Patent classifications
H03H9/00
SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICE ASSEMBLY
A surface acoustic wave device assembly includes a collective board, first circuit portions provided on the collective board and respectively including first hot terminals and first ground terminals, a second circuit portion provided on the collective board and including second hot terminals and second ground terminals, and a power supply wiring provided on the collective board so as to surround the periphery of the first circuit portions and the second circuit portion. The first circuit portions include surface acoustic wave devices defining band pass filters. The second circuit portion defines a band pass filter. The first ground terminals and first hot terminals, and the second ground terminal are connected to the power supply wiring, the second hot terminals are not connected to the power supply wiring, and pass bands of the surface acoustic wave devices and a pass band of the band pass filter defined by the second circuit portion are the same or substantially the same.
Acoustic wave element, duplexer, and communication module
An acoustic wave element of the present disclosures has a piezoelectric substrate and an acoustic wave resonator S1 on a main surface of the piezoelectric substrate. The acoustic wave resonator S1 is one being divided into a first IDT electrode and a second IDT electrode which are electrically connected to the first IDT electrode. The first IDT electrode includes a first comb-shaped electrode on the signal input side and a second comb-shaped electrode on the signal output side. The second IDT electrode includes a third comb-shaped electrode on the signal input side and a fourth comb-shaped electrode on the signal output side. The direction of arrangement of the third comb-shaped electrode and the fourth comb-shaped electrode from the third comb-shaped electrode toward the fourth comb-shaped electrode is different from the direction of arrangement from the first comb-shaped electrode toward the second comb-shaped electrode.
ELASTIC WAVE FILTER DEVICE
In an elastic wave filter device, a first filter including a first pass band and a second filter including a second pass band are common-connected at a common connection point. The first filter includes, on the common connection point side, a serial arm resonator, a parallel arm resonator, or a longitudinally coupled resonator-type elastic wave filter, and generates a fundamental wave and a high-order mode. A resonant frequency of the high-order mode on a higher frequency side relative to the first pass band of the first filter is smaller than the second pass band. On the common connection point side, a serial arm resonator in which the resonant frequency is not the highest, a parallel arm resonator, or a longitudinally coupled resonator-type elastic wave filter, is disposed.
TRANSVERSE BULK ACOUSTIC WAVE FILTER
A micro-transfer printable transverse bulk acoustic wave filter comprises a piezoelectric filter element having a top side, a bottom side, a left side, and a right side disposed over a sacrificial portion on a source substrate. A top electrode is in contact with the top side and a bottom electrode is in contact with the bottom side. A left acoustic mirror is in contact with the left side and a right acoustic mirror is in contact with the right side. The thickness of the transverse bulk acoustic wave filter is substantially less than its length or width and its length can be greater than its width. The transverse bulk acoustic wave filter can be disposed on, and electrically connected to, a semiconductor substrate comprising an electronic circuit to control the transverse bulk acoustic wave filter and form a composite heterogeneous device that can be micro-transfer printed.
SOLIDLY-MOUNTED TRANSVERSELY-EXCITED FILM BULK ACOUSTIC DEVICE
Resonator and filter devices and methods of fabrication. A resonator chip includes a substrate, a piezoelectric plate, and an acoustic Bragg reflector between the substrate and a back surface of the piezoelectric plate. A conductor pattern on a front surface of the piezoelectric plate includes a first plurality of contact pads and an interdigital transducer (IDT). The IDT and the piezoelectric plate are configured such that a radio frequency signal applied to the IDT excites a shear primary acoustic mode within the piezoelectric plate. The acoustic Bragg reflector is configured to reflect the shear primary acoustic mode. An interposer has a second plurality of contact pads on a back surface. A seal connects a perimeter of the piezoelectric plate to a perimeter of the interposer. Each contact pad of the first plurality of contact pads is directly connected to a respective contact pad of the second plurality of contact pads.
ACOUSTIC RESONATOR FILTER
An acoustic resonator filter includes at least one series acoustic resonator electrically connected between a first port and a second port in series, through which a radio frequency (RF) signal passes; at least one second shunt acoustic resonator electrically shunt-connected between the at least one series acoustic resonator and a ground; and at least one first shunt acoustic resonator electrically shunt-connected between the at least one series acoustic resonator and a ground and having a resonance frequency higher than a resonance frequency of the at least one second shunt acoustic resonator. At least one shunt acoustic resonator, among the at least one first shunt acoustic resonator and the at least one second shunt acoustic resonator has a temperature coefficient of frequency (TCF) corresponding to resonance frequency sensitivity more insensitive than resonance frequency sensitivity according to a change in temperature of the at least one series acoustic resonator filter.
WIRELESS SIGNAL EMITTER OF TIRE PRESSURE DETECTOR
A wireless signal emitter of a tire pressure detector includes a controller, an antenna, and an impedance matching module. The impedance matching module includes an impedance matching circuit and an impedance adjusting circuit. The impedance matching circuit is electrically connected to the controller. The impedance adjusting circuit is electrically connected to the antenna and the impedance matching circuit. The impedance adjusting circuit includes a switching element electrically connected to the controller. When the switching element receives different signals of the controller, the impedance adjusting circuit switches between two different configurations, so that the impedance matching module has two different impedances, thereby the antenna sends two different radio frequency signals to achieve a purpose of a single tire pressure detector suitable for in-car receivers of different frequencies.
Encapsulated bulk acoustic wave (BAW) resonator device
An electronic package includes a die mounted on a first substrate; a second substrate disposed over the first substrate; a pillar wall extending between a surface of the die and an opposing surface of the second substrate to provide separation between the die and the second substrate, the pillar wall extending about a perimeter bounding the die and enclosing a cavity between the first and second substrates; and an encapsulating layer disposed over the first and second substrates and around the pillar wall. Substantially none of the encapsulating layer ingresses into the cavity.
Acoustic wave filter including two types of resonators
Acoustic wave devices are disclosed. An acoustic wave device can include a first filter and a second filter coupled to a common node. The second filter includes acoustic wave resonators of a first type (e.g., bulk acoustic wave resonators) and a series acoustic wave resonator of the 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 acoustic wave device can further include a loop circuit coupled to the first filter, in which the loop circuit is configured to generate an anti-phase signal to a target signal at a particular frequency. In certain embodiments, the first filter is a receive filter and the second filter is a transmit filter.
ELECTRONIC CONFIGURATION AND CONTROL FOR ACOUSTIC STANDING WAVE GENERATION
Aspects of the disclosure are directed to an apparatus for separating a second fluid or a particulate from a host fluid. That apparatus comprises a flow chamber with at least one inlet and at least one outlet. A drive circuit configured to provide a drive signal to a filter circuit configured to receive the drive signal and provide a translated drive signal. An ultrasonic transducer is cooperatively arranged with the flow chamber, and transducer includes at least one piezoelectric element configured to be driven by the current drive signal to create an acoustic standing wave in the flow chamber. At least one reflector opposing the ultrasonic transducer to reflect acoustic energy.