Patent classifications
H10N30/706
Force-measuring and touch-sensing integrated circuit device
A force-measuring and touch-sensing integrated circuit device includes a semiconductor substrate, a thin-film piezoelectric stack overlying the semiconductor substrate, piezoelectric micromechanical force-measuring elements (PMFEs), and piezoelectric micromechanical ultrasonic transducers (PMUTs). The thin-film piezoelectric stack includes a piezoelectric layer. The PMFEs and PMUTs are located at respective lateral positions along the thin-film piezoelectric stack, such that each of the PMFEs and PMUTs includes a respective portion of the thin-film piezoelectric stack. Each PMUT has a cavity, the respective portion of the thin-film piezoelectric stack, and first and second PMUT electrodes. Each PMFE has the respective portion of the thin-film piezoelectric stack, and first and second PMFE electrodes. Each PMFE is configured to output voltage signals between the PMFE electrodes in accordance with a time-varying strain at the respective portion of the piezoelectric layer resulting from a low-frequency mechanical deformation.
Resonance device with substrate having oxide film containing through hole and metal therin, and manufacturing method therefor
A resonance device that includes a MEMS substrate that includes a resonator, a top cover having a silicon oxide film on a surface thereof that faces the MEMS substrate, and a bonding part that bonds the MEMS substrate and the top cover to each other so as to seal a vibration space of the resonator. The silicon oxide film includes a through hole that is formed along at least part of the periphery of the vibration space when the top cover is viewed in a plan view and that penetrates to a surface of the top cover. The through hole includes a first metal layer.
N-polar rare-earth III-nitride bulk acoustic wave resonator
A bulk acoustic wave (BAW) resonator includes a piezoelectric layer oriented so that an N-polar surface forms a frontside surface that faces away from the substrate while a metal-polar surface forms the backside surface and faces toward the substrate. A process for the manufacture of a bulk acoustic wave (BAW) resonator includes orienting a piezoelectric layer on a substrate so that an N-polar surface forms a frontside surface that faces away from the substrate while a metal-polar surface forms the backside surface and faces toward the substrate; etching a via though the backside of the substrate to the metal-polar surface of the piezoelectric layer; and removing etch residue from a sidewall of the resonator cavity.
Flexible acoustic-electric substrate and preparation method therefor, and flexible acoustic-electric device
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a flexible acoustic-electric substrate and a preparation method thereof, and a flexible acoustic-electric device. The preparation method of a flexible acoustic-electric substrate includes: forming a flexible substrate; forming a plurality of piezoelectric components on the flexible substrate; and forming a plurality of chambers on the flexible substrate in a one-to-one correspondence relationship with the plurality of piezoelectric components, and the plurality of chambers are located on a side of the flexible substrate away from the plurality of piezoelectric components.
N-POLAR RARE-EARTH III-NITRIDE BULK ACOUSTIC WAVE RESONATOR
A bulk acoustic wave (BAW) resonator includes a piezoelectric layer oriented so that an N-polar surface forms a frontside surface that faces away from the substrate while a metal-polar surface forms the backside surface and faces toward the substrate. A process for the manufacture of a bulk acoustic wave (BAW) resonator includes orienting a piezoelectric layer on a substrate so that an N-polar surface forms a frontside surface that faces away from the substrate while a metal-polar surface forms the backside surface and faces toward the substrate; etching a via though the backside of the substrate to the metal-polar surface of the piezoelectric layer; and removing etch residue from a sidewall of the resonator cavity.
Method for manufacturing an ultrasound transducer
A method for producing a plurality of piezoelectric ultrasound transducer elements, the method comprising providing or depositing a piezoelectric material on at least part of a surface of a sheet of substrate to form a layered member; and forming the one or more piezoelectric ultrasound transducer elements from the layered member.
Piezoelectric element, piezoelectric device, and method of manufacturing piezoelectric element
A piezoelectric element includes a plurality of vibration regions that are separated from each other by a slit, and the slit is formed to have a tapered portion that is tapered from a first surface of the vibration regions on an opposite side to a support to a second surface opposite to the first surface. An electrode film is positioned inside than the slit when being viewed from a normal direction orthogonal to the first surface, and an angle formed by a side surface of the tapered portion in the vibration region and a surface parallel to the first surface is in a range of 39 to 81 degrees.
Hybrid structure and a method for manufacturing the same
A hybrid structure includes a support substrate having a first coefficient of thermal expansion and a support thickness, and an effective layer disposed on and molecularly bonded to the support substrate along a bonding interface having a bonding energy greater than or equal to 1000 mJ/m.sup.2. The effective layer has an effective thickness and a second coefficient of thermal expansion greater than the first coefficient of thermal expansion of the support substrate. One or more non-bonded areas are present at the bonding interface between the effective layer and the support substrate. The effective thickness is less than a threshold thickness at which buckling of the effective layer occurs upon annealing of the hybrid structure at a temperature of 400 C.200 C.
Piezoelectric component, piezoelectric apparatus and method for manufacturing the same
This application provides a piezoelectric component, a piezoelectric apparatus and a method for manufacturing the same, and relates to the field of piezoelectric technologies. In order to solve a problem of a relatively large misalignment between a piezoelectric component and a target transfer position on a glass substrate occurred after the piezoelectric component is transferred in the related transfer methods, and to improve the transfer accuracy of the piezoelectric component. The piezoelectric component includes: a component body and at least one electrode structure arranged on a side of the component body. The at least one electrode structure includes a plurality of strip-shaped electrode pins, and the plurality of electrode pins is arranged at intervals.
Method for manufacturing device comprising halide perovskite active layer, and power generation devices
A power generation device manufacturing method and a power generation device are proposed. In one embodiment, the method includes (a) forming a halide perovskite active layer on a flexible substrate bent by a stress applied thereto and (b) releasing the stress applied to the substrate on which the halide perovskite active layer is formed, thereby unfolding the bent substrate. By applying a strain to the active layer of the power generation device and controlling the same, using the method described above, it is possible to improve the performance of the power generation device without changing the composition of the active layer or the configuration of the device.