can remain distinct from the conductive layer after a heating process. A photolithography process can pattern an interdigital transducer of the acoustic wave device from one or more interdigital transducer electrode layers that include the conductive layer. The anti-reflection layer can reduce reflection from the conductive layer during the photolithography process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Satoru Matsuda, Tatsuya Fujii, Yoshiro Kabe, Kenji Nagano
  • Patent number: 11855602
    Abstract: There is disclosed acoustic resonators and filter devices. An acoustic resonator device includes a piezoelectric plate, and an interdigital transducer (IDT) formed on a front surface of the piezoelectric plate. The IDT includes interleaved fingers. At least one of the interleaved fingers includes a first layer adjacent the piezoelectric plate and a second layer over the first layer, wherein a width of the first layer is constant, and wherein a width of the second layer varies along a length of the at least one interleaved finger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Viktor Plesski, Julius Koskela
  • Patent number: 11855609
    Abstract: An acoustic wave device includes N band pass filters with first ends connected to define a common connection and having different pass bands. At least one of the band pass filters includes acoustic wave resonators including a lithium tantalate film having Euler angles (?LT=0°±5°, ?LT, ?LT=0°±15°), a silicon support substrate, a silicon oxide film between the lithium tantalate film and the silicon support substrate, an IDT electrode, and a protective film. In at least one acoustic wave resonator, a frequency fh1_t(n) satisfies Formula (3) or Formula (4) for all m where m>n: fh1_t(n)>fu(m)??Formula (3); and fh1_t(n)<fl(m)??Formula (4). In Formulas (3) and (4), fu(m) and fl(m) represent the frequencies of the high-frequency end and the low-frequency end of the pass band in the m band pass filters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryo Nakagawa, Hideki Iwamoto
  • Patent number: 11843366
    Abstract: An acoustic wave resonator is disclosed. The acoustic wave resonator can include a piezoelectric layer, an interdigital transducer electrode positioned over the piezoelectric layer, a temperature compensation layer positioned over the interdigital transducer electrode, and a velocity reduction cover that extends over at least a portion of a central region of the interdigital transducer electrode and over at least a portion of the temperature compensation layer. The velocity reduction cover is arranged to cause a velocity of an acoustic wave generated by the acoustic wave resonator to be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Hironori Fukuhara, Rei Goto
  • Patent number: 11831299
    Abstract: A high-frequency module includes a mounting substrate, a filter, and a common inductor. The mounting substrate includes a first main surface and a second main surface facing each other. The filter includes series arm resonators and parallel arm resonators, and is disposed on the first main surface. The mounting substrate includes a ground terminal on the second main surface. A first end of the common inductor is connected to all of the parallel arm resonators. A second end of the common inductor is connected to the ground terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukiteru Sugaya, Syunsuke Kido, Masanori Kato, Hiroshi Matsubara
  • Patent number: 11824518
    Abstract: An acoustic wave device includes a piezoelectric substrate including a crystal axis and an IDT electrode. When an acoustic wave propagation direction is a first direction and a direction perpendicular to the first direction is a second direction, the crystal axis of the piezoelectric substrate is inclined toward the second direction with respect to the thickness direction. The IDT electrode includes first and second electrode fingers interdigitated with each other. The portion where the first and second electrode fingers overlap in the first direction is a crossing region. The crossing region includes a center region that is centrally located in the second direction and first and second low-acoustic-velocity regions that are located on both sides of the center region in the second direction and in which the acoustic velocity is lower than the acoustic velocity in the center region. The first and second low-acoustic-velocity regions are asymmetrical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Takigawa
  • Patent number: 11817840
    Abstract: Acoustic resonator devices, filter devices, and methods of fabrication are disclosed. An acoustic resonator includes a substrate having a surface and a single-crystal piezoelectric plate having front and back surfaces. The back surface is attached to the surface of the substrate except for a portion of the piezoelectric plate forming a diaphragm that spans a cavity in the substrate. An interdigital transducer (IDT) is formed on the front surface of the single-crystal piezoelectric plate such that interleaved fingers of the IDT are disposed on the diaphragm. The IDT is configured to excite a primary acoustic mode in the diaphragm in response to a radio frequency signal applied to the IDT. At least a portion of an edge of the diaphragm is at an oblique angle to the fingers. The IDT includes a busbar disposed parallel to the edge of the diaphragm such that the interleaved fingers extend at the oblique angle from the busbar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ventsislav Yantchev, Patrick Turner, Viktor Plesski, Julius Koskela, Robert B. Hammond
  • Patent number: 11811393
    Abstract: A multiplexer includes a filter on a first path connecting a common terminal and an input/output terminal, and a second filter on a second path connecting the common terminal and a second terminal, the second filter having a passband that overlaps a generation frequency of Rayleigh wave ripples in the filter. The filter includes series arm resonators on the first path and a parallel arm resonator, the series arm resonators and the parallel arm resonator utilize an SH wave as a main mode, and a number of electrode finger pairs of the series arm resonator is fewest among numbers of electrode finger pairs of the series arm resonators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toshiaki Takata
  • Patent number: 11811386
    Abstract: Acoustic resonator devices and filters are disclosed. An acoustic resonator includes a substrate and a piezoelectric plate supported by the substrate. A portion of the piezoelectric plate suspended across a cavity in the substrate forms a diaphragm. A decoupling dielectric layer is on a front surface of the diaphragm. An interdigital transducer (IDT) has interleaved fingers on the decoupling dielectric layer over the diaphragm. The IDT and piezoelectric plate are configured such that a radio frequency signal applied to the IDT excites shear acoustic waves in the diaphragm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sean McHugh
  • Patent number: 11811392
    Abstract: Aspects of this disclosure relate to a surface acoustic wave resonator that may include a piezoelectric substrate, interdigital transducer (IDT) electrodes disposed on an upper surface of the piezoelectric substrate, and a dielectric film covering the piezoelectric substrate and the IDT electrode for temperature compensation. The IDT electrodes may include bus bar electrode regions spaced apart from each other in a transverse direction perpendicular to a propagation direction of a surface acoustic wave to be excited, an overlapping region sandwiched between the bus bar regions, and gap regions defined between respective bus bar electrode regions and the overlapping region in the transverse direction. Each of the gap regions may include a dummy electrode in a dummy electrode region extending from the bus bar electrode region in the transverse direction. The dielectric film may include an open region exposing a respective bus bar electrode region and dummy electrode region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Yuya Hiramatsu, Rei Goto, Yumi Torazawa
  • Patent number: 11804822
    Abstract: Aspects of this disclosure relate to a surface acoustic wave resonator. The surface acoustic wave resonator includes a piezoelectric substrate, interdigital transducer electrodes formed on an upper surface of the piezoelectric substrate, a dielectric temperature compensation layer formed on the piezoelectric substrate to cover the interdigital transducer electrodes, and a dielectric passivation layer over the temperature compensation layer. The passivation layer may include an oxide layer configured to have a sound velocity greater than that of the temperature compensation layer to suppress a transverse signal transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Hironori Fukuhara, Keiichi Maki, Yuya Hiramatsu
  • Patent number: 11804824
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a filter. The filter generally includes a series resonator coupled between a first port of the filter and a second port of the filter, and a shunt resonator coupled between a node of the filter and a reference potential node of the filter, the node being coupled between the first port and the second port. The shunt resonator typically includes a first piezoelectric substrate, a first plurality of reflectors disposed above the first piezoelectric substrate, and a first plurality of interdigital transducers (IDTs) disposed above the first piezoelectric substrate and between the first plurality of reflectors, wherein the shunt resonator is configured as a dual mode structure (DMS).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: RF360 Singapore Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Sahoo Siddhant, Kamran Cheema
  • Patent number: 11799439
    Abstract: Aspects of this disclosure relate to a parallel hybrid acoustic passive filter. The parallel hybrid acoustic passive filter includes a first sub-filter and a second sub-filter. The first sub-filter includes a first acoustic resonator and a first non-acoustic passive component. The second sub-filter includes a second acoustic resonator and second first non-acoustic passive component. The first sub-filter and the second sub-filter are together arranged to filter a radio frequency signal. The parallel hybrid acoustic filter can be a band pass filter or a band stop filter, for example. Related multiplexers, wireless communication devices, and methods are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Hai H. Ta, Bo Pan, Weimin Sun
  • Patent number: 11791793
    Abstract: Aspects of this disclosure relate to hybrid acoustic LC filter with harmonic suppression. The hybrid acoustic LC filter includes a hybrid passive/acoustic and a non-acoustic LC filter cascaded with the hybrid passive/acoustic filter. The hybrid passive/acoustic filter can be configured to filter a radio frequency signal. The hybrid passive/acoustic filter can include acoustic resonators and a non-acoustic passive component. The non-acoustic LC filter can be configured to suppress a harmonic of the radio frequency signal. The non-acoustic LC filter can be a low pass filter or a harmonic notch filter, for example. Related multiplexers, wireless communication devices, and methods are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Weimin Sun, Hai H. Ta, Bo Pan
  • Patent number: 11791797
    Abstract: An electronic device includes an insulation material layer provided on a first main surface of a piezoelectric substrate and surrounding a functional element, and a protective layer provided on the insulation material layer. The piezoelectric substrate and the insulation material layer define a hollow portion accommodating the functional element. The protective layer includes a first portion above the hollow portion, a second portion adjacent to the first portion at one end of the second portion, and a third portion adjacent to the second portion at another end of the second portion. A distance between the first main surface and a surface of the protective layer in the thickness direction is greatest at a location where the second portion is adjacent to or in a vicinity of the first portion, and the distance is shortest at a location where the second portion is adjacent to or in a vicinity of the third portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Koichiro Kawasaki
  • Patent number: 11784625
    Abstract: A packaging method and package structure for a filter chip. The packaging method includes providing a circuit substrate, covering a first surface of the circuit substrate and/or filter chip with adhesive material and forming recessed cavities or closed cavities in the adhesive material. The method further includes adhering the filter chip to the first surface of circuit substrate via the adhesive material, such that surface acoustic wave transmitting regions of the filter chip correspond to the recessed cavities or closed cavities in the adhesive material to form a gap therebetween, and encapsulating the filter chip with encapsulating material. The method further includes forming interconnecting holes extending from a second surface of the circuit substrate to pins of the filter chip, filling the interconnecting holes with conductive material, so that the conductive material is in electrical contact with a chip pin bump or pad metal of the filter chip, and forming external pin pads on the second surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: GUANGDONG INSTITUTE OF SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Yingqiang Yan, Chuan Hu, Zhitao Chen
  • Patent number: 11777470
    Abstract: Acoustic wave devices and interdigital transducer (IDT) arrangements for surface acoustic wave (SAW) devices are disclosed. Representative SAW devices are described herein that provide sharp transitions between passband frequencies and frequencies that are outside of desired passbands. A SAW device may include several IDTs arranged between reflective structures on a piezoelectric material and one or more additional IDTs or electrode pairs that are configured to modify the influence of parasitic capacitance, or other internal device capacitance, thereby improving steepness on the upper side of a passband as well as improving rejection for frequencies outside of the passband. The one or more additional IDTs or electrode pairs may be configured as at least one of a capacitor, an IDT capacitor, an IDT with a floating electrode, or combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Qorvo US, Inc.
    Inventor: Manjunath Swamy
  • Patent number: 11757426
    Abstract: A surface acoustic wave (SAW) filter package structure includes a dielectric substrate having a dielectric layer, a first patterned conductive layer, a second patterned conductive layer, and a conductive connection layer. The conductive connection layer is electrically connected between the first patterned conductive layer and the second patterned conductive layer, which are disposed at opposite sides of the dielectric layer. The second patterned conductive layer has a finger electrode portion. An active surface of a chip is faced toward the finger electrode portion. A polymer sealing frame is disposed between the chip and the dielectric substrate and surrounds the periphery of the chip to form a chamber together with the chip and the dielectric substrate. The mold sealing layer is disposed on the dielectric substrate and covers the chip and the polymer sealing frame. A manufacturing method of the SAW filter package structure is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: PHOENIX PIONEER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shih-Ping Hsu, Che-Wei Hsu
  • Patent number: 11750174
    Abstract: Multiplexers are disclosed. A multiplexer can include a first filter and a second filter that are coupled to a common node. The second filter can include a first type of acoustic wave resonators (e.g., bulk acoustic wave resonators) and a series acoustic wave resonator of a second type (e.g., a surface acoustic wave resonator) that is coupled between the acoustic wave resonators of the first type and the common node. The first filter can provide a single-ended radio frequency signal. In certain embodiments, the first filter can be a receive filter and the second filter can be a transmit filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Ando, Yasuyuki Saito, Hiroyuki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11728783
    Abstract: An acoustic wave device includes a (111)-oriented silicon substrate, a silicon nitride layer, a silicon oxide layer, a lithium tantalate layer, and an IDT electrode on the lithium tantalate layer. When the wavelength determined by the electrode finger pitch of the IDT electrode is ?, the thickness of the silicon nitride layer, SiN [?], the thickness of the silicon oxide layer, SiO2 [?], the thickness of the lithium tantalate layer, LT [?], and one of the Euler angles of the lithium tantalate layer, LT? [deg.], are thicknesses and an angle in ranges in which the phase of a first higher-order mode is about ?20° or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidetaro Nakazawa, Hideki Iwamoto, Katsuya Daimon
  • Patent number: 11722118
    Abstract: An improved SAW (SAWR) resonator having an improved power durability and heat resistance and a protection to prevent device failure is provided. The SAW resonator has a carrier substrate (S) and an electrode structure (ES, EF) on a piezoelectric material (PM, PL). Further, the resonator has a shunt path (PCPP) parallel to the electrode structure and provided to enable an RF signal to bypass the electrode structure. The shunt path has a temperature dependent conductance with negative temperature coefficient of resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: RF360 SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.
    Inventor: Christian Huck
  • Patent number: 11705883
    Abstract: Aspects of this disclosure relate to an acoustic wave resonator with transverse mode suppression. The acoustic wave resonator can include a piezoelectric layer, an interdigital transducer electrode, a temperature compensation layer, and a mass loading strip. The mass loading strip can be a conductive strip. The mass loading strip can overlap edge portions of fingers of the interdigital transducer electrode. A layer of the mass loading strip can have a density that is at least as high as a density of a material of the interdigital transducer electrode. The material of the interdigital transducer can impact acoustic properties of the acoustic wave resonator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuya Hiramatsu, Rei Goto, Yumi Torazawa
  • Patent number: 11699987
    Abstract: A bulk acoustic wave (BAW) resonator includes a substrate, a piezoelectric layer disposed above the substrate, a first electrode disposed below the piezoelectric layer, a second electrode disposed above the piezoelectric layer, a first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer, and a third dielectric layer disposed between the substrate and the piezoelectric layer, and a bonding layer disposed between the third dielectric layer and the substrate. The first dielectric layer is disposed below the piezoelectric layer and includes a cavity. The third dielectric layer is disposed below the first dielectric layer and includes a protruding structure protruding towards the piezoelectric layer. The second dielectric layer overlays the third dielectric layer including the protruding structure, the second dielectric layer and the protruding structure of the third dielectric layer constituting a double-wall boundary structure surrounding the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Shenzhen Newsonic Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Guojun Weng